What is this qemu-system-aarch64 process and why is it using almost 3 GB of RAM on my M1 Mac
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I am on my M1 Mac mini (Big Sur 11.3.1). I got a message that I am running out of RAM and should close some apps. I saw this process called
qemu-system-aarch64
that takes up to 3GB of RAM. I don't know what it does and cannot stop it either. What is it and why does it eat up so much RAM?

Asked by Redbeard
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May 12, 2021, 06:17 AM
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