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Using Firefox on Mac. Usually can have many tabs open with no problem, now my Mac tells me to shut down applications, even with only 4 Firefox tabs open.

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I only had 4 tabs open now, whereas one of them was a TV-show streaming site, and my Mac still told me to shut down applications. Firefox was using 1,5gb or something according to the error notification. I usually have like 30 tabs open. Tried yesterday to use Safari to stream stuff on PrimeVideo, and got no errors.

I only had 4 tabs open now, whereas one of them was a TV-show streaming site, and my Mac still told me to shut down applications. Firefox was using 1,5gb or something according to the error notification. I usually have like 30 tabs open. Tried yesterday to use Safari to stream stuff on PrimeVideo, and got no errors.

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hellosct1
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Hi,

you can reduce memory consumption with the following link https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram

Additionally, try lowering the number of content processes Firefox uses via the Performance Settings like so : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings

thank's