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@chrisoffner3d have you rebooted yet? Did you use xcode-select to switch Xcodes?
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Chris Offner
chrisoffner3d@sigmoid.social@pcbeard I rebooted and I reinstalled Xcode and the Xcode command line tools. I’ve now found that if I force-quit the “bird” process, then Xcode will react again.
The “bird” process seems to be iCloud-related but I’m not sure why it’s going so crazy and how I can fix this.
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@chrisoffner3d First thing you might want to try is deleting the DerivedData folder entirely (not via Clean Project). I had some initial weird issues after trying to compile a project that I’d already compiled fine on Xcode 14.x with 15.0 beta. A clean up of DerivedData seemed to fix it.
Of course, then opening the project in Xcode 14 gave me similar issues. So had to delete DerivedData again … 🙂
If that fails, have you tried a reboot? That seems to fix a lot of Xcode issues …
If you’ve tried both and it still doesn’t work, lemme know. I’d be interested to figure out what is going on …
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Of course, then opening the project in Xcode 14 gave me similar issues. So had to delete DerivedData again … 🙂
If that fails, have you tried a reboot? That seems to fix a lot of Xcode issues …
If you’ve tried both and it still doesn’t work, lemme know. I’d be interested to figure out what is going on …
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@chrisoffner3d Hand’t run into that before, but it appears that “bird” is for iCloud syncing … Do you have anything related to iCloud syncing which might start acting up when an Xcode project is changed perhaps?
Or, I guess you could try stopping Xcode, disabling iCloud syncing, and then restoring Xcode to see if that stops the “bird” process acting up. Maybe that might give you a clue as to where to go next?
The other thing I can think of is to see what files accessed by the “bird” process when it’s running and see if that gives you a clue. I believe you can do this via the context menu in Activity Monitor after selecting the process …
I haven’t read the article yet, but in case you hadn’t come across it yet, this might (possibly) help too:
https://iboysoft.com/news/mac-process-bird-high-cpu.html#:~:text=bird%20cache%3F-,What%20is%20the%20Bird%20process%20running%20on%20Mac%3F,your%20Mac%20to%20iCloud%20Drive.
Or, I guess you could try stopping Xcode, disabling iCloud syncing, and then restoring Xcode to see if that stops the “bird” process acting up. Maybe that might give you a clue as to where to go next?
The other thing I can think of is to see what files accessed by the “bird” process when it’s running and see if that gives you a clue. I believe you can do this via the context menu in Activity Monitor after selecting the process …
I haven’t read the article yet, but in case you hadn’t come across it yet, this might (possibly) help too:
https://iboysoft.com/news/mac-process-bird-high-cpu.html#:~:text=bird%20cache%3F-,What%20is%20the%20Bird%20process%20running%20on%20Mac%3F,your%20Mac%20to%20iCloud%20Drive.
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@chrisoffner3d Disabling iCloud first and then getting Xcode to run might possibly fix whatever deadlock that is happening? That’s one thing I would try.
My guess is that if this always happens, then there’s some file which both processes are trying to access/read and aren’t able to. That’s where looking at the accessed/open files by the process in Activity Monitor might come in handy. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what to look for exactly. My usual instinct would be to get a list of files accessed by both processes, see if any user files are in there and see what happens if you make a change based on what those files are ….
My guess is that if this always happens, then there’s some file which both processes are trying to access/read and aren’t able to. That’s where looking at the accessed/open files by the process in Activity Monitor might come in handy. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what to look for exactly. My usual instinct would be to get a list of files accessed by both processes, see if any user files are in there and see what happens if you make a change based on what those files are ….
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@chrisoffner3d I have this (process taking up a lot of CPU) happen with some file manager/browser apps once in a while. Generally, killing the process and re-launching seems to fix it. So I assumed that each time that there was a deadlock for a file or something …
But if “bird” does this often, then that would be concerning. Do you by chance have something like anti-virus installed which might be stalling file access? That might be something to investigate if you want to identify the culprit?
The other possible thing to try is to turn off iCloud access on a per-app basis via Settings and see if turning off a particular app fixes the issue.
If you can identify the culprit, then you can at least let the developer know and see if perhaps they can fix the issue, right?
But if “bird” does this often, then that would be concerning. Do you by chance have something like anti-virus installed which might be stalling file access? That might be something to investigate if you want to identify the culprit?
The other possible thing to try is to turn off iCloud access on a per-app basis via Settings and see if turning off a particular app fixes the issue.
If you can identify the culprit, then you can at least let the developer know and see if perhaps they can fix the issue, right?
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