Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
Blame puts a name to the Mac slowdown
A Mac menu-bar utility that identifies memory-heavy apps and sessions, explains what is holding memory, and offers safety-checked ways to end them.
- For
- Mac users tracking memory-heavy apps and sessions
- Worth noticing
- Autopilot rules require a week below 5% wrong and user approval before activation.
Field notes
Blame is presented as a menu-bar monitor that attributes memory use to apps and individual Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex sessions, then offers process-ending controls after a safety check. The maker says child processes doing protected work protect their entire tree, databases are never ended from a button, and fixes show a list before confirmation. The beta is offered as a direct, notarized download for macOS 14 or later; version 1.0 is listed at $29 once, with no release date.
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