New article this morning. Anyone experienced this yet?
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Since June.
Posted a link to the same article over in that other thread 
As I don’t use mail I’ve had no issues.
You all might have read the stories, but just in case:
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2021/11/15/mouse-pointer-memory-leak/
According to some of those authors, this issue is not limited to the mentioned mouse pointer scenario. Apple seems to have issues with memory leakage since Big Sur. No matter, if it is an M1 or not…
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Just saw this tweet from @ismh86
Not sure how many calendars in the app , I was really surpised to see that it consumed 259GB or RAM.
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I’m constantly having this problem with mail, was 7GB today!
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I hope we’re talking about a problem in the macOS beta release! No one mentions a version here that I can see…
I assume application memory is RAM as measured by Activity Monitor–be kind if I’m completely wrong 
in my understanding. I just checked my system and here is what I show (M1 Max MBP) in Activity Monitor for Mail and Calendar. I have tens of thousands of emails and thousands of events. I’m having no issues.
That screenshot is from Monterey (with the Ventura wallpaper).
How long have those processess been running? Sometimes memory leaks only present themselves during specific usage patterns and only increase over time.
~ a week. I reboot all of my devices once a week early on Monday morning. A fresh start for the week for them and for me.
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Got a new Mac and using it on Ventura. I have increased the size of my pointer and so far, so good. I guess Apple have fixed this bug. Have anyone seen this error or, is it because I have 32GB RAM - I don’t see it now but I will have this memory error sooner or later?
I still have this problem daily on an M1 Pro. 
I am responding to an old topic rather than starting a new one, I hope that’s ok.
Given how old is this thread, remember that the message means that some application in your system has gone mad and used too much memory. The initial post on this thread was because 3 years ago it was the Finder or Mail the apps that were misbehaving themselves. I think this has been mostly fixed by Apple.
I have only seen this message when the “Connection Doctor” in Mail.app has been left open logging the email exchange messages, but it simply goes away if I close Mail.app
In your case, I think you need to try and isolate which of the apps you are using is consuming memory, you can try observing Activity Monitor and see the RAM usage of each app to try and pinpoint what’s causing this. Perhaps many tabs open in Chrome? Perhaps a long running MS Teams? If this is happening on a daily basis, can you identify a particular workload that exposes this problem?
Edit: and of course, how much RAM does your computer have?
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Thank you. I think it is the “windows server app.” and it is sadly only an 8GB., which is was what was approved by my funding agency. Thankfully, I am able to use Intel MBs and they don’t have that issue. My issue is I need larger external monitor(s) due to vision issues and I think the two monitors might be driving the issue? I do not use Mail, or Teams and as a matter of fact, I don’t even think I have any mail accounts set up. On that machine, I tend to just use one app at a time, usually a browser. I will revisit this with my administrator to see what, if any options I have.
Hunch. It is a buggy application or system process that is “hogging” application memory. macOS memory mgmt is complex and it is not a given that by adding memory but using the same software will fix anything. Re-boot. Ensure macOS and all apps are updated to current versions, as a first step if not already done.
How does he show RAM use in the Force Quit dialogue?