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Safari using 100gb of memory

This morning, and suddenly, safari is using nearly 100gb of memory. It was working perfectly fine until now.


I have rebooted in safe mode, uninstalled extensions and nothing helps.


I force quit safari and open it again and it jumps to 100gb of memory usage within minutes. This is without me touching it.


macOS 13.3

MBA M2

16gb RAM


MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Apr 2, 2023 5:22 AM

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Apr 2, 2023 6:50 AM in response to Symp EL

Symp EL wrote:

This morning, and suddenly, safari is using nearly 100gb of memory. It was working perfectly fine until now.

I have rebooted in safe mode, uninstalled extensions and nothing helps.

I force quit safari and open it again and it jumps to 100gb of memory usage within minutes. This is without me touching it.

macOS 13.3
MBA M2
16gb RAM

So we are guessing the user is getting this information of Activity Monitor >> View >> ViewALL processes ?


How may Tabs are open ?


After Force Quitting Safari and reopening it How many Tabs are opening ?


Below is from M1 Mac Mini running Ventura 13.3 with Safari 16.4 and No Tabs


Suggest the User start with Points 1 to 4 and then Test


Still having issues, move onto Steps 5 and 6 and Test Again


Still no resolve - move onto Step 7 and follow instructions therein 


1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Safe Mode will also eliminate Third Party Software, extensions and drivers from loading. It will only load the Minimum amount of Core Apple Processes to allow the the computer to function at a reduced Level of Performance 


3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


4 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


5 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


6 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


7 - Download the Application Etrecheck directly from the Developer.


This is a Diagnostic Tool that makes no changes to the computer.


It makes a coherent and readable inventory of both the Hardware and Software used on the computer 


The application is free or paid from added features. 


The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information. 


Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<




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