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This is PR speak. No 8GB, compressed or whatever was not enough for MacOS when M1 was released. Even for simple outlook, web browser, excel type of workflows.
by whatever1 7mo ago
This is PR speak.
No 8GB, compressed or whatever was not enough for MacOS when M1 was released. Even for simple outlook, web browser, excel type of workflows.
After 3-4 hours of work, the window manager process itself is consuming gigabytes of memory. Not even considering any browser or electron apps.
My M1 Mac mini was choking up so much that I had to trade it in. That was back in 2021. Today apps are even more bloated.
- jorvi 7mo agoYeah, you never owned a Mac and are just making stuff up. I have no urge to debate zealots. Bye.
- whatever1 7mo agoI am not the one claiming that apple does magic with memory. FYI right now I just opened monitor (M1 16GB) and sorted by memory: 1. WindowServer : 4.33GB 2. Safari pages (~10 open): ~ 5GB (monitor reports per tab) 3. Outlook: 1.45 GB 4. VS Code: 1.43 GB 5. Excel: 1.25 GB Swap Used: 6.46GB. Memory pressure is already orange and machine is slow.
- astrange 7mo agoRun `IOAccelMemory` in the terminal to see what's causing that (dirty and wired columns). It's probably an app with a lot of windows. Or for general memory `footprint` is good.
- whatever1 7mo agoThank you so much for this! At least now I can see the worst offenders. How did you even find this tool? The internet has almost no records of it. Amazing. Still does not explain why this balloons over time. Aka if I restart my Mac right now and reopen the same exactly apps with the same exactly windows the WindowServer will take 80% less memory.
- astrange 7mo agoWell, now you get to file a bug with Feedback Assistant… If you send me the number it will get looked at.