This is called a memory leak. Sorry, that’s what its called. And you actually. can, its called swap using virtual memory. People are not lying. It is what it is.
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Memory Leaks in Monterey?
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It seems dependent of your hardware and/or software.
It is not consistent.
It is not reproducible.
And people who encounter it are not blocked.
There is something, but not a memory leak.
Maybe!
It seems dependent of your hardware and/or software.
It is not consistent.
It is not reproducible.
And people who encounter it are not blocked.
There is something, but not a memory leak.
Yes, I have not encountered this problem (16" M1Max / 32gb). LR Classic's memory usage sometimes gets a little high (~10gb) when I'm actively using it, but I've seen none of the massive memory usage for Control Center or any other apps that people have described here. Also, the OP mentioned earlier in the thread that opening an image in Photoshop 2022 and cropping it would result in the app using 16gb, but I just tried that and PS's memory usage only changed a small amount (from about 950mb to 1.12gb).
So that leaves the lingering question of, if this is not a universal problem that occurs for everyone, what is the trigger?
Haven't had it happen here yet either, although compared to the screenshot in the first post, my windowserver process is always at like 1.5GB (just dropped to 828MB a couple seconds ago?), was wondering how the OPs is only ~500mb.. Thats the only process using any significant memory on my Mac mini here. Right below that is Little Snitch always hovering around 600mb and memory usage drops like a rock right after that.
I have upgraded Mac mini 2018 with 32GB RAM to Monterey and it works for a while, then when I put it to sleep and wake up - everything starts working super slow and renders in like 15 FPS (because there are no dedicated memory for GPU - when RAM is full the UI starts slowing down). I couldn't find anything consuming too much RAM in the Activity Monitor, but reboot helps, until next time I put computer to sleep...
I don't have the issue on MBP M1 with 16GB RAM and Monterey though.
I don't have the issue on MBP M1 with 16GB RAM and Monterey though.
For anyone still interested, this seemed to have calmed down for me. It seems to be by disabling cursor modifications in Accesability. I had my cursors set to always be black. I changed it a couple of days ago and haven't had a problem since. hey may be related, and todays reports suggest they are, but I'll report back if the issue returns. Hope this helps somebody.
It seems indeed that the cause has been found and it has to do with the mouse cursor:
https://www.techrepublic.com/articl...ry-leak-problem-and-the-cause-has-been-found/
No that’s not it. I fixed that weeks ago and I still have massive memory leaks all the time. I can go several days without one and then suddenly several apps and processes start up again.
I never messed with pointer size or color in all the years I’ve owned a Mac and I’m having the same issue. Control Center racks up a few gigs in a few minutes anytime I watch a video in Netflix in Safari and then there’s the WindowServer. So no, that’s just a clickbait.
My report says “Potential Fix identified in a future update”. So there’s still hope.Bummer
Here I recorded live as I watch the memory leak grow in size. It looks like whatever there are animations going on the menu bar - the memory grows.
I found the issue for Control Center memory leak.
If you are watching or working with HDR contents, the auto brightness or manual brightness slider will cause the Control Center size to grow.
It's not just on Safari with HDR enabled, this also happens on Affinity Photo editing 32bit HDR, Video editing in HDR.
Solution is that turn off Auto Brightness adjust and avoid changing brightness setting when you are working with HDR contents.
Posting video shortly!
If you are watching or working with HDR contents, the auto brightness or manual brightness slider will cause the Control Center size to grow.
It's not just on Safari with HDR enabled, this also happens on Affinity Photo editing 32bit HDR, Video editing in HDR.
Solution is that turn off Auto Brightness adjust and avoid changing brightness setting when you are working with HDR contents.
Posting video shortly!
My report was for Control Center eating up memory after watching something on Netflix. This was before I knew about memory leak issues.
As for my video demonstration, if you have anything media with HDR on screen. Avoid moving the screen brightness, turn off auto-brightness.
It causes the control center to grow in size. This entire morning I was editing HDR photo in my Affinity app, outside sky is cloudy. My auto brightness has been adjusting non-stop and I watch my Control Center grows.
I have killed the app like 20 times this morning and I realize the brightness is the one moving around base on my environment lights.
It causes the control center to grow in size. This entire morning I was editing HDR photo in my Affinity app, outside sky is cloudy. My auto brightness has been adjusting non-stop and I watch my Control Center grows.
I have killed the app like 20 times this morning and I realize the brightness is the one moving around base on my environment lights.
Editing HDR photo on Affinity Photo app, the app kept on freezing up randomly when the brightness adjusts itself from the ambient lights.
Since I had it now turned off auto-brightness, the app isn't freezing up anymore randomly. That is definitely a bug with the Brightness setting + HDR.
Since I had it now turned off auto-brightness, the app isn't freezing up anymore randomly. That is definitely a bug with the Brightness setting + HDR.
This issue is completely unacceptable, My computer just crashed because of this, Photoshop is taking up 20 GB with a small 1000 x 1000 image!
My new MacBook Pro with double the memory runs worse than my old one, Apple should be completely ashamed of the state of their software with these new laptops and they should've fixed this weeks ago
My new MacBook Pro with double the memory runs worse than my old one, Apple should be completely ashamed of the state of their software with these new laptops and they should've fixed this weeks ago
Check my video in previous post, turn off Auto-Brightness.
