Zotero 7 using high memory on M1 Mac

SuperheroF
As the image shows, when I open only three PDF files, it takes more than 3GB of memory. I wonder if this is normal. When I open these PDF files with other apps like Preview or others, they only take hundreds of MB.

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  • Chandler6
    Same issue.
  • martynas_b
    Do you get that memory usage immediately after restarting Zotero and opening any three PDF files, or do you need to do something more to reach that memory usage?
  • SuperheroF
    @martynas_b When I first restart Zotero with three PDF files, it takes around 1.8 GB of memory. As I start scrolling the pages, the memory begins to increase. After doing this with three PDF files, the memory usage will finally be around 3.x GB. I have seen similar questions in other discussions and learned that the internal PDF viewer in Zotero is based on Firefox. However, when I open the three PDFs and scroll up and down in Firefox browser, the memory usage is only about 800M. I only have the Translate for Zotero plugin https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-pdf-translate#readme
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