I have several programs on my exclusive list set to suspend work. All of my exclusive application will suspend work except Steam. My activity is set to Run based on preferences, and I have tried removing Steam from the list, restarting the computer, and adding Steam back to the list and the problem persists. Boinc used to suspend work upon opening steam, and I am unsure when the problem started as I have not opened steam in a few months.

Here is some info on my system in case it helps.

Boinc version: 7.2.42
Steam version: API v017 / Package version 1412887979
Running on Mac OS X 10.9.5 64 bit

Thanks for any help!

The problem is most likely with Steam, not BOINC. First off, Steam has updated in the past few months. Second, it likes to run as different process names. With Steam open, you have:

Steam Client Bootstrapper
Steam Client Service
Steam Client WebHelper
Steam Client WebHelper (yes there's 2 of them)

The problem could be as simple as Steam changing the way it runs so BOINC can't detect Steam.exe under the different processes and names.