Update: M1 MBA now also runs incredibly hot! As in I need a pillow or book because its like a furnace.
Just about daily, my new M1 MacBook Air starts to run warm (thought they were SO much cooler now) and then I get a popup to ForceQuit my applications with the message, "your system has run out of application memory (see screenshot below)" and showing me that Safari is using the most memory by far. In fact, I checked the RAM usage and its showing 6.3gb out of 8gb. Im wondering is this simply a RAM issue and I should return/exchange for the 16gb model?
Funny enough, my 4 month older MBA 2020 never crashed like this (though it ran scorchingly hot which is why I bought the new M1 to replace it).
I called Apple, their solution: "please buy a higher spec'd machine and see if it persists". Seriously.
I mentioned my 4mo old MBA runs the same websites just fine. It gets hot but never crashes.
Conclusion: I ordered the fully loaded 16gb/512gb 8core MBA as suggested. I spent more on a system I didn't need in the hopes this resolves the issues for me. However, in the interim, someone chimed in with an M1 MB Pro loaded with 16gb/2tb and said he gets the exact same error message, Safari crashes, and his machine starts to run hot. So jury is out on this until Apple ever decides to address directly. I assume they'll be releasing updates in short order, or I hope so at least.
Either way, wanted to share for those on the fence about being an early adopted like me!
Just about daily, my new M1 MacBook Air starts to run warm (thought they were SO much cooler now) and then I get a popup to ForceQuit my applications with the message, "your system has run out of application memory (see screenshot below)" and showing me that Safari is using the most memory by far. In fact, I checked the RAM usage and its showing 6.3gb out of 8gb. Im wondering is this simply a RAM issue and I should return/exchange for the 16gb model?
Funny enough, my 4 month older MBA 2020 never crashed like this (though it ran scorchingly hot which is why I bought the new M1 to replace it).
I called Apple, their solution: "please buy a higher spec'd machine and see if it persists". Seriously.
I mentioned my 4mo old MBA runs the same websites just fine. It gets hot but never crashes.
Conclusion: I ordered the fully loaded 16gb/512gb 8core MBA as suggested. I spent more on a system I didn't need in the hopes this resolves the issues for me. However, in the interim, someone chimed in with an M1 MB Pro loaded with 16gb/2tb and said he gets the exact same error message, Safari crashes, and his machine starts to run hot. So jury is out on this until Apple ever decides to address directly. I assume they'll be releasing updates in short order, or I hope so at least.
Either way, wanted to share for those on the fence about being an early adopted like me!