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High RAM usage on Mac OS
Hello all,
Dropbox user since decades back. I'm on Mac Silicon (M1 laptop, 8GB RAM). Dropbox takes up ≈5GB out of my 8. Obviously a problem, and googling around reveals that this has plagued Dr...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Andromfisk, thanks for the added info!
Do you notice the same behavior when restarting the device, by any chance?
Did you have the chance to have a look at the relevant Help Center article at all? If you've made sure that everything is in check, let me know and we'll have a closer look into this.
Hello Megan,
I've now screendumped the memory behaviour and it's quite clearly a leak. Every time I restart Dropbox (a couple of times per month) the memory usage goes back to normal levels again.
I think this problem is connected to Big Sur somehow. After upgrading to Sonoma I've continued to check daily, and the memory usage stays more or less the same even after a full week of work.
ZIP with all 27 anonymized snapshots here:
ZIP archive of PNG screenshots from Activity Monitor
Regards,
Andreas
- Nancy
Hey Andromfisk, hope it’s alright if I jump in.
Due to security reasons, we can’t click on any external links here on the forum. Can you attach a few of these screenshots here by clicking on the camera icon in your message box?
