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Hi all.
I'm using a brand new Mac mini M1 16GB RAM for about 3 days now. Updated to Monterey yesterday.
Today i noticed that even with most usual apps closed ( Mail, Brave, Skype, Whatsapp, Telegram etc ) the memory is still hovering around 5GB but without a visible suspect on the Activity Monitor!
When these are open the usage jumps to 10GB, again when you add up the memory usage it's way lower...
Any explanation for this?
Scroll backup to the top of the list to see the largest users. What you are showing is somewhere near the bottom. (I can surmise that since this very page uses 144 MB.)
Aside from that, as far as 5 GB being used, is not all that uncommon, especially in these days of memory hogging websites (I have seen some consume up to 1.5GB). Also, if you have any menu apps, cloud storage apps, etc. that run in the background, while they may not be big by themselves, if you have enough of them, they will add up.
In terms of the cache, macOS will keep some previous apps and data in memory to allow for quicker opening. This is however considered "disposable" memory since when more memory is needed, the system will start removing those cached items in favor of new memory requirements.
So basically, don't try to micromanage the memory use and let macOS do its thing. The only time to be concerned is if you get a system notification that there is not enough memory to say open an app or an app has used too much memory.
Scroll backup to the top of the list to see the largest users. What you are showing is somewhere near the bottom. (I can surmise that since this very page uses 144 MB.)
Aside from that, as far as 5 GB being used, is not all that uncommon, especially in these days of memory hogging websites (I have seen some consume up to 1.5GB). Also, if you have any menu apps, cloud storage apps, etc. that run in the background, while they may not be big by themselves, if you have enough of them, they will add up.
In terms of the cache, macOS will keep some previous apps and data in memory to allow for quicker opening. This is however considered "disposable" memory since when more memory is needed, the system will start removing those cached items in favor of new memory requirements.
So basically, don't try to micromanage the memory use and let macOS do its thing. The only time to be concerned is if you get a system notification that there is not enough memory to say open an app or an app has used too much memory.
You are showing App memory of 3.45 GB and wired memory of 1.03GB. Not sure about your math, but, this seems about normal considering the size of Monterey. Also it seems there should be a lot more showing on this screenshot, does it scroll down?
Here it is again.
Closed pretty much all that i usually use except Finder.
Is there a way to export to excel or Number to make a quick calculation?
Noted difference in App Memory 2.61GB Versus 3.45GB and Wired memory 1.27GB Versus 1.03GB. The computer is counting for you.
Memory leak Mac Mini M1
