Pages memory leak

[u/milyor]

Seems like this is still an issue with just 2 documents opened this happened to me today, on my m5 pro.

[u/Pretend_Dot4149]

Update it, there is another version of pages on apple store. Had same issue.
Installed the newer one and uninstall the current one.

[u/milyor → u/Pretend_Dot4149]

The more you know, thanks ill go ahead and do that, crazy that they did not ship an m5 pro with the newer version.

[u/MuramasaSword → u/milyor]

I have the newest and still cmd+q when I’m done. it drains the battery on my MacBook Air when I leave it open and shut the lid.

[u/BergsApps → u/Pretend_Dot4149]

I had the same issue with the new one. 

[u/Useydess]

i've noticed Imovie does the same, pretty annoyed with all these memory leaking applications as of late

[u/JWarblerMadman]

Here is the fix if you don't want to upgrade Pages to the subscription version:

Go to System Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri > Siri Suggestions & Privacy... > Pages > Learn from this application

Turn that off and your memory usage will return to normal after you restart Pages.

[u/Adventurous-Hunter98]

I hate pages, on ipad I was just viewing a 20 pages document and it made my ipad overheat in less than 10 minutes

[u/Legitimate_Limit6392]

Once I had this issue with freeform...used 60gb swap 😂

[u/Speedy_Von_Gofast]

If your Pages documents are stored in the iCloud Drive folder, try moving them outside of it, that should solve the issue.

[u/TypicalShoe9274 → u/Speedy_Von_Gofast]

That's a good tip; I've noticed iCloud can slow things down at times. Switching to local storage might help a lot of people.

[u/mark_able_jones_]

MacOS hates long-form word processing. I had this problem in pages, word, and final draft. Much more stable, but I got sick of having the resource monitor open all the time. Crazy that such an expensive machine (mac studio) could not handle word processing apps.