Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the Cursor Helper process is putting high load on the CPU on your M4 Air. Let’s run a few checks to figure out the cause.
Quick diagnostic steps:
Test without extensions:
Run in your terminal: cursor --disable-extensions
Does the CPU spike still happen in this case?
Check Process Explorer: CMD+Shift+P → “Developer: Open Process Explorer”
Take a screenshot when the CPU usage spikes and share it here
Try globalStorage cleanup (this often helps with memory and CPU issues in v2.0+):
Completely close Cursor
Press CMD+Shift+G in Finder
Go to: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/globalStorage/
Rename the files state.vscdb and state.vscdb.backup to *.old
Restart Cursor
Check console errors:
Help → Toggle Developer Tools → Console tab → take a screenshot of any errors, if there are any
It would also be helpful to know:
Does this happen right after startup or only after certain actions?
How large is your project/codebase?
Have you installed any extensions recently?
@ChaVara, could you also try these steps and share your results?
