zotero safari connection on macOS Big Sur Apple Silicon uses 100% CPU

neeraj9 · May 13, 2021

Zotero safari connection on macOS Big Sur (11.3.1) Apple Silicon (M1) uses 100% CPU all the time. This is odd since the zotero Microsoft Edge connector on same machine works without consuming as much CPU when idle, while the one on safari takes 100% CPU even when I am not using it.

Any suggestions to help investigate / fix will be super useful, since my workflow is stuck without it and disa

dstillman · May 13, 2021

Is it actually working, or is it broken? I'd guess that it would be broken in that case.

In any case, it's likely the same problem after a Zotero app update explained on the support page. You should delete the Zotero beta, restart your computer, and reinstall the beta.

(The Safari extension currently works totally differently from the other browser extensions, due to problems in Apple's extension framework. More details on the linked page.)