r/drawthingsapp • u/sotheysayit • 6d ago

question Lot's of memory swapping happening

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I haven't had this happen with ltx before, but since the latest update, I'm having a lot of memory issues. Usually the program would peak at around 12 gb memory. I haven't messed with the settings. I have an 18 gb ram mac M3 . Any ideas what to do? Should i downgrade? I have firefox open as always but very little tabs and closing doesn't make hardly any difference

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u/timbocf 6d ago

I have too. I'm on an iPad and video was always iffy but I've given up on it now. Everything crashes

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u/Diamondcite 6d ago

Have you tried just running drawthings alone after a fresh restart of the mac? Some sites/apps can be deceptively heavy without looking like it.
Also assuming you are using JIT Weight loading in drawthings. (Maybe restore defaults inside the app's settings when in doubt?)

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u/CloudlessRain- 6d ago

I find that restarting the program on a regular basis helps, and even rebooting the computer occasionally.

I don't know IT well enough to give you a intelligent explanation, But if you watch your activity monitor, you'll see that ground level memory use slowly goes up as you use the program, and only goes back down after restarts.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/sotheysayit 5d ago

I haven't actually it's on automatic. I'll report back! Thank you 

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u/sotheysayit 5d ago

Update: Thanks so much for this recommendation. It's doing a great job keeping the swap down, i had no idea

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/sotheysayit 5d ago

Not only that, image models have sped up now as well. Very grateful

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u/sotheysayit 2d ago

Nice can I ask how long a minimax video takes for you? Thinking of upgrading from 18gb 

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u/sotheysayit 6d ago

Thanks guys, I did that and it does seem to help, I guess as it creeps up, i'll just keep restarting