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MEMORY LEAK 💧 Mac Book Pro 16" M1 Max YOUR SYSTEM HAS RUN OUT OF MEMORY ??!! Lightroom Classic
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I have Lightroom CC on a both an Intel MacBook Pro and an M1 Mac mini.
The mini gets terrible memory leaks - mostly from Adobe applications (which end up using as much twice the RAM as my MBP), but also Apple's own apps in some instances.
The mini gets terrible memory leaks - mostly from Adobe applications (which end up using as much twice the RAM as my MBP), but also Apple's own apps in some instances.
Try turning off GPU acceleration in Lightroom on the M1, and see what happens.
(I already know the answer, but it is more compelling when you see for yourself).
This helps understand better why Lightroom uses more RAM on M1.
Thanks for this!
I only let the GPU help with the display rendering (custom setting) and this stopped happening.
I love my new Mac. But Adobes software is a huge disappointment. Adobe Media Encoder also killed my RAM during a batch processing (the computer actually ran out of memory).
Yes. I don't actually recommend turning off GPU acceleration only to prevent yellow memory pressure and swap - I prefer to leave the GPU enabled, and let the computer deal with the swap, which it seems to do well.
But it does help understand why Lightroom is using so much RAM on Apple Silicon.
Pretty impressive you still got that much memory pressure even with 32GB RAM
Yes and that was editing ONE photograph taken with a Sony A7M3 using the repair tool to remove small dust particulates in a photo.
OP, would you kindly style the title such that it DOES NOT HURT ? THE ?️?️ EYES?
Also, what exactly do you mean when you say, "Anyone know how to figure out what caused it so I can try and get the issue reported / fixed?"
Would you kindly share your credentials and reach at Apple if that is not a security/ privacy risk to you or Apple? I used to think people who were aware enough to know what is a memory leak are generally aware enough to make sure they use the Feedback Assistant (erstwhile Bug Reporter) on their own without help from others.
Also, what exactly do you mean when you say, "Anyone know how to figure out what caused it so I can try and get the issue reported / fixed?"
Would you kindly share your credentials and reach at Apple if that is not a security/ privacy risk to you or Apple? I used to think people who were aware enough to know what is a memory leak are generally aware enough to make sure they use the Feedback Assistant (erstwhile Bug Reporter) on their own without help from others.
Well to be fair, the OP didn't know what a memory leak was when initially posting. Several messages in response to suggestions that there was a memory leak, they asked what a memory leak was... but I get your feels on this. Something about it grinds me gears a little too.
If a simple internet user starts getting messages about memory, likely the only thing they would think is, "dang should have bought more memory". They would not imagine what technologically-aware users know as a memory leak.
Both cannot be true. If they really know what the problem is and it is a software problem they would not recommend replacing the machine.
Also memory leaks are not confined to MacOS. Application software almost always has some memory leaks.
Well that 32GB is shared between the GPU and the CPU. My Intel Mac has 16GB of RAM just for the GPU (64GB for the main system RAM).
Well Apple silently fixed it as they do !
No leaks or random processes robbing the memory anymore
Adobe urgently need to finish optimising LRC for Apple silicon - Dual screens has issues after waking from a nap and in the develop module there's intense flickering when hovering around all the adjustment controls indicating that Lightroom Classic is not optimised for Apple silicon. Diabling GPU acceleration removes this issue completely in LRC.
As for the m1 Max I can say in general I have no complaints at all anymore now. The only time I can even get the fans to make any noise at all is to play around in UE5 that is in beta and in now way optimised for Apple silicon yet.
I find one thing interesting that there's still a few system processes still running on intel - CarbonComponentScannerXPC and another that pops up every now and then. Not sure if it is to do with the only app I have running using Rosetta 2 Loupedeck?
No leaks or random processes robbing the memory anymore
Adobe urgently need to finish optimising LRC for Apple silicon - Dual screens has issues after waking from a nap and in the develop module there's intense flickering when hovering around all the adjustment controls indicating that Lightroom Classic is not optimised for Apple silicon. Diabling GPU acceleration removes this issue completely in LRC.
As for the m1 Max I can say in general I have no complaints at all anymore now. The only time I can even get the fans to make any noise at all is to play around in UE5 that is in beta and in now way optimised for Apple silicon yet.
I find one thing interesting that there's still a few system processes still running on intel - CarbonComponentScannerXPC and another that pops up every now and then. Not sure if it is to do with the only app I have running using Rosetta 2 Loupedeck?
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This is still happening to me. Any solutions? Other than turning off acceleration?
You are so funny.
This happens to me at least 5 times a day at chess and I have 64 GB RAM M1 MAX.
Thanks - why is this funny - and what does this have to do with Lightroom Classic?