Topic

macOS memory compression

The macOS memory subsystem that compresses inactive pages in RAM instead of writing them to swap, so a process's total footprint can be far larger than the resident size most tools display.

Current clusters

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A cooldown set before the sudo check suppressed re-detection for 30 minutes at a time

A macOS daemon held 47GB of mostly compressed memory while reporting 264MB of RSS, and the script that spotted it had no permission to act. The repair is one sudoers line for one killall, verified after install.

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Reality

Evidence56
Adoption8
Hype gap+6
Incentives22
Confidence63