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Premiere Beta runs out of Memory on Mac Mini M1 (says 70GB used)

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February 10, 2021
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Premiere Beta runs out of memory on my Mac Mini M1 (16GB RAM). To be specific, the window that pops up is from Mac OS, and Premiere seems to be OK but I save and close to be safe.

The weird thing is, the popup claims Premiere Beta is using 70GB memory. But I have it configured to optimize for "Memory" (not "Performance") and to use 8GB memory max.

The project has over 100 raw media footage files in it, each 2-3 minutes long. They're not all in use in the open Sequences, but they're imported in the project. Is Premiere Beta loading all of those clips in RAM, even if not used in any open sequences?

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dylanl72301228

Participant

Hi there.

Any update on this? I have the same issue.

Thank you.

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Brendan252031765ik4

Participant

Any updates on this? I have the same issue.

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Dénes23056341yj5e

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Hy I had a solution. After a lot of trial and error I found out that this
problem is caused by a corrupt file (in my case a damaged .MP4 from my
Sony). How can you find it? Simply I just opened them one by one in VLC and
found that where the problem is the video stuck. then I just simply cut of
the damaged part from the file and then exported and changed the file in
the Premiere Pro Project. It solved the problem for me.

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Anonymous

Hello all!

Any update on this. I have the same issue!

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Dénes23056341yj5e

Participant

Same problem here, please update if there is a solution thanks 🙂

EmilGoldberg

Participant

Problem occurs here too. Waiting for updates on this thread.

Rag and Bone

Community Expert

Are you on Monterey? There are many reports of memory leaks, especially wiht M1 hardware. Could be an OS issue.

See here and here for examples.

Rag and Bone

Community Expert

Ah, sorry, I see that mattchristensen has already raised the OS issue.

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JimBol

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@mattchristensen

Any updates from Adobe on the issue?
Did you see @Geoff5CBF didn't receive your link?
Did you see that there is an update on the suspected root cause of it all from @lilystaines?

@Community

As it is obvious Adobe will not provide a quick resolution of the issue and I couldn't wait any longer, I switched to Davinci Resolve Studio 17 (DRS 17). It's been absolutely fantastic from day 1. First, no technical issues cutting a 2.5 hour HD movie with tons of effects, audio layers etc., buttery smooth video output, easier workflow with tabs (Cut, Edit, Fusion, Color, Audio) insanely fast rendering, surprisingly low learning curve and great community on YouTube and forums. Documentation (DaVinci Resolve 17 Reference Manual) is amazing, second to none. To each their own but for me it makes a world of difference - creativity and fun are unleashed instead of working in fear of crashes (and so many other issues with PP). The free version of DR is a great start. If any of you makes the switch also, please share your experiences here - I'd be really curious whether you'll be as excited as I am about DRS 17.

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paulejonesy

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HI,

This is still going on. Beta and release versions leak memory like mad. Yesterday Premiere Pro was using 152GB of memory. Opening a project the memory will start relatively low, around 6GB, but will slowly creep up 'till eventually the 'out of memory' pop-up appears. This happens on my machine (M1 Max Macbook Pro 64GB RAM, OS 12.0.1) at around 70GB or so usage. I can continue working until the dialog is reporting around 170GB at which point Prem begins to freeze.

My project is shot on the Amira at 4K 4444, footage is proxied and it's playing back multi-camera. The takes can be long, around 10 mins. I didn't seem to have this problem last week with proxied RED footage - much shorter clips, but higher res.

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paulejonesy

Known Participant

Just to add, It doesnt matter if I'm running Prem natively on ARM or via Rosetta2. The problem remains.

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Geoff5CBFAuthor

Known Participant

Yeah this still happens to me almost every day. I'm on Mac Mini M1 (ARM), using latest non-beta Premiere. Hope they fix it soon.

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defaultrgtjqhwvi5be

Participant

I'm having the same issue. When I open a project in PP 2021 on mac mini M1 2021, I get the "your system has run out of memory" message from the OS. The first time I tried to open it, the message said premiere was using 116 GB. The second time it's saying 6GB-- which is well below my 16GB ram, but I still can't seem to edit or do click anything in premiere.

Premiere M1 is not in beta anymore. The computer is brand new, got it yesterday. Any fixes for this?

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JimBol

Participating Frequently

This is a very late response but I decided to come back here because I experienced the same problem and could not find a fix. In the meantime, I have a solution which may also work for you. Credits to Adobe support whom I contacted for this issue and worked through it with me from start to finish in a screen sharing session.

So here's what solved it for me:

Problem Description:

While working in Premiere Pro (PP) app on Apple ARM M1, a window pops up to alert you that the system is out of memory, showing tens of GBs of memory being used by PP. The error message is: "Your system has run out of application memory” and the user is asked to "quit any applications you are not using". Quitting the other open apps, however, doesn't solve the issue and eventually PP crashes.

Solution:

Open Adobe Creative Cloud
Next to the PP entry, click the 3 dots and select Open (Intel)
If this version is not installed on your Mac yet, this will install another version of PP. Although it sounds very counter-intuitive, the Adobe expert told me this version was specifically created for Apple ARM users (i.e. for Macs not running on Intel)...
This version of PP will now launch, but you will not be able to tell the difference with the normal version. The UI, functionality are identical and all your projects are there. So how can you tell that you are running the Intel version? The way to check whether you are running Intel version, is to go to File > Project Settings > General and then check whether Renderer is not greyed out. If it is present and you can click it, you are now running the Intel version, but if it is greyed out, you are still using the wrong version and it will crash.
Important: you cannot launch the Intel version from the Dock or Alfred etc. as this will open the default ARM version with Renderer greyed out and crash. So instead, open Creative Cloud and launch Premiere Pro by clicking the 3 dots and selecting Open (Intel). BTW, Premiere Rush is a fun hybrid (iOS and Mac) video editing app that has the same memory problem with the same solution (Open Creative Cloud, select Premiere Rush and Open (Intel)).

The solution has worked for me with all my PP project running stable and I do hope it'll work for you, too. If so, please propagate this solution on other forums and leave a note here if it helped you so other will know.

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JimBol

Participating Frequently

UPDATE: have edited more projects now and my finding is that the Open (Intel) "fix" seems to delay the memory leak, and as a result I was able to complete some projects without any issues. But unfortunately, like paulejonesy and Geoff5CBF reported, a few projects had the dreaded error message "Your system has run out of application memory”. Cannot see the culprit (number of clips, number/complexity of the effects, duration of the edit process?). Trying to keep emotions out of this, I do want to express how surprised I am that licensed software of a global company is this unstable.

PS: in the meantime I edited some projects with Davinci Resolve. No stability issue, super-fast and the learning curve is low (there is even a UI tuned for Premiere Pro switchers). The base version is feature-rich and free. Time to throw in the towel on PP?

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Tyler5EAA

Participant

I'm having the same issue but on the air - using 50gb of memory somehow?

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Geoff5CBFAuthor

Known Participant

Just happened again, right when I went to Export. Seems to be related to Rendering/Exporting.

mattchristensen

Community Manager

@Geoff5CBF No, Premiere would not be loading all those clips fully into RAM. That sounds like some other kind of memory issue. Is it possible to share your project file (no media) with me so I can see if I can make this happen on my end?