By any measure, Monterey’s 12.3 update is very substantial, introducing major new features like Universal Control and Spatial […]
memory leak
Each additional Safari window increases WindowServer’s memory use by 1.7 MB on an Intel Mac, but 50 MB on an M1 Mac – thirty times more.
According to Apple, macOS Monterey 12.2.1 fixes a serious bug which could drain the battery of Intel notebooks […]
We can expect Universal Control in macOS 12.3, but when will Apple get round to fixing the severe memory leak in the Finder’s Find feature?
If you’re not careful, you can end up watching the Finder steadily eating your Mac’s memory until it grinds to a halt. The bug explained with solutions.
macOS Monterey 12.2 is of modest size, relative to updates in recent years, at 2-2.8 GB, depending on […]
Activity Monitor’s Memory view is the perfect place to watch for memory problems, such as a leak. Demonstrated here in macOS 12.0.1 and 12.1.
macOS Monterey 12.1 at last brings some more of the new features promised last June. These include: SharePlay, […]
Is Monterey burning your memory away? Here are two reproducible memory leaks which could explain that, plus two more than might.
How this memory leak probably occurs, which apps it affects, and what you can do to avoid it completely.
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