I had the same problem and this helped me. I somehow copied long text from MS Messenger and my QSPasteboardHistory.qsshelf grew to 511 megs.
Once I was able to start quicksilver simply clicking clear in Clipboard Windows sorted the problem :) Thanks for your help. On Mar 9, 5:14 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 9, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Chris wrote: > > > Quicksilver updated itself on my mac the other day, and ever since the > > new version, it is taking up between 97-99.9% of CPU usage. This means > > that the fan starts to run at full speed and my computer sounds like > > it's about to take off! When I quit quicksilver, the fan slows down > > and runs at a normal speed. > > Any ideas? I couldn't find how to download an older version of the > > program on your website - the link to previous versions of quicksilver > > didn't work for me (running Firefox). > > > I am running a Macbook 2.2ghz, 2mb ram, leopard.. > > Any ideas much appreciated! Thanks. > > Quicksilver uses lots of memory, cpu or hangs: > Quicksilver keeps the entire index in memory and scans the catalog > sources regularly. Usually when it uses too many resources it's > because the catalog is configured too large. The default ~/Documents/ > source is configured to a depth of 2, if you create a custom source of > infinite depth it will make the catalog large. Also if you configure > a source for your home directory (~) it will probably scan many > unnecessary files (~/Library, etc.). This is also why your music and > pictures aren't in the global catalog and should be accessed via the > iTunes and iPhoto plug-ins which require you to type → to get into > your music files and photos. > > Also if you have network drives configured to be scanned that can make > the catalog large or take a while. Note the Find All Applications > catalog source (in the Applications set) will scan your entire > machine, including network drives for applications. A comfortable size > for your catalog will vary based on the capabilities of your computer, > I try to keep my catalog below 5000 items. > > Also, if you have the Clipboard Module plug-in installed and > configured in the Clipboard Preferences to Capture History you might > have large clippings in the history. This would cause Quicksilver to > use lots of memory and perhaps lots of CPU at startup. The clipboard > history is stored in the following file: > > ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Shelves/ > QSPasteboardHistory.qsshelf > > you can check it's size. I have my clipboard history set to 100 and > the file is 512KB. To clear it you can use the clear button in the > Clipboard History panel or while Quicksilver is not running, delete > the above file. > > If you open the drawer for catalog sources, in the Contents tab > you'll find all the items found for that source. Clicking on the > headings in this tab will sort the list. Large catalog sources (500 or > more) will take a long time to sort and use lots of memory. If I > accidently sort my Documents with 2000 items I ultimately force quit > Quicksilver since it uses 60-80% CPU and several hundred MB of real > memory. Be careful as the sort order applies globally. If you sort a > small source it works fine, if you then (even accidently) click on a > large source it will eat up resources. A Quicksilver restart resets > the contents tab to be unsorted.
