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Fehmarn · 03-30-2012, 06:46 AM

Hi,
I've just recently switched over to the PRS-T1 after my Kobo broke down. Installed the reader software that came with the device and since then my MacBook Air had the fans spinning like crazy. I took me a while to figure out that the Sony-supplied "Reader" software installed an app (Reader Helper?) which turned out to be the mother of all CPU hogs, eating up to 50% CPU capacity doing exactly nothing just lurking in the background. Also the darn thing was "calling home", or rather trying to do so all the time. I erased all components and am now enjoying blissful silence again.

Anybody notice similar effects? On the Mac side it's OS 10.7.2, the reader app from Sony was without version numbers.

03-30-2012, 06:46 AM	#1
Fehmarn Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 210 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: google my nick and find out ;-) Device: Aura H2O (Glo stolen, PRS-T1 given away, K-touch kaputt) & iPads	Reader Software on Mac is a CPU-Hog Hi, I've just recently switched over to the PRS-T1 after my Kobo broke down. Installed the reader software that came with the device and since then my MacBook Air had the fans spinning like crazy. I took me a while to figure out that the Sony-supplied "Reader" software installed an app (Reader Helper?) which turned out to be the mother of all CPU hogs, eating up to 50% CPU capacity doing exactly nothing just lurking in the background. Also the darn thing was "calling home", or rather trying to do so all the time. I erased all components and am now enjoying blissful silence again. Anybody notice similar effects? On the Mac side it's OS 10.7.2, the reader app from Sony was without version numbers. Last edited by Fehmarn; 03-30-2012 at 07:07 AM.