MacBook Pro 8gb ram - Safari issues

[scalpel_shredr]

I had a MacBook Pro 16GB/512 on order through the apple store but then saw all of the videos showing how well 8gb was working. I use Adobe Lightroom, a little Photoshop and for movie editing I pretty much stick to iMovie. 8GB from what I've seen should be plenty. Got my 8GB, used Lightroom, Photoshop and iMovie and everything is lightning fast, no issues with ram. Just now though, I have 3 tabs open on Safari with not a single other application open with one of those tabs running a video. The page keeps refreshing because it is using significant memory. I don't get it, anyone else having this issue with web videos on Safari? I was set to cancel my 16gb order, but may have to keep it now

 

[CheesePuff]

What does Activity Monitor show under both the energy and memory tabs while this is happening?

 

[scalpel_shredr]

It was sticking to about 6.5GB...then it would reset the page, drop it down to 5GB or so and then come right back up to the 6.5-7 range

 

[scalpel_shredr]

but even now, I have 4 tabs open with no video. Memory usage at 6gb. Other than Safari nothing but system apps running

 

[pugxiwawa]

but even now, I have 4 tabs open with no video. Memory usage at 6gb. Other than Safari nothing but system apps running

but everyone says 8GB is enough! lol. Try restart the computer and it'll clear the memory. There's definitely some issue with memory management on Big Sur/M1 that needs to be worked out, or 8GB is just not enough. If I were you I would keep that 16GB order.

 

[differentapple.com]

Usually clearing the browsing history with the cache will solve this issue. Please try it.

 

[scalpel_shredr]

clearing browsing didn't fix it but restart did. I don't get it, because I restarted before opening safari and that was the only thing open. I have retried the same pages after restart and its working as I would expect now.