CS6 out of memory

I am using Cloud CS6 version of InDesign and get the Out of Memory when creating PDF's. I don't understand the instructions on the link posted above to turn of background tasks but will be looking to see if I can do this some other way. I use InDesign to put together a weekly newspaper of 32 pages so use articles and photos supplied to me, some of which are PDF's and some are just Word docs which I copy and paste the text from. So far I have been closing the file down and opening it again to get it started but it's a pain in the neck. Perhaps a complete clean up of my files/links etc will help the issue. Incidentally, I never have other apps open at the same time. I have had some issues with my Windows 8 operation generally but otherwise nothing has contention.

Firstly, before anyone starts, this not a RAM related issue.
Secondly - export your InDesign file to IDML Troubleshooting 101: Export to .idml or .inx to clear file corruption
And if that's not working - take a look at this helpful thread File Crashing on Output - printing/PDF/other

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CS6 out of memory message

I'm having a problem with my recently installed copy of PS CS6 (with the latest update).
My system: PC with Intel Core i3-540 (not over-clocked: 3.06GHz) and 4GB RAM running Windows XP SP3. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD5450.
The problem: When I first launch Bridge and CS6, everything is working fine. But after 10 minutes or so, ACR starts acting up. Specifically, edits become increasingly sluggish and ultimately the image won't transfer into PS. Instead, I receive the message: "Could not complete the Open As command because there is not enough memory (RAM)".
I do not have any other programs open (aside from Bridge) when this happens.
I would have thought that 4GB of RAM would be a sufficient amount of memory.
One more point: I am not using the boot drive as the PS scratch drive.
Two more bits of information: (1) I have the Memory Usage slider set to 80%; (2) Cache value is 1,024.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide,
John

Noel, Bill: Thanks for your suggestions. I appreciate that two of the most experienced members of the forum would take the time to try to help me.
Before addressing some of your specific points, I'd like to comment on Noel's suggestion that my computer needs upgrading. I actually am planning to build a new, Ivy Bridge-based computer specifically for photo and videoprocessing in the next month or two. However, in the intervening time I had hoped to get some photo processing work done on the current computer. This expectation seemed completely reasonable based on Adobe's own recommendations for CS6 , which describes three computer specs labeled "Good", "Better" and "Best". Adobe's recommendations also list XP as a "Good" OS, without indicating that it must be the 64-bit version. My current computer falls squarely in Adobe's "Good" category, which IMO means the problems I've encountered shouldn't be happening.
Now to the troubleshooting suggestions...
Noel: The default PS RAM usage was set at around 70%. Increasing that value to 80% or decreasing it to 60% did not solve the problem. As far as Bridge is concerned, it is an established part of my raw file workflow, so I don't plan on abandoning it. And neither should I have to, since I've been using Bridge without a problem (with PS CS5) on my ancient 2008 MacBook Pro for nearly two years.
Bill: The Page File currently has "Custom size" selected with the following values: Initial, 2046MB; Max, 4092MB. The Page File current location is the C: drive (the System drive). I don't see in the Page File dialogue box the choice of dynamically or statically managing the Page File size.
After spending some more time processing images last night, it seems that the problem is with Camera Raw, and not PS itself. I opened up multiple psd files in PS and worked on them for an hour without a single hiccup. In contrast, ACR became sluggish and unusable after working on more than two images (in sequence, not simultaneously), and ultimately ACR simply refused to transfer the image to PS or froze completely. The only solution was closing and relaunching PS.
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Has anyone who has a 2008 MacBoo Pro with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB graphics card tried running Photoshop CS6 under Mac OS X 10.7.4?
On my MacBook Pro, PS CS6 launches; however, any action results in an out of memory error. The CS6 versions of After Effects, Premiere Pro and Illustrator all launch and run as expected under 10.7.4.
If I switch to my Mac OS X 10.6.8 startup volume, Photoshop CS6 runs as expected.
I have support cases open with Adobe, NVidia and Apple. Adobe thinks I need to update the display drivers. NVidia says display drivers must be provided by Apple. Apple says that the display drivers are current. The Apple support agent said that he can escalate the case if the issue can be reproduced on more than one computer.
I'd love to keep my MacBook Pro running another year or so without having to reboot in 10.6.8 every time I need to use Photoshop. I'd stay with 10.6.8, but of course iCloud requires 10.7.4.
I have not tried 10.8 yet, but it's on my troubleshooting list.
Also, PS CS6 runs fine under Mac OS X 10.7.4 on my 2010 iMac.
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- Warren

It looks like it was indeed the display driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512 MB graphics card inside my 2008 MacBook Pro.
It seems that this driver only gets installed if you upgrade from Mac OS X 10.6.7 to 10.7.4 while the startup drive is connected to the MacBook Pro itself. I had updated while the startup drive was connected to my 2010 iMac. Accordingly, I could have reinstalled Photoshop 100 times without it ever launching as expected. Having used the external startup drive with three other Apple computers (all 2010 or newer machines) with Photoshop CS6 launching as expected, I had just assumed (mistakenly) that it would work as expected with my 2008 computer.
So, this was simple enough to resolve by upgrading the OS on the external startup drive while having it connected to the MacBook Pro. In hindsight, this makes perfect sense.
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Adobe CS6.0 out of memory error on iMac (early 2009)

Hi:
Adobe CS6.0 Photoshop is returning "Out of Memory (RAM)" errors and is unusable on a lab of iMacs.
The system exceeds Adobe minimum specs (1GB ram).
Our school has a lab of computers with both Adobe CS5.5 and Adobe CS6.0 Master Collection installed on a lab of iMacs (early 2009).
The computers all have 4GB of memory and come with an NVidia GeForce 9400M 256MB video card.
I notice that this video card shares ram with the main system.
CS5.5 runs perfectly well but CS6.0 is not co-operating.
We have updated Photoshop to version 13.04 and have run Apple's Software Update (latest version).
I have looked online and this is a known problem with computers that have Adobe CS5 & 6 installed with Mac OS10.7.x but only on certain video cards.
There are people out there with 32 GB ram having the same problem.
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Hi ODrew,
I'm shocked you can operate OK with only 4GB of RAM, that certainly wasn't enough for my 2007 iMac to not continually slow down!?
CS6 Sys requiremnts...
Mac OS
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.6.8, v10.7, or v10.8**
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
Additional disk space required for preview files and other working files (10GB recommended)
1280x900 display
7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)
OpenGL 2.0–capable system
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
And I don't see that Video card supported...
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html
I don't think you can upgrade that video card...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/93250/Upgrade+the+NVIDIA+GEFORCE+9400M+GRAPHI CS+PROCESS

CS6 Running out of memory Error while rendering

Hey everyone,
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Intel i7-3615QM 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge processor
8GB GDDR5 RAM
NVIDIA GeForcs 650M w/ 2GB GDDR5 dedicated RAM
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I have noticed that even after rendering is done, AE is still using 6 gigs of RAM! Usually I can purge the ram, but now even doing that doesn't change anything - I have to close the program to get my RAM back. I have tried enlarging my page file, I've tried rendering in different resolutions and file types - I feel like I've tried everthing. I've looked all over the internet and I haven't found any real solutions (just talk from 2008 about "secret" menus that I can't get to work).
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Dominic

I wouldn't mind getting more RAM except that the computer I used to do this very same work with (except with 5.5) only had 6GHz of RAM and a pathetic processor and GPU in comparison.
I've tried doing the same editing in PrP but it just doesn't have enough tools . Changing my output format hasn't helped either unfortunately. I think the program has a memory leak.
I really think I might just go back to 5.5. I called support today and it took forever just to get the poor girl helping me to understand my name has an "m" in it. She wasn't really able to understand the problem. As far as I can tell, CS6 has been a 100% downgrade.
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A project runs out of memory evertime I render on exactly the same frame.
It basically sucks about 3% of memory with each rendered frame till there's nothing left and than prompts an error-message.
I tried to:
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