Complete Uninstall/Reinstall of CSS

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I’m having a ton of problems with the latest version of CSS 2.6.2:

– Control Surface Studio Helper continually goes over 150% CPU and then crashes, making CSS unusable
– Templates randomly disappear rendering the scripts based on them unusable
– The log is empty and nothing is being written to it

I’d like to completely uninstall CSS and do a clean install. My current method is using AppCleaner to remove CSS (and all its identified files), and then I dig through /Library and ~/Library to find whatever else I can to remove any existing files.

When I reinstall CSS and launch it, my username and password are cached which makes me think I’m not clearing all of the files. CSS does look like a new install on startup, but my cached info makes me question it.

My system info is:

– 2019 13″ MBP with Mac OS 12.1 (Monterey)
– 16 GB RAM
– 1TB SSD with > 100GB free
– Python 3.9.9 (installed via Homebrew)
– Ableton Live 11 Suite 11.0.12

Any help/guidance is appreciated.

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Matthew, regarding this…
“I’ve traced the helper issue to enabling MIDI Monitoring. Enabling it spikes CPU on the helper process; disabling it brings it back down and prevents the app from crashing.”
I’m struggling to replicate this. When I activate MIDI Monitoring, there is a slight increase in CPU for me but its only 1 or 2 percent. Out of interest, how many MIDI devices do you have connected?

Thanks

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