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Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave

So, I'm using brave on an m3 mac and having 2 big issues: 1. Brave does not properly use memory saver - I have it set on aggressive and even then tabs like gmail just remain active even if I don't use them in days

2. Especially Gmail tab takes upwards of 500MB - in comparison if I run machine learning models on a moderate sized data set Python ends up taking 1-1.5GB - What is so special that Gmail is doing that it requires so much resources lol

( 7 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by dotcoma on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:33AM (#40817742)
What about the space the iOS app needs? 2.4 GB on my iPhone vs 54 MB for Tuta…
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by shivc on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:39AM (#40817773)
that's a whole different story too - storage is still manageable but taking up huge chunks of RAM means the daily usage can get affected easily.
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by orionblastar on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:43AM (#40817793)
I use Thunderbird to read my GMail accounts. The web browsers take up too much RAM, but I think (I am not 100% certain) that reading IMAP GMAIL in Thunderbird takes up less RAM.
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by shivc on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:54AM (#40817851)
was thinking of trying thunderbird - have you tried apple mail app or superhuman as well by any chance?
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by orionblastar on Friday June 28, 2024 @02:27AM (#40818254)
I don't have a Mac, what is Superhuman?
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by shivc on Friday June 28, 2024 @02:38AM (#40818291)
an email client that looks nice - apparently quite popular in youtuber land too lol
Re:Ask HN: Gmail Taking 500+MB RAM on macOS with Brave by orionblastar on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:52AM (#40828368)
It cost me too much money to try, I am disabled and on a fixed income. I cannot tell how it would work, but it looks nice.