Memory Pressure regularly around 60-65% should I trade for more memory?

[Elektrofone]

Currently have a 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 16gb of RAM. I thought I would be okay with 16gb, but lately my memory pressure is hovering usually around 60%-65%. I am a Designer and usually have Sketch, Teams, Outlook, Safari and Possibly other creative apps open and I'm wondering if it'd be worth it to sell my current computer to get one with more RAM.

 

[ian87w]

If you are continuously in yellow/red, then yes, you will need more.
If it's still within the return period, and you have the budget, returning it and going with 32GB RAM might give you more headroom in the future.

 

[wilberforce]

I think it is worth it if the incremental cost to you is around the $400 extra that Apple charges for 32GB RAM.

However, if the incremental cost to you is like $1000 or more because you have to sell at a loss, then I would just live with it and not worry about it. Save the money and put it towards your next upgrade in several years. Especially if the memory pressure is green most of the time: the swap usage is very efficient with these fast SSDs. More important than memory pressure is whether it is getting laggy or beach-balling for what you do.

It would, for example, be disappointing to incur a $1000 loss and find the performance is not really any different.

 

[notgonna]

Is it still in the green?

I regularly use over 80%, [Edit: 85%] and it is still in the green with no lags. (I did have Outlook using some high memory, but I updated it to beta 16.60 build...2304 beta and that fixed it.)

I recall Teams had some high memory use, but a newer build was to address it. https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-teams-mac-client-performance-boost/ Maybe try an update?

• Starting with Version 16.21, Microsoft Teams will be installed by default for new installations if you're using the Office suite install package. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.

If you are running Teams via web app, are you using Microsoft's Edge browser?

Sketch v 85.1?

 

[Andrea Filippini]

Currently have a 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 16gb of RAM. I thought I would be okay with 16gb, but lately my memory pressure is hovering usually around 60%-65%. I am a Designer and usually have Sketch, Teams, Outlook, Safari and Possibly other creative apps open and I'm wondering if it'd be worth it to sell my current computer to get one with more RAM.

According to your data, actually you don't need more memory. You haven't any memory pressure.

Is it still in the green?

I regularly use over 80%, in the green, and no lags. (I did have Outlook using some high memory, but I updated it to beta 16.60 build...2304 beta and that fixed it.)

I recall Teams had some high memory use, but a newer build was to address it. https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-teams-mac-client-performance-boost/ Maybe try an update?

• Starting with Version 16.21, Microsoft Teams will be installed by default for newinstallations if you're using the Office suite install package. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.

Sketch v 85.1?

Memory is ok but depends on your tasks. Have you checked it on heavy tasks or just basic tasks?

 

[notgonna]

Teams is moving off Electron to thier Edge WebView2 runtime

WebView2 Roadmap - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation

Learn about what's coming next for WebView2.

docs.microsoft.com

02/28/2022​

WebView2 Roadmap​

The Microsoft Edge WebView2 control allows you to embed web technologies in your native applications.

The WebView2 team is planning the following major efforts for future updates:

• UWP Preview
• MacOS Preview
• Xbox Preview
• HoloLens Preview
• Linux Preview

 

[notgonna]

> Memory is ok but depends on your tasks. Have you checked it on heavy tasks or just basic tasks?

I just was responding to the original poster who is using 65% of memory, that in my opinion this doesn't represent an issue. I regularly use 80%-85% without going into yellow or red memory pressure. If OP is bumping into memory pressure, yellow, on a not infrequent basis, certainly get more RAM. Or, diagnose what the culprit may be.

MacOS 12.3. 8GB. Basic productivity task. Currently open, in use:
MS Outlook beta 16.60
Safari
MS Edge browser v99
MS Excel
MS Word presently, but usually not.
Messages
Music
Photos
Calendar
Activity Monitor
Apple News app 7.3 (It can use a great amount of memory, so I'll re-launch it.)
Calculator
Preview
Houdahspot
Stocks app
VPN app
Cookie utility
Grammarly for Safari (sometimes memory overuse w/ recent v 9.54) and Desktop app.
end

 

[Andrea Filippini]

> Memory is ok but depends on your tasks. Have you checked it on heavy tasks or just basic tasks?

I just was responding to the original poster who is using 65% of memory, that in my opinion this doesn't represent an issue. I regularly use 80%-85% without going into yellow or red memory pressure. If OP is bumping into memory pressure, yellow, on a not infrequent basis, certainly get more RAM. Or, diagnose what the culprit may be.

MacOS 12.3. 8GB. Basic productivity task. Currently open, in use:
MS Outlook beta 16.60
Safari
MS Edge browser v99
MS Excel
MS Word presently, but usually not.
Messages
Music
Photos
Calendar
Activity Monitor
Apple News app 7.3 (It can use a great amount of memory, so I'll re-launch it.)
Calculator
Preview
Houdahspot
Stocks app
VPN app
Cookie utility
Grammarly for Safari (sometimes memory overuse w/ recent v 9.54) and Desktop app.
end

Seems everything is fine with 8GB.

 

[MrGunny94]

Teams is moving off Electron to thier Edge WebView2 runtime

WebView2 Roadmap - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation

Learn about what's coming next for WebView2.

docs.microsoft.com

02/28/2022​

WebView2 Roadmap​

The Microsoft Edge WebView2 control allows you to embed web technologies in your native applications.

The WebView2 team is planning the following major efforts for future updates:

• UWP Preview
• MacOS Preview
• Xbox Preview
• HoloLens Preview
• Linux Preview

Oh didn't knew about this thanks. My biggest issue right now eating my RAM Is Teams with 4GB.

 

[Dariana97]

this is the norm now, but in a year it will be possible to up