[JulianAC]

I'm a big user of workspaces - I have over 20 set up. I disable the auto-save and return to the snapshot each time they load.

My problem is that I will frequently end up with 5 or 6 workspaces loaded simultaneously, and the memory usage goes through the roof - typically 5-800MB.

Is there any way (other than quitting) of closing a workspace and releasing the memory. Closing the windows/s doesn't seem to help.

Should I just stop using workspaces this way and use bookmarks instead? Don't want to do that as I find workspaces really useful. Grateful for any ideas.

[troyb]

Workspaces automatically unload after an hour of inactivity. If you want to shorten this time limit you can run this in the terminal command:

defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniWeb5 WorkspaceExpireTime -int 3600

the number at the end is up to you. The value is in seconds so this command is equal to 60 minutes (the default value).

[JulianAC]

That's excellent thanks, I'll do that from now on.
I'm assuming I will need to run that each time I load Omniweb (or create a script to do so)?

[Lizard]

No, that's writing to your OmniWeb preferences file, so it should stay in effect until you trash your preferences file.

[asiufy]

I understand that this is the expected behaviour, but that isn't exactly what I experienced.
I had 2 workspaces, and OW frequently ate up 500mb, with only 1 of the workspaces ever being active. Now, I've killed the 2nd (inactive) workspace altogether, and OW sits happily at 200mb...
So, something tells me Workspaces DO consume quite a lot of memory, even when inactive.