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DVSth
DVSth
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July 25, 2023
Question

MacBook M2 Unable to Run After Effects due to Low Memory

  • July 25, 2023
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Spec's: MBPro M2 Max
96 GB of RAM 
4TB Internal 
macOS Ventura 13.4.1

Using AE (Version 23.5.0 Build 52) for 2D work basically, using animator for text in a 1920x1080 Comp and that's about it. AE is absorbing 87% of my RAM and its extrememly slow chugging throuhg the timeline trying to get through rendering the green bars for simple annimations using tracking and opacity. Its crazy how slow it is. 

** Even when downgraded to AE Ver 22.1.1

I took the same project over to my 13 years old pc - and its didn't even flinch. It blew through the the renders like nothing. 

Side Note for AE Settings are as followed: 
Media & Disk Cache settings are: 
Maximum Dish Cache Size: 200GB 

Memory & Performace 
Installed Ram 96GB
RAM reserved for other applications: 25GB
RAM acailable for AE: 71GB 
:ballot_box_with_check: Enable Multi-Frame Rendering 
% CPU Reserved for other applications 21% 

Project Settings: 
Mercury Software Only 

Using: Open Rosetta is un-checked. 

Cache frames when idle is also un-checked 

Preview is set to Half 

Can anyone throw me any pointers if i have something configured wrong? 

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    nishu_kush
    nishu_kush
    Legend
    June 1, 2024

    Can you install the latest version of After Effects and see if the issue persists?

    Let us know. I am moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for now.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

    K
    Kira31526149o45c
    Participant
    September 9, 2023

    Sorry for the late response! The setting was already enabled for me. Do you suggest un-enabling and re-enabling?

     

    I've found that converting my footage to .xmp instead of .mp4, and making the playback screen smaller (12%) has helped.

    nishu_kush
    nishu_kush
    Legend
    August 18, 2023

    Hi @DVSth & @Kira31526149o45c,

     

    Could you try the suggestion in the following thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/issues-with-premiere-23-5-on-m2-ultra-studio/idc-p/14007966/page/4#M13412

    Let us know the results.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

    K
    Kira31526149o45c
    Participant
    August 11, 2023

    Hello, I have an M2 pro, 16GB RAM and having this same issue. I'm editing 2D footage (HD) with a composition that is 20 seconds long and it can't seem to load fast enough for previewing. Its actually faster if I export to MP4 and watch my composition that way and then go back to edit details. 

     

    I'm thinking of downloading an earlier version. I appreciate DVSth's comments and screenshots. I think there is something fundamentally imcompatible with this version of AE and the M1/M2 mac series. I'm willing to post screenshots as well.

      DVSth
      DVSthAuthor
      Known Participant
      July 29, 2023

      It did absolutley nothing to imporve performance... any other ideas or tips? 

      DVSth
      DVSthAuthor
      Known Participant
      July 26, 2023

      The minimum can set it to is 12gigs 

      Installed RAM: 96.00 GB Current RAM Usage: 73.78 GB Allowed RAM Usage: 84.00 GB
       
      Process IDApplication NameMin Needed MemoryMax Usable MemoryMax Allowed MemoryCurrent MemoryCurrent Priority
      6863After Effects1.0096.0084.0073.781 - High
      6868Team Projects Local Hub0.000.000.000.003 - Low

       

      DVSth
      DVSthAuthor
      Known Participant
      July 25, 2023

      I'm still waiting for assistance to my help - AE is usless on my Macbook M2 Max - just spikes to 90% RAM usage doing 2D work with texts and crashes. I've had to resort back to my 13 year old PC to get the job done. 

      R
      Community Expert
      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 26, 2023

      I'm on an M2 Macbook Pro, and AE 23 and AE Beta are running just fine. Have you tried opening Preferences/Memory and setting the Ram for other apps to an even multiple of 4GB, like 4, 8, or 12GB? You should also limit your Preferences/Media And Disk Cache to about 40 or 50 GB. 

       

      If you have a bunch of other 3rd party software running, that could be causing problems. 

      DVSth
      DVSthAuthor
      Known Participant
      July 26, 2023

      After changing all the setting/ preffrences to the above mentioned this is still my memory usage spiking... after a restart of the computer. 

        R
        Community Expert
        Rick GerardCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 26, 2023

        Try setting memory for other applications to 4 or 8 GB.

        DVSth
        DVSthAuthor
        Known Participant
        July 26, 2023

        I did as you mentioned. Here are some screen shots of what's happening on my system.... Do you see anything that i might be missing? 


         

        R
        Community Expert
        Rick GerardCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 26, 2023

        Reduce the size of your Disk Cache to 40 of 50. It empties faster and is plenty big to store more frames than the preview will usually render.

         

        Set the Memory allocation to other apps to 4, 8, or 12. That's plenty, and AE has never liked an odd number of GB of ram allocated to other apps. Multiples of 4 are best because that's the width of the memory pipeline in modern computers.

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