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After Effects 22.0.1 causing memory leaks on M1 Max

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November 12, 2021
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I'm running AE 22.0.1 on my M1 iMac (16GB Ram) with no issues. Yet when I render videos on my M1 Max (32GB RAM) I'm getting error messages saying "Your system has run our of Application Memory" or it simple has the goat yell at me and it crashes.

22.0 worked perfectly. I'm sure its a new bug, just putting it out there.

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julianp75495911

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Having a similar issue with my M1 Max 32c 32gb but in other adobe suites as well. I get photoshop telling me iv ram out of application memory doing tasks I could do on my old intel. I talked to the guy at the apple store he said it's now a known issue do to with some elements of photoshop/adobe apps not being optimized to work with more then 16gb of ram (the old M1 ram maximum) hopefully this should be cleared up quickly it's makes me want to use my old computer

julianp75495911

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I upgraded to a 2tb ssd and 64 gb of ram and my computer does not go over 55% memeory pressure ever anymore. Just received it a few days ago and I'm not sure if they changed something from the first shipments of the computer but it works flawlessly even when I'm running photoshop and Lightroom and final cut at the same time it doesn't slow down or go above 45-55% memory pressure for some reason.

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mediarocker

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same problem here... m1 max 64GB ...

juicybiscuit

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Can confirm bug same happening in 22.0.1 M1 Max 64GB. Driving me nuts. Checked out the Monterey links below regarding custom pointers (which I DO use). Have turned off and problem persists.

Have turned off Cache frames when idlea and this definitely seems to help stop the issue. Not sure why it's endlessly caching frames to the point of running out of memory. Seems like a definite bug as I don't recall it happening in 22.0

Conrad_C

Community Expert

One thing to try is make sure this is not one of those macOS 12 Monterey memory leak bugs. I just saw a post in the Premiere Pro forum where someone fixed their memory leak by changing the macOS setting noted in this article (Monterey’s memory leak and how to avoid it).

But note that since that article was published, additional macOS Monterey memory leaks have been discovered (More memory leaks in Monterey 12.0.1: how to avoid them).

Not saying Adobe is in the clear because no one’s posted confirmed info about whether After Effects is free of problems; some may be seeing different combinations of causes that could be in both After Effects and macOS. It will probably take a few updates of both macOS and the application to sort it all out.

nicolob68410819

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True, and thnaks for the links. I actually just throttled the default AE 'Memory & Performance' settings basically halving them which has helped prevent the issue for now. Just a bit confused as I've never had to mess with those values in the past and always used the default settings recommended in After Effects. But as you said not certain if it's a Adobe or Mac thing or both.

darkmonsta

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Exact same problem here with my 64Gb M1 Max. Trying to set up to work on a commercial job alongside other machines and it's powerful - when it works, but this is massively frustrating. Any workarounds appreciated. Don't want to purge every x frames if I can help it as the render time will go up exponentially and defeat buying such a poweful laptop.

nicolob68410819

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I switched over the the latest Beta AE 22.1.1 (Build 68) and am still getting this issue. Extremely dissapointing, gives you 'range anxiety', I'm missing my previous machine where it seemed to mangage the memory in the background and I never confronted this issue.

I'm having to purge memory constantly which is really a disruptive workflow. Definitly my biggest pain point, they're selling this technology on the performace of this software suite – this should be a P1 bug that needs to be addressed ASAP.

Thanks for sharing your same issue and I encourage any other users to do the same.

You can also post here too if you on the Beta and getting this same issue.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/after-effects-beta-now-on-apple-silicon/td-p/12474342

nicolob68410819

Participating Frequently

Having the exact same issue uing AE 20.0.0 on a new M1 MacBook Pro 64GB. Getting pop up from ios saying I'm out of memory simply while working, not rendering.

I'm running AE projects that my older Intel MacBook Pro 2018 laptop ran without issues. It is making workflow difficult because I'm also purging the cashe to avoid crashes. I've read this is an issue with other applications too so possibly a Mac thing, hopefully can get sorted soon via an update or something. Keen to hear if anyone has any similar issues or work arounds.

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creggor

Inspiring

Well one thing you can do is make sure that "Cache frames when idle" is turned off in the "Composition/Preview..." menu. I find it's trying to cache the entire work area, which in my current case it over a minute long, which messes everything up when working.

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creggor

Inspiring

Same problem, even on a 64GB M1 Max. Changing Memory settings in AE doesn't seem to do anything.

But I was having these memory problems with 22.0 (and even with the M1 Native Betas).

Anyone have a solution? I have to constantly purge memory to get work done. Besides that annoying problem, AE flies on this thing. Might be an Apple Problem

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