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Recently - it seems since 10.15.5 (2019 iMAC)
I've been running out of RAM - Activity Monitor Pressure going red
It seems some of the Apple processes grow and grow and grow
Example:
"cloudd" is currently at 28GB
"nsurlsessiond" at 19GB
"commerce" as 12GB
"com.apple.Safari.Safebrowsing.Service" at 9GB
The best I can do is force Quit them.
I reset RAM once, but no luck.
Whats going on and how do I stop it?
Thanks
Jim
Have you run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up" or anti-virus apps on your Mac?
Download and run Etrecheck. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
Copy the report
and use the Add Text button to include the report in your reply. How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report
IMPORTANT:
Before running Etrecheck assign Full Disk Access to Etrecheck in the Etrecheck's Privacy preference pane so that it can get additional information from the Console and log files for the report:
Also click and read the About info to further permit full disk access.
Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine what might be causing the problem.
Great advice from O/T, also...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
BDAqua
Tried your Safe Mode Reboot, so far no issues !!!!
Interesting if it works out... Will have to learn more about Safe Mode
Will continue to monitor.
Old Toad - Thanks
If issue returns will try your suggestion
So far 10 days and no problems !!!
Thanks again - this issue was a real pita for a while.
Still don;t know when it started or what caused it to happen.
Maybe Norton360 I recently downloaded it.... I tried Norton a couple of years back and had some issues that caused me to remove it... Dont know why I tried it again..... but we'll see
Sweet, let's keep our fingers crossed mu friend. :)
Still fine?
Apple processes creating Memory (RAM) problem
