Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 With Security Fixes
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Quite happy with my system running Big Sur for now. Everything works fine and I cant be bothered with the hassle of upgrading every year. I actually see no reason for me to upgrade to Monterey in the near future. I will probably move OS when I move to a newer MacBook, then rebuild my current machine with a fresh copy of the latest OS at that time when I come to sell it.....which means I'll most likely skip Monterey altogether......
I have M1 MBA and WindowServer isn't leaking, but I'll check it periodically to see if that changes.
I recently updated my iMac Pro to Big Sur 11.6.4 and my iMac is shutting down by itself when sleeping.
Apple today released macOS Big Sur 11.6.4, a security fix update that is designed for Mac users who continue to use the Big Sur operating system instead of macOS Monterey.
The macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 update can be downloaded on all eligible Macs using the Software Update section of System Preferences.
Today's update comes about two weeks after the launch of macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, which was released alongside macOS Monterey 12.2. Apple usually releases new versions of macOS Big Sur alongside Monterey updates, but today's Big Sur software release is standalone.
According to Apple's release notes for the update, macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 "improves the security of macOS" and is recommended for all users.
Apple has also released a 2022-002 macOS Catalina security update for those who are still running macOS Catalina.
Article Link: Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 With Security Fixes
This is the error:
Sleep Wake failure in EFI
Failure code:: 0x00000000 0x0000001f
Please IGNORE the below stackshot
================================================================
Date/Time: 2022-02-15 20:28:21.769 +0200
OS Version: ??? ??? (Build ???)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 32
Data Source: Stackshots
Shared Cache: 1D800E79-F93F-3FEF-9658-B168A649E2E4 slid base address 0x7fff203aa000, slide 0x3aa000
Event: Sleep Wake Failure
Duration: 0.00s
Steps: 1
Boot args: chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev
Time Awake Since Boot: 12s
Process: swd [353]
Architecture: x86_64
Footprint: 460 KB
Time Since Fork: 1s
Num samples: 1 (1)
Thread 0xc61 1 sample (1) priority 4 (base 4)
<thread QoS background (requested background), thread darwinbg, process darwinbg, IO tier 2>
1 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 89917) [0x7fff206d3f3d] 1
1 ??? [0x103023454] 1
1 ??? [0x1030231e8] 1
1 __stack_snapshot_with_config + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 146934) [0x7fff206a5df6] 1
*1 ??? [0xffffff80002311f6] 1
*1 ??? [0xffffff800093ed0e] 1
*1 ??? [0xffffff8000848e71] 1
*1 ??? [0xffffff80002544ff] 1
*1 ??? [0xffffff800028ba8d] (running) 1
Binary Images:
0x7fff20682000 - 0x7fff206b1fff libsystem_kernel.dylib (7195.141.19) <FDF07FB0-42C8-3732-8868-1E9518FB99B3> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x7fff206be000 - 0x7fff206f9fff libdyld.dylib (852.2) <5FBD0E1A-ACCE-36DB-B11C-622F26C85132> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
Model: iMacPro1,1, BootROM 1715.81.2.0.0 (iBridge: 19.16.10744.0.0,0), 8 processors, 8-Core Intel Xeon W, 3,2 GHz, 32 GB, SMC
Graphics: kHW_AMDRadeonProVega56Item, Radeon Pro Vega 56, spdisplays_pcie_device, 8 GB
Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_A0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Hynix, HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK
Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_B0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Hynix, HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK
Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_C0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Hynix, HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK
Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_D0, 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Hynix, HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x7BF), wl0: Aug 10 2021 19:55:28 version 9.30.444.18.32.5.71 FWID 01-93db3422
Bluetooth: Version 8.0.5d7, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
USB Device: 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device: Card Reader
USB Device: 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device: 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
USB Device: Launchkey MK3 37
USB Device: 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
USB Device: iPad
USB Device: Portable SSD T5
USB Device: Apple T2 Bus
USB Device: Headset
USB Device: Ambient Light Sensor
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Apple T2 Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac Pro, Apple Inc., 41.5
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac Pro, Apple Inc., 41.5
I got my first Mac (Mac mini refurb) in 2008 for iPhoneOS (yes, that's what it was called then) development. It came with Leopard. I seem to recall going to the local Apple Store to buy Snow Leopard for $30 I think it was. I also bought a refurb iPod touch with iPhoneOS 2.x. Upgrade to 3.x was $5 or something.
OS updates became free some time shortly after that. The good old days. Before Tim Cook. Before the Empire.
Your process memory usage seems to be ~6GB but it's showing 13GB total memory usage. You might have a different memory leak other than WindowServer.
I don't think so, because I have a lot of chrome, opera, and Safari tabs, plus quite a few running apps, some of them intel or Electron based, like VS Code, Skype, Discord, Photoshop Elements, so it all adds up (though I don't always have them all open). I'm a web developer and it saves time to have a bunch of tabs and apps open, plus I'm too lazy to do it differently.
My m1 mini is on Big Sur. My M1 Pro MacBook Pro is on Monterey. I don't see any need to run Monterey on the mini. The bugs are getting worked out in Monterey - I don't change if I don't need to. I have one system on Big Sur that I am thinking of going back to Mojave on as there are two problems with Big Sur that I have on this old Intel Mac. Mojave has been the most stable release of macOS in recent years.
They backported memory leaks - my experience. Big Sur was running fine for me and then one of the maintenance releases gave me memory leaks and an annoying network issue where some websites work and some don't. A reboot clears it up but it's really annoying. I have the same problem on Monterey. Both systems have to be rebooted about once a week. I have another Big Sur system that I have to reboot once a month but I don't use it much for web browsing. I am hoping that Monterey 14.4 fixes it and maybe the current releases of Big Sur. If not, then I'm going back to Mojave.
That's a lot of RAM for WindowServer.
One odd thing is that there is no such process on my M1 mini running Big Sur 11.6.2 nor my 2014 iMac running the same version. I do see it on my 2021 MacBook Pro though but it uses about 200 MB. It did use 1 GB of RAM when I hooked it up to an external 4k monitor in the early versions of Monterey. My 2014 iMac has a dGPU so maybe that explains why there isn't that process there but I run 2x4k monitors off the mini so I wonder why I don't see that process.
That's pretty awful. Is that linked to a particular program that you run? I've only seen numbers like that where someone could tie it to a specific program.
My 2 Big Sur systems: