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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by dmix on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:41AM (#26247616)
> Maybe they are suspending entire applications to disk in the background

This tactic of suspending unused tabs has MASSIVELY reduced by browser memory usage. Originally with "The Great Suspender" then built into FF natively when I switched to that. This should be used everywhere.

It's seriously game changer for some like me who keeps open 100 tabs.

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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by supermatt on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:52AM (#26247659)
Yeah, I use this in safari. Its fantastic.
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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by mrunseen on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:18AM (#26248146)
What is the name of the extension/setting?
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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by supermatt on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:57AM (#26248348)
"Tab suspender": https://apps.apple.com/lt/app/tab-suspender-for-safari/id149...
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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by Filligree on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @11:51AM (#26252152)
Like Chrome, Safari also suspends tabs on startup. That is to say, tabs are only loaded when first used.

It depends on your workflow, but I don't use an extension for this. I occasionally just quit and restart it; takes less than five seconds.

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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by dmix on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:48PM (#26256505)
That's not what the extension does, it 'expires' tabs you haven't looked at in a few minutes. Clearing up the memory.

Clicking on the tab will load them.

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