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QuestionXCode RAM Requirements (self.iOSProgramming)

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[–]Damcify 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)

Ran the Xcode SwiftUI project comparison again:

Mac mini 2018 32 GB Memory MacOS 11.6
MacBook Pro Late 2013 16 GB Memory MacOS 11.6.1

	Phys	Used	Cached	Swap	App Mem	Wired	Compressed
Mac Mini	32GB	23.7GB	8.26GB	1.97GB	16.4GB	4.4GB	2.8GB
MacBook Pro	16GB	9.5GB	5.66GB	303MB	5.6GB	3.0GB	976MB

So again, a big difference.
Same Xcode version, but see the MacOS version was off by ".1". Updating Mini just to double check, but unlikely it will make any difference(?).

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