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T-Bird
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

DropBox for macOS app using a lot of RAM

Hi All,   Does anyone know how to stop DB from using all the ram in the screenshot below?   20GB is monstrous.   Many thanks    
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Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
T-Bird wrote:

Does anyone know how to stop DB from using all the ram in the screenshot below?

Are you sure that's accurate? It would imply that Dropbox is using more memory (22GB) than actually installed (16GB) and currently used (13GB).

  • T-Bird's avatar
    T-Bird
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    yeah i think so.  Kept on getting finder alerts saying my comp was out of RAM...

    🤔

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      3 years ago

      Hey T-Bird,  did you reboot your computer since you first noticed this?

       

      If you did and this persists, could you send us a screenshot of the app's exact status and version as shown in your menu bar? 

      • T-Bird's avatar
        T-Bird
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago

        will do, since quiting DB and restarting it seems to be ok.  But DB is still using 1.5gb of ram just sitting in the background.  is this expected?

         

        Thanks

         

        Tom

         

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