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macos 12.1

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    Google Chrome Helper (GPU) gone crazy > 50GB - who to fix this?

    I have regulary to run my mac out of working memory: "System has run out of application memory" I see in the activity monitor that the process "Google Chrome Helper (GPU)" have normaly around 1,7GB memory goes creazy and growing fast: 10 GB, 20GB ... up to 80GB then i got the out of memory...
  2. rjalex

    Screen orientation changing itself from times to times

    Mac Mini M1 with MacOS 21.1 and a nice LG 32" screen that can be physically rotated. As I was coding a few weeks ago I decided to put my screen in "portrait" mode to see more of my code and therefore chose system Preferences -> Display and 270 rotation. All good. When I finished coding I...
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    MacBook Air running macOS 12.1 Monterey needs printer drivers for HP J4680

    Hey all, I recently got a Officejet j4680 printer second-hand with very little use and HP doesn’t have any drivers even close to Monterey. Someone said something about Gimp Print or 3rd party printer drivers. Does anyone know anything about this? Can this solve my problem so I don’t have to buy...
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    Internet Stops Working on M1 Max, macOS Monterey

    Hi guys, I am facing a weird problem with my Mac. I recently upgraded from my 13 Inch Macbook Pro 2017 to a 14 inch M1 Max 24 GPU Cores. And just after the upgrade I am experiencing some problems with internet connection. I keep my mac turned on during the week, as I used to do with old one...
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    High Amount of Bytes Written by Kernal_Task after MacOS 12.1 Upgrade in M1 Mac Mini

    I am seeing a huge jump in the kernal_task's Bytes Written number after upgrading to 12.1 from 12.0.1. In the previous version, it used to be ~8GB/day but now it seems to be ~30GB/day with normal usage. Is anyone else facing this issue? On the other hand, the "Swap Used" has been fluctuating a...
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    Kernal Panic-mDNSResponder

    Hi Friends, I am having major MacOS crashes using 12.1 (beta) on my MBP. I have been having issues with my MBP after upgrading to 12.1 Beta (21C5039b). I tried opening a case with Apple Support but they wouldn't support as I am on Beta. My Laptop halts and reboots abruptly, multiple times a...