This webpage is using significant memory...

[randomgeeza]

As per the subject title, webpages in Safari are frequently showing this message.

I suspect it is a Catalina issue... I was just wondering if anyone else was experiencing this?

Thanks.

 

[bapegg]

It's not just Catalina. I get that same message occasionally with Safari and Mojave.

 

[randomgeeza]

I'm getting it two or three times, maybe more a day...

 

[bapegg]

The more background stuff a website has, the worse it is. I get that message more with Facebook than other sites.

 

[jparker402]

I have an early 2015 MBA now with Catalina, and had that problem a number of time. I came to the conclusion (probably mistakenly) that somehow Safari or something was causing the problem by using too much memory. Believe it or not, I got the problem to go away by going to Systems Preferences, Accessibility, Display, and checking the transparency box. Probably a coincidence, but whatever!

 

[me55]

An adblocker in Safari helps to keep the memory usage of some web pages under control.

 

[jparker402]

I did that, too. Got AdGuard. It, too, may have helped.

 

[randomgeeza]

The more background stuff a website has, the worse it is. I get that message more with Facebook than other sites.

Yes I have noticed that it does happen a lot on FB. And, I already have an AdBlocker - Wipr installed. Looks like I'll have to put up with it for now. Maybe it's the FB website...

 

[inbloomgc]

I get it often while using Reddit. The scrolling starts lagging after that message comes up. And I just got it while scrolling down Yahoo news (which I don't remember happening before). Not watching any videos or anything. Found this thread by googling the issue.

 

[SiII5mb]

I've been seeing this too from the current version and it all sounds linked to the other problems I've been seeing and the way Safari is cacheing it's cookies

 

[HDFan]

"This webpage is using significant memory"

This has been around for years and multiple OS versions. It is normally an issue with the website. Dunno if it is worse on Catalina.

 

[bapegg]

I have been noticing it more since I updated Safari to the latest version for Mojave. I rarely had the problem before the last update. I did not have a problem with my 2010 Mini running High Sierra.

 

[Boyd01]

This has been around for years and multiple OS versions. It is normally an issue with the website.

True - see this:

Why I Abandoned Safari For Google Chrome

Charlotte had been using Safari, but eventually had to abandon it for Google Chrome after encountering too many problems and inconveniences.

www.macobserver.com

I've been building a website that uses webGL to render maps of 3d terrain. After a few minutes of use, Safari never fails to display that message, using Sierra, Mojave and Catalina on a three different Macs. The site still works fine anyway. I don't get a message using Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Edge. I just wish Apple would give us the option to disable the warning, it's very annoying and since it's a bar across the top of the screen, the whole page shifts down when it appears

 

[Batt4Christ]

As per the subject title, webpages in Safari are frequently showing this message.

I suspect it is a Catalina issue... I was just wondering if anyone else was experiencing this?

Thanks.

And it STILL is a problem under Big Sir (11.0.1). And it isn't just a notification - but Safari really does get bogged down - sometimes with just a single window open and nothing particularly intensive going on. Apple has REALLY dropped the ball on Safari development.

 

[bladerunner88]

Same Thing Here, Really a pain when your trying to upload 25Gb's of work stuff to a TV Network Server and if Screen Sleep or saver come on Boom Safari reloads the page causing the Upload to halt! Such Fun. this on a 16" MBP with 64 GB's of RAM running Catalina even with shutting down every other Application and open Web Page.

Really ??

 

[decypher44]

And it STILL is a problem under Big Sir (11.0.1). And it isn't just a notification - but Safari really does get bogged down - sometimes with just a single window open and nothing particularly intensive going on. Apple has REALLY dropped the ball on Safari development.

Yep. Getting it a lot on FB (usually, I'm only on their for a ST memes page). 2020 27" iMac, 32GB, Big Sur 11.1. It's pretty annoying!

 

[bladerunner88]

Yep. Getting it a lot on FB (usually, I'm only on their for a ST memes page). 2020 27" iMac, 32GB, Big Sur 11.1. It's pretty annoying!

One thing that seems to help is going into System Prefs then Accessibility and checking Reduce Transparency....

 

[Outback1]

im getting the

This webpage is using significant memory message , in activity monitor its using 1.75g ram i have a 16" MBP with 64g ram 5600 8g HBM2 how can it be using too much system memory ?​

 

[Boyd01]

No need to shout. This is exactly the problem, I have 64gb RAM in my 2018 Mini and get the same message. Apple doesn't seem interested in fixing this, so the only solution is to ignore the message or use a different browser.