Macworld - UK (2022-01)

30 Macworld • January 2022

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to be related to memory issues. It’s

been nearly impossible to pinpoint

a pattern, but I assumed it was

something installed on my machine by

my company. After reading numerous

reports recently about similar issues,

I’m not so sure.

When Gregory

McFadden tweeted

that Control Centre

was using 26GB of

the 64GB of RAM

on his new MacBook

Pro, the screenshot

looked very familiar.

While Control

Centre never ate

up that much RAM

for me, I regularly

spot spikes when

using Safari

and Photoshop

Elements and

have seen more

sporadic issues

with Mail and other

apps. Sometimes

the issues cause

slowdowns

that work

themselves out

in a few minutes,

other times my

machine locks up

and forces a restart it.

So glad I got 64GB of memory on

my new Mac so I can use 26GB of it

for control centre... Wait... what. pic.

twitter.com/inCOPaii1o

Activity Monitor often shows my memory pressure in the red.

Gregory McFadden’s screenshot.