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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.
Hi Megan,
I sure did, before writing this post actually. The article mention 300'000 files, and I'm on way less than that - so it doesn't feel like that's the likely cause.
Yes, restarting the computer helps the same way as restarting the Dropbox App helps - but like I wrote initially, I was more looking for a longterm solution.
From two days back I'm screendumping the Activity Monitor (filtered on processes with the word "DROPBOX") to keep tabs on this. By next week I should have a better idea of when it stars to climb up.
Cheers,
A
Cheers and thanks for reaching out!
