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Edge browser 100% CPU, requires Force Quit (macOS Mojave and v91.0.864.48)
I'm reporting a problem I've experienced with Edge since I began using it six months ago. After using Edge for a few hours, it will begin using 100% CPU. According to the Task Manager, it is the "Bro...
I'm the original poster of this issue (100% CPU on macOS). I haven't seen this problem occur again since April 2022. I think it has been fixed?
If you have issues on other platforms (Windows, et al), please submit a new issue ticket.
UPDATE: soon after posting this, I started having the problem again. It appears the problem was reintroduced with Edge version 105.
- I've had this issue the past month or so, through several versions of the Beta version. I'm on macOS Mojave with a M1 macbook air. I switched to Dev, Version 106.0.1363.0 (Official build) Dev (arm64) and it was fine yesterday but its back since last night. Macbook runs very hot (usually its cool) with Edge and 100% CPU usage.
NashizM
Are you sure you have Mojave running on M1 Air? It says it's impossible to run it on M1. As for the fix of this high CPU usage issue you can try opening Edge through terminal with this command open -a "Microsoft Edge" --args --enable-features=msSmartScreenLegacyDisabled
Seems like it worked for me.
