Since downloading Monterey I receive repeated messages "your system has run out of application memory". This is only occurred since downloading Monterey. When examining activity monitor pages seems to be the main culprit using up 18 GB and more! Is this evidence of a memory leak for Pages with Monterey os? Restart makes no difference.
iMac 24″, macOS 12.0
"If you made changes to customize your mouse pointer and specifically the color choice—restore the defaults and compare your results."
@leroydouglas nailed it here for my scenario. I had modified the pointer color in accessibility settings. Once reset, the memory leak has stopped.
note: I was able to keep the existing larger sized cursor
Deuce33,
What other issues have you have besides the easy to manage memory leak?
Zarathu
Besides FaceTime no longer working now on the iMac after installing Monterey either?
How old is your iMac?
5K 27-inch from last year, 2020.
I had the same issue and looks liked this solved it too 😂
Did you open a large Pages document heavily laden with high-resolution images, or other document objects such as PDF objects? I doubt you can draw any conclusion about a Pages memory leak from Activity Monitor.
If this is an 8GB 24-inch iMac, you probably cannot run the full Microsoft suite of applications and other open applications (especially multi-tab browser sessions) concurrently as it would exhaust your available RAM. Much harder to do with a 16 GB RAM model, but not impossible.
Pages was just a text document (approx 20 pages) Np PDF images running....
Found this yesterday....apparently sweeping Twitter...I'm not alone
https://9to5mac.com/2021/11/02/application-memory-error-affecting-many-mac-apps-intel-as-well-as-m1/
First, there is no reason to ever install or run any 3rd party "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus, VPN or security apps on your Mac. This user tip describes what you need to know and do in order to protect your Mac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community.
There are no known viruses, i.e. self propagating, for Macs. There are, however, adware and malware which require the user to install although unwittingly most of the time thru sneaky links, etc.
Anti Virus developers try to group all types as viruses into their ad campaigns of fear. They do a poor job of the detecting and isolating the adware and malware. Since there are no viruses these apps use up a lot of system resources searching for what is non-existent and adversely affect system and app performance.
There is one app, Malwarebytes, which was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community, that is desshoigned solely to seek out adware and known malware and remove it. The free version is more than adequate for most users.
You've installed what most of the long time contributors here consider akin to malware: CleanMyMac. You should uninstall CMM according to the developer's instructions.
Also it's reported that the 12.1 update has fixed the modified pointer issue.
Monterey; Pages Memory Leak?
