after reboot and re-opening all apps & browser windows Im using 11gb of RAM. Ok fine.
But If I restart from sleep a few times, this grows to crazy levels like 30GB of SWAP used for the exact same apps and browser tabs open...
Is safari a huge memory hog?
I notice it doesnt 'save memory' for unused tabs like chrome does and each tab uses 0.5 - 1 gb of ram..
spec: OSX Sonoma, MBA M2, 16GB ram.
MacBook Air, macOS 14.2
well the answer seems to be - change to Chrome browser instead of safari. seeing memory usage 70% lower with Chrome than safari. Chrome suspends unused tabs meaning they dont use much memory, whereas safari tabs remain fully active and builds up to using huge amounts of memory / swap..
well the answer seems to be - change to Chrome browser instead of safari. seeing memory usage 70% lower with Chrome than safari. Chrome suspends unused tabs meaning they dont use much memory, whereas safari tabs remain fully active and builds up to using huge amounts of memory / swap..
huge swap usage on MBA M2 16GB
