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September 15, 2019
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527.2 MB of RAM from Background Processes

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Hi,


I use MacOS and I just used Activity Monitor to see how much RAM all the Adobe processes use. The total count is 527.2 MB.


I don't use any cloud feature, the only installed apps is the latest Photoshop CC and the latest Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw.


That's all, I didn't even launched them, I turned off any cloud sync I can. The Creative Cloud is also the latest version.


1) Do you think that amount of RAM is a sane thing when nothing was launched, this is just background processes?


2) Can I use Photoshop CC and Lightroom Classic without having to install or run Creative Cloud app and its background processes?

 

I am thinking of ditching the entire suite, I cannot justify someone running 500 MB of RAM in the background despite no action or launch is even made from my side, nor I use any sort of cloud syncing.

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Correct answer 99jon

You can run the apps without launching cc desktop. Simply create a dock icon for each.

 

Many modern systems now have 16GB of ram so 500MB is quite low usage.

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September 15, 2019

You can run the apps without launching cc desktop. Simply create a dock icon for each.

 

Many modern systems now have 16GB of ram so 500MB is quite low usage.

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I do live in the European Union, due to concerns of my data, I am really keen to understand how a background process could justify 500 MB of RAM being used in the background without me using the cloud apps at all. So check for licensing and checking for updates would cost 500 MB of RAM? I don't think so. I will send a letter to the European Commission raising my concerns over what Adobe is doing in the background of a computer located in the European Union to citizens and companies from the European Union, which are protected by law and their data as well. On the techinical side - I don't give Adobe permission or privilege to use 500 MB of RAM for a process that theoretically doesn't disclose what it does. If every software provider was thinking that 500 MB of RAM is not a big deal, I would ask then what gives Adobe a privilege over other software developers to bloat my system that way? I will write an email to responsible people from the European Commission tomorrow raising my concerns over what Adobe is doing with its services in the background asking for 10-50x more RAM than any active software that I use.
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