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 On Mac, USB devices are [not passed through](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/900) by default. Follow the instructions in [Using USB with Docker for Mac](https://dev.to/rubberduck/using-usb-with-docker-for-mac-3fdd) by Christopher McClellan if your device is not showing up.
 
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+
+## Optimizations
+
+The Home Assistant Container is using an alternative memory allocation library [jemalloc](http://jemalloc.net/) for better memory management and Python runtime speedup.
+
+As Jemalloc can cause issues on certain hardware, it can be disabled by passing the environment variable `DISABLE_JEMALLOC` with any value, for example: `-e "JEMALLOC_DISABLE=true"`.
+
+The error message `<jemalloc>: Unsupported system page size` is one known indicator.