Question
High Memory Use/Memory Leak Causing Premeire to Freeze
As I work on my film, Premiere is frequently consuming more than 26 GB of memory. This causes playback of the timeline to be incredibly slow, choppy, and delayed. And now, the program abruptly quit and my external hard drive disconnected. Can someone help me troubleshoot? I have already taken all of these steps.
Project details:
15-minute film with multiple sequences. Clips are mostly MP4 files. Not using any elaborate or unusual effects.

System Details:
- Premiere Pro Version 25.6.3 Build 2
- Mac OS Tahoe 26.2
