800MB RAM Usage with nothing running?

I am pretty confused, my MacBook seems to be using a lot of memory with nothing significant running. I've cleaned all caches, and ran all the maintenance scripts, but from shutdown to restart, with nothing running (not even dashboard), it shows over 800MB of RAM in use. 250MB of that is wired, 750MB is active. I've checked my login items, and there's nothing that would cause such a large usage of RAM running. Even when I start the Activity Monitor, it doesn't even list anything using so much RAM. There's like 20-40MB RAM for the kernel task, window server and default stuff like that.
Basically there seems to be a large amount of RAM used that I have no idea what is using it. Any clue at all what could be causing this?

So you have 800 MBs of RAM in use. Why is that a problem? See the following:
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

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Too much RAM usage with no programs running

Macbook Pro-late 2009 model
Snow Leopard 10.6.8
4 gig RAM 1067 MHz DDR3
2.53 GHz Intel Core Duo 2
Bootcamp
VMWare 3.13, Windows 7
Even w/o Windows running and VMWare completely shut down, something is still gobbling up resources. See Image. My green resource aren't even at half of the memory. I used to run Win XP Pro SP2 (the only decent windows OS), and my green resources barely got beyond half even with a trading program, QB for Mac and safari running on the Mac side. Now, even if I completely shut down the windows side, including VMWare, I still don't have the same resources. What gives? I suspect Windows 7 is getting bigger and bigger (just like the other Win OS' do every time you need to update). Perhaps a migrated virus? Both the Apple store and the Microsoft store had no good answers, other than the insipid suggestion of re-installing the OS. Any big brains in here have any ideas? I should note that the Microsoft store gave me Windows 7 pro for free since they screwed up the update on XP (despite me telling them NOT to load service pack 3). I was skeptical of Win 7, and frankly my computer has not performed as well since. I only use Windows because some of my trading programs only run on Windows, and Quickbooks for Mac still *****. My QB 2004 runs better and is easier to use even now, and I am one of the first 1000 (possibly 100 people to buy QB nearly 25 years ago). Oh, and safari is constantly crashing. I would rather just use the Mac 100% of the time, but unfortunately, being in finance and accounting, that is not an option until Intuit and the like stop s*cking Microsoft's you know what, and make better programs for Mac. Mac hardware is way superior and prettier, and the OS much smoother imo, so please help. Thank you.
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There is nothing necessarily wrong with your Mac's use of system resources. Inactive "blue" memory may just as well be considered "green" in that is is available to any process that requires it. It is merely given that status in the event a process that previously used that memory requires it again. In that event, it's available right away. Otherwise, whatever it's used for would have to be created again, wasting time and degrading your Mac's performance.
For a completely correct perspective regarding the memory pie chart, think of "inactive" as essentially "free", and "free" as a resource you paid for that is going completely unused and wasted.
You will then conclude you really aren't using that much RAM. You aren't even using half of it. What you are observing is most likely the consequence of websites becoming ever more resource-hungry. That so-called progress will never be reversed, and remember that websites are created by programmers with $5000 workstations with 64 GB RAM and practically unlimited bandwidth. Their job is to please their bosses who have $10000 workstations and are easily impressed by flashy animations and other nonsense that others consider wasteful and distracting.
Oh, and safari is constantly crashing.
That is the only thing that should concern you. Safari shouldn't do that, so when it does next time post the crash report. Don't post anything below "Binary Images" - it's not useful.

Solution to High CPU Utilisation With *Nothing* Running After CS4 Install on Mac OS 10.6.1.

I'm posting this in case someone else has the same problem. (If anyone else even notices the problem.)
Another possible title [to help with people searching for the solution] "Computer runs slow after installing CS4 on Mac OS 10.6.1 Snow Leopard"
I just purchased CS4 Design Premium and have been trying to install it on a fresh install of Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and whilst everything appears to be fine, my CPU sits at 60% with *every* application closed. The instant I uninstall CS4 the CPU drops back to 1-2%. I've conducted this test twice already---that is installed CS4 on a fresh Snow Leopard twice over.
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*sigh*
David.

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Memory full with nothing running, very slow

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not much on login launch. other account has less and also slow.

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For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.1 or higher are Intel Mac compatible; Drive Genius is similar to TechTool Pro in terms of the various repair services provided. Versions 1.5.1 or later are Intel Mac compatible.
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Hello All,
No matter what I'm running, I always have high RAM usage with kernel_task. I've looked around the other threads and never found a definitive solution. I wouldn't call it crippling to my system but I would like to resolve the issue. Below is a screenshot of my activity monitor, and my Etrecheck run. Please let me know anything I can do to reduce the RAM usage of this process.
Problem description:
High kernel_task RAM Usage (800MB - 1.5GB)
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated December 18, 2014 at 10:49:34 PM EST
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:36:30
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD1001X06X-00SJVT0 disk0 : (1.12 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
SSD (disk0s2) / : 119.69 GB (61.10 GB free)
Macintosh HD (disk0s3) /Volumes/Macintosh HD : 1.00 TB (529.88 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB disk1 : (1 TB)
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
HD-PATU3 (disk1s3) /Volumes/HD-PATU3 : 1.00 TB (196.18 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
BUFFALO INC. HD-PATU3
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 15
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyeight.10.6 (1.1.2f4) [Support]
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyone.10.6 (1.0.0f1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtytwo.10.6 (1.0.0f1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl2.10.6 (1.0.1f3) [Support]
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl3.10.6 (1.3.2f6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl4.10.6 (1.0.1f3 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[loaded] com.serato.usb.kext (2.3.0) [Support]
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/MATLAB_R2015a.app
[not loaded] com.mathworks.sldrtkrn (5.0.0 - OS X 10.8) [Support]
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/SoundTap.app
[not loaded] com.NCHSoftware.driver.SoundTapVirtualAudioDevice (1.0.0d1) [Support]
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Tunnelblick.app
[not loaded] net.sf.tuntaposx.tap (1.0) [Support]
[not loaded] net.sf.tuntaposx.tun (1.0) [Support]
[not loaded] net.tunnelblick.tap (1.0) [Support]
[not loaded] net.tunnelblick.tun (1.0) [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Support]
[loaded] net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
MacOS Folder (/Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS)
Alarm Clock ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Alarm Clock.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.6f4 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.6r636 [Support]
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
SeratoVirtualAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0.11 [Support]
Hear: Version: 1.1.1 - SDK 10.5 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
SIXTY-EIGHT Audio Control Panel [Support]
SL 2 Audio Control Panel [Support]
SL 4 Audio Control Panel [Support]
TimeMachineScheduler [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
SSD: Disk size: 119.69 GB Disk used: 58.59 GB
Destinations:
HD-PATU3 [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 44
Oldest backup: 2013-12-25 21:46:07 +0000
Last backup: 2014-12-16 21:41:48 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 119.69 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      12% Google Chrome Canary
      1% WindowServer
      0% fontd
      0% hidd
      0% GoogleTalkPlugin
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
275 MB Google Chrome Canary
241 MB iTunes
172 MB mds_stores
155 MB Finder
134 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
10.95 GB Free RAM
3.59 GB Active RAM
777 MB Inactive RAM
1.85 GB Wired RAM
2.81 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 18, 2014, 10:13:38 PM Self test - passed
Dec 18, 2014, 10:05:52 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/backupd_2014-12-18-220552_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Details]

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I'm very impressed with mpd and i really love the sonata client with it's cover art , lyrics fetching features .
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I had a look around the interwebs but this is the first time my wed-fu has not unearthed one of those wonderful arch articles/post on what to do.
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Dasboard wont load suddenly and the cpu is running at 60% with nothing open.
Restarted several times but no luck
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Plasmaproductions wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
1 dashboard client process was not reponding, after quitting it, it loaded ok but the cpu is running at 20% whereas it had never been more than 8% when viewing dashboard previously.
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That's the main part of OSX (it does have a process id: zero). It always runs, and directly or indirectly starts & controls everything else. (I never noticed it's not listed on that site.)
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DAQ Input Signal kept rising and stop at Max Voltage when run with nothing attached

I just installed PCI 6229 card and a BNC 2110 (Labview 8.6v). When I started the DAQ Input, the signal kept rising and stop at max Voltage (10V) when run with nothing attached (instead of fluctuating at around 0). Just wondering what's wrong with it and how to solve it. Terminal configuration was "Differential"
I just created an input DAQ with a scope and while loop to look at it. Please let me know if I do anything wrong
Thanks
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I just re-read your original post. Why do you have the terminal setting to differential? This sounds like a single ended setup to me. Change the terminal setting to RSE. With a differential setting. you need to connect one source to AI1 and another source to AI9. The difference between the two will be reported. With RSE, only AI1 will matter and the voltage with respect to ground will be reported. Make sure you have your AO ground tied to your AI ground.
Message Edited by tbob on 06-15-2010 05:44 PM
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Hi is it normal for a brand new imac CPU usage be constantly running at around 78% when nothing is running ?

Hi I bought a new imac for Christmas, set it all up and installed all updates including maverick os. At first the imac ran very slow so I left it to sort any updates out but keep getting an error message when I boot up, say unexpected restart etc.
Also the activity monitor shows the CPU is constantly at around 78% with nothing being open or used.
Is this normal ?
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Shaun

hi john,
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