Distnoted using so much memory

My 15" macbook pro running high sierra occasionally starts running super slow. Recently I checked activity monitor and saw that distnoted is using a ton of memory. I have 16GB physical memory. And for the distnoted memory, it showed 40 GB.

Restarting resolved the issue, but I think this will just keep happening over and over again like it always has. Its usually triggered by having several applications open plus Parallels. And usually even if I close the powerful applications down, the computer remains slow.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Oct 18, 2018 4:28 PM

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rccharles

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Oct 18, 2018 6:59 PM in response to Alias7

"Distnoted isn’t too critical. Instead, use Activity Monitor to see what apps are running — not just system processes. Quit one app at a time and see if the distnoted activity dies down as well."

https://www.techradar.com/how-to/computing/apple/ask-what-is-distnoted-on-mac-13 05721

Totally annoying site. I've copied the interesting part, so you don't have to go to the site.

look here instead.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-distnoted-and-why-is-it-eating-up-the-RAM-on-my-Ma cBook

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