# Plex App - High RAM usage

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-app-high-ram-usage/827113>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** plex-web, player-mac\
**Created:** [January 16, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-app-high-ram-usage/827113 "2023-01-16T18:34:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![lvkaszus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@lvkaszus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lvkaszus)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-app-high-ram-usage/827113/1 "2023-01-16T18:34:10Z")

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Hello,

I installed Plex Media Server in Docker Container using Portainer on my Intel NUC with 4GB of RAM and 4-core CPU. Everything works fine because I am not planning transcoding or playing movies at this time (need better hardware, only playing music). On my server there is only 1GB RAM usage and less than 50% CPU usage BUT when I’m accessing my server from Web App or Plex App installed on Mac Mini M1 (16GB RAM installed) Plex Player easily consumes from 6 to 8GB of RAM only while playing music from playlist. There is no change when I switch to Web App opened in web browser or Plex App installed on my Mac. Is that normal?

Server Version#: 1.30.1.6562  
Player Version#: 1.61.1.3432

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-app-high-ram-usage/827113/2 "2023-04-16T18:34:42Z")

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