{"id":31227,"date":"2021-01-04T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31227"},"modified":"2021-05-03T15:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T19:21:44","slug":"zoom-rooms-weekly-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/04\/zoom-rooms-weekly-restart\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Rooms Weekly Restart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoom<\/a> (via Rogue Amoeba<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Zoom Rooms weekly system restart functionality will restart your computer weekly with the following conditions[…]\nBy default, the Zoom Rooms computer will restart on Saturday, but you can also select a day for the restart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The alert<\/a> says this is for “best system performance.”<\/p>\n\n

Dan Kuehling<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Only on their Zoom Room app for dedicated Zoom powered conference rooms. It doesn’t happen on the regular Zoom app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Marc Edwards<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I have so, so many questions about this alert and the entire process that led to it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Matt Gallagher<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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During the Big Sur betas, Zoom caused WindowServer to leak memory – about 1GB per hour. I was restarting every few days. My guess is there’s a similar Apple bug they’re working around.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

And apparently a Windows one, too, since the feature is also available in that version of the app.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n