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Title: loginwindow using too much memory on Mac: what it is and how to bring RAM usage down
Post by: HCK on January 03, 2026, 04:05:07 pm
loginwindow using too much memory on Mac: what it is and how to bring RAM usage down

If the Activity Monitor shows a process named loginwindow sitting near the top of the Memory list (and sometimes spiking CPU too), it can feel unsettling – especially because it’s a core macOS process you don’t want to break.
Source: loginwindow using too much memory on Mac: what it is and how to bring RAM usage down (https://macsecurity.net/view/675-loginwindow-high-memory-mac)