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David604 Author

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Memory leak from Mac Safari

The new version of Facebook is eating up Mac RAM. How can I stop this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 6:13 PM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2020 3:33 PM

Hey David604,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

We hear that you're having issues with an app taking up too much RAM on your MacBook Air. We can help out.

Try booting into safe mode and testing the RAM usage again:

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Take care!

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Sep 11, 2020 3:33 PM in response to David604

Hey David604,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

We hear that you're having issues with an app taking up too much RAM on your MacBook Air. We can help out.

Try booting into safe mode and testing the RAM usage again:

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Take care!

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Sep 13, 2020 12:49 PM in response to David604

See if anything here helps.

Safari Memory Leak See Dec 19th post by ShirsenduK

Safari Memory Leak (2)

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David604 Author

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Sep 12, 2020 8:34 PM in response to DanielleM182

That seems to slow dow the growth of the Facebook leak problem, but it does keep growing. Still don't understand how to clear cases, and which ones to keep.

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Memory leak from Mac Safari

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