Appstore agent using too much RAM.

Hi, my macbook pro started freezing and got slower when doing "normal" stuff like browsing the web.

So i checked activity monitor and figured the "appstoreagent" process is using a lot of memory.

Im able to kill it and everything starts working fine but some time later it will come back.

Any idea of what can i do?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 3:25 PM

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