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I have a simple video monitoring application that uses 2 cameras. The same patch is used in 2 locations. One of them running on an iMac is working without a problem. The other one running on a 2020 M1 Mac mini was working ok for a while, but lately, I am not sure when(perhaps after an OS update/upgrade) I have been experiencing issues. It starts by becoming sluggish, not responding quickly to mouse clicks, lower video frame rates etc. and then freezes altogether. This happens both with a max patch and the standalone. Recently, I noticed the application using 11GB of memory when running sluggish. It starts with about 200MB and keeps increasing in time. About a month ago, I found out the app only worked for a couple of minutes before the machine GPU displays 0% use and the video frames stopped. At that point I added a timer to the patch that closes and reopens the jit.grab objects every 2 minutes to prevent it from freezing. It is after this change I am noticing the memory issues. The max version I am using is 8.3.2. Any help? Code attached.

I have a simple video monitoring application that uses 2 cameras. The same patch is used in 2 locations. One of them running on an iMac is...

memory-hog

first thing to try is see if it's fixed in 8.6.2 

First, you might need to consider what's occupying the memory of your device. That could be the cause of the current issue. Alternatively, you could revert to a previous version of the operating system to troubleshoot. good luck

memory hog