Memory Leak issue between Apple Macbook Pro M1X & Monterey OS with LrC

[MRphotographycom]

Slowly drains all system resources until crash or computer restart. 

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

In the past this has been symptomatic of a bad install.  For troubleshooting purposes, I would recommend:

This procedure works for both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop.

If you are using Lightroom Desktop it can change the location of your local storage. Please review this setting after resetting preferences. 

Reset Procedure:

1. Close Lightroom.

2. Hold down [Alt/Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom.

3. Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog.

4. Close Lightroom.

5. Restart Lightroom.

Clean Lightroom Install Procedure

Close Lightroom

Restart the computer

Use the Adobe Creative Cloud App to uninstall Lightroom

Restart the computer

Install Lightroom via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.

Restart the computer

Launch Lightroom

Wait 5 minutes

Does the resource drain still occur?