https://tonym.us/tag/automation.html Recent content in Automation on Tony Metzidis Hugo en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tonym.us/onedrive-daily-timer-scheduled-sync.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tonym.us/onedrive-daily-timer-scheduled-sync.html <p>OneDrive is likely a top-10 memory consumer on your PC, using <strong>400-600+ MB of ram</strong>. If you are cleaning up background tasks (memory ain&rsquo;t cheap these days), OneDrive should be on your kill list.</p> <p>Left running 24/7 , OneDrive.exe consumes loads of ram, a WebView2 instance, constant background CPU cycles, disk I/O, and directory-watcher overhead. Moreover, Onedrive activates dozens of support resources, including running at login, about 8 scheduled tasks for running automated updates, that can interfere with PC performance.</p>