Free Memory Utility- Doing the opposite?

Discussion in 'Parallels Toolbox for Mac' started by RichardV26, Sep 12, 2025.

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  1. RichardV26

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    Hi All,

    Fresh Mac Tahoe, (note this also had done it during the beta updates, however never raised due it being a beta and thought this would be fixed)

    MacBook Pro M4 Max,
    64GB Ram.

    At fresh restart (Before Running Free Memory Utility), 51.4GB Free
    After Running Free Utility, 7.63GB Free
    Pretty much all of it has went towards "App Memory"

    Essentially, running this utility it is eating ram, rather than freeing it....
    MacOS Activity Monitor also reports the same metrics.

    Can anyone else replicate the same issue, or know a fix?

    Thanks all!
     
    RichardV26, Sep 12, 2025
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  2. SteveJ23

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    Yes, exactly the same issue here. Installed Tahoe last night and now Free memory doesn't work. It appears to start in the usual way by reducing free memory, but no longer flushes memory and stays at its lowest RAM point. This is on a MacBook Pro M2 Max 64gb ram.

    Steve.
     
    SteveJ23, Sep 16, 2025
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  3. Avinash Bundhoo

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    Hello Richard,
    Thank you for reaching out. We are sorry about your experience.
    We have created a ticket to assist you with this issue and will contact you at ric****vella@*****.com with further updates.
    Best regards.
     
    Avinash Bundhoo, Sep 17, 2025
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  4. Avinash Bundhoo

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    Hello Steve,
    Thank you for reaching out. We are sorry about your experience.
    We have created a ticket to assist you with this issue and will contact you at s***.i***@gmail.com with further updates.
    Best regards.
     
    Avinash Bundhoo, Sep 17, 2025
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  5. ColinW2

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    I am having the issue.... seems to decrease available memory, not increase it.
     
    ColinW2, Sep 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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  6. YFinder

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    Same issue, I think it is a visual bug. The memory utility gets stuck after the progress bar moves all the way to the right and doesn't come back. Activity Monitor -> Force Quit - Restart Free Memory and it reports correctly. Tahoe 26.0 | M2 Studio
     
    YFinder, Sep 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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