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Moneydance Memory Issue

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Steve Kopplin

24 Mar, 2024 01:29 AM

Moneydance appears to be chewing up my application memory. It starts when I open the app and I can watch the app memory utilization rise even when I'm not using the app (through Activity Monitor). From other posts, this sounds like a known issue. Any ideas on a strategy to fix? Thank you.

1. 1 Posted by Steve Kopplin on 24 Mar, 2024 02:09 AM

   

   I'm currently running 2023.3 (5064).

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2. 2 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 24 Mar, 2024 07:40 AM

   

   Turn off iCloud sync and switch to Dropbox folders.

   If that’s not your issue, grab help/console, upload that here.

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3. 3 Posted by derekkent23 on 24 Mar, 2024 07:44 AM

   

   I am not support staff, just a user.
   Hi Steve

   You don’t say if your computer is a Mac or if you are syncing to another device using iCloud?
   If so try installing the free version of Dropbox Client so you can see a Dropbox folder on your hard drive and then sync with the sync method Dropbox Folder.

   Hope this helps.

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4. 4 Posted by Steve Kopplin on 24 Mar, 2024 03:16 PM

   

   Thank you. That seemed to fix the problem.

   On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 2:44 AM derekkent23 <[email blocked]>
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5. 5 Posted by Steve Kopplin on 24 Mar, 2024 03:16 PM

   

   Thank you. That seemed to fix the problem.

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6. 6 Posted by stuart on 23 May, 2024 11:07 AM

   

   It's now two months later. It seems that the problem still exists in 2024.1. Is there any sign of a fix?

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7. 7 Posted by Martin Clark on 12 Jun, 2024 04:50 PM

   

   Any chance of a fix for this? I have no desire to use dropbox.

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8. 8 Posted by koppsg on 12 Jun, 2024 05:08 PM

   
   
   

   
   

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9. 9 Posted by swanky333 on 08 Sep, 2024 05:23 PM

   

   Is Moneydance working on this problem? Can we expect a resolution soon? Sometime?

   I use Moneydance on a Mac and would like to use iCloud sync, but without a fix for this memory issue the Moneydance product support for iCloud sync is useless and I'll have to go back to Dropbox.

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10. 10 Posted by Steve Kopplin on 08 Sep, 2024 05:55 PM

    

    I'm not sure if they're addressing the issue. I went back to Dropbox for
    just this one application.

    On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 12:23 PM swanky333 <[email blocked]>
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11. 11 Posted by derekkent23 on 08 Sep, 2024 06:36 PM

    

    I am not support, just a user.
    Hi

    Its my understanding that the changes that Apple made to iCloud have made it impractical to get Moneydance syncing using iCloud to work as it did before, unless Apple make further changes that made it practical.

    So if you want to sync Moneydance use Dropbox. Preferably Dropbox folder.

    Hope this helps.

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12. 12 Posted by sth on 09 Sep, 2024 01:43 AM

    

    With the advent of Sonoma, Apple introduced "dateless files" for mobile syncing of iCloud to avoid iCloud files taking up space on your local disk. This system management of data in iCloud interferes with the way that MD syncs data since both systems are trying to optimize for different things. I doubt that there is going to be a fix in the near future (if at all).
    (NOT IK Support, just a user opinion with some experience in MacOS internals)

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13. 13 Posted by dwg on 09 Sep, 2024 01:57 AM

    

    @sth, do you mean "dateless" or "dataless"

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14. 14 Posted by sth on 09 Sep, 2024 11:56 AM

    

    "Dataless"! Damn auto correct. That is what happens when you let AI think it knows better than I do what I am trying to say! :-)

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