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Hello all
Using MBP 15 2014 Retina
Since upgrading to High Sierra, I have noticed my ram usage is exceptionally high. My device is showing WindowServer is constantly using 7GB - 10GB of ram. I have also noticed that activity monitor doesn't even list WindowServer, however iStat Menu does.
I know what WindowServer is used for but my question is, is anybody else experiencing this?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Do you have Activity Monitor set to show "ALL" processes? I see WindowServer via my Activity Monitor.
Have done a reboot? I'm guessing maybe you have, but I need to ask the question.
Does the problem happen if you boot into Safe mode?
<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564>
This will not load any 3rd party additions, it will load some more conservative Apple drivers (may cause screen flicker), and it will clear some kernel caches (a cache is saved data in a form that can speed up a program, but is totally redundant to the original source, and thus can be safely cleared). Booting into Safe mode is just an experiment, but can often times eliminate any 3rd party interference, or a cached item out-of-sync with the world.
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Starting your reply with 'You really don't understand how stuff works in OS X.' doesn't really give the best impressions to be honest.
Thank you for your time though.
Ciao
follow-up: session termination wouldn't work. You either have to reboot the whole system or at least restart WindowServer service
I've updated to 10.13.1 and windowserver process stop leaking memory. But, now kernel_task is leaking memory. Oh man... =(
Thanks for the heads-up. You'd think they'd test various screen resolutions.
This fixed it for me. My windowServer RAM usage went from 23GB (yes, you read that right) to 229MB immediately after updating to 10.13.1. Thanks for this!
After updating to the final release of 10.13.1 it's still happening to me...
macOS 10.13.1 update seems to have fixed the high RAM usage by WindowServer, tho it is still high when I set the high resolution that is scaled (does not get as high at recommend non scale).
MBP 15 late 2013 Retina, it is better with 10.13.1 when using the Intel GPU it is not as bad. When the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M is used a lot more RAM is used by Window Server .
Thank you, this has been ******* me off so bad for the past couple of weeks. Can't believe this is the reason. Terrible from Apple.
Not though in release, at least for me; still freezes and restart at least once a day. Im on MBpro late 2013. Still, don't upgrade 😉
Still occurring in 10.13.1!
Any different with macOS 10.13.2?
After High Sierra update WindowServer High Ram Usage
