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Originally Posted by TRexReader
Wait, what?? I've been searching for months about why Calibre is killing my RAM, old MacBook Air 4GB RAM, it'll idle at 2.5GB the go red and start compressing and swapping like crazy if I actually do a process, and this is the first time I've heard this  Everything else runs like a dream so I can't really justify upgrading over one program.
Is there any way to reduce this without splitting the library? |
The problem is not Calibre but your Macbook Air. 4GB on an old MacBook Air is a real slug. You need at least 16GB RAM. 4GB is not enough. My wife has a MacBook Air with 4GB ram and the performance is terrible. Late last year, we bought a refurbish MacBook Air with the M2 chip, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD. It runs very well.
So you really do need a new laptop that has enough storage and enough RAM.