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Swap used 5GB - Can someone help me figure this thing out. I only used safari, notion and yt music. (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/apple@hardware.watch
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Are you noticing any kind of performance hit? If not it doesn’t matter and forget about it!

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Most of the people commenting appear to have no idea how Unix memory management works. You are spot on. You should worry about it if it actually has a noticeable effect.

    Looking at memory utilisation doesn't tell you anything useful if your system is running normally.

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