monterey memory

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Is the memory pressure graph still in the green? If so there's nothing to be concerned about. `

Chrome is a memory hog. On my 32GB Mac Pro, the chrome browser is using >20GB.

One thing that has been shown to cause this is the new cursor color setting.

If you have changed the cursor color, click the Reset button:

I'm running Monterey 12.0.1 on a 2020 MacBook Pro.

Word and Chrome are both using roughly 200 MB each.

As mentioned Google Chrome with the Helper Application from Google is a real hog for CPU usage and Memory