Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU.

From	ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject	Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU.
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.systems
Message-ID	<s8udncETJ8vNu0vInZ2dnUU7-aOdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)
Date	2015-08-20 14:11 -0500

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Hi.

My several days old updated Mac OS X v10.10.5's Messages no longer 
launches. It freezes with a spinning pinwheel ball. Terminal's top -u 
command shows Messages hogging CPU. I tried rebooting Mac OS X, and it 
did not help. I tried renaming my ~/user name/Library/Messages and 
relaunching Messages app, but it said rebuilding database that goes 
forever (no CPU usage this time).  It was working earlier today and 
yesterday.

What's wrong and how do I fix it? I'm OK to reset my Messages back to 
defaults since I just started using it and have no contacts. The only 
thing was to delete defaults and send and receive a few text messages to 
mobile phone numbers.

Thank you in advance. :)
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Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-20 14:11 -0500
  Re: Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:45 +0000
    Re: Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 13:40 -0500
      Re: Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 19:25 +0000
        Re: Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 15:21 -0500
  Re: Starting up Messsages app freezes and hogs CPU. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 17:19 -0500

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