Extreme ram usage leading to slow browsing experience.

Hello
I have been using firefox for a long time. this problem has persisted but it was not much of a problem then as it is now. The problem is as follows:
I have two windows open. one window has 30 tabs open and the other has 12 tabs open. The problem is that even if i do not use any of those windows, you can observe the ram usage, in task manager, it is consistently increasing. When this usage reaches 2800mbs, the browser starts to get slow and as it reaches 3200mbs, the browser is literally freezing for like 20 seconds by saying "Not responding" and then coming back to life and then after a few page change again it happens. this is really annoying.
In order to solve this issue i have to force close the browser and reopen it and restore the previous session to get my pages back and make them work at a decent speed.
My friends who use google chrome, they have even more tabs open and their browsing experience is quite smooth. I personally like firefox more as i am used to it and also its add ons are good, but this problem is really annoying.
Just to let you know if you start to think that my laptop cannot handle this load
My laptop specs are:
Core i7 2670qm
13gb ddr3 ram
1tb hdd
nvidia gtx560m 2gb
Kindly look into this matter and let me know if there is a fix to this issue.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank You

Did you check your extensions?
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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The kernel_task memory usage is normal.

RAM usage increases with time, problem?

Hi all,
Whislt I've been playing with linux on the side for a few years the past few weeks have been my first foray into using linux as my main OS, in the form of Arch. It's been a steep learning curve but I'm enjoying the experience and wealth of information. Previous flirts with Linux have been groping in the dark, pasting code from the internet and avoiding the terminal where possible.
Since going Arch full time I've noticed the RAM usage seems to increase when I leave it alone for a few hours. I'm running an old, around 2005 I think, Advent Laptop with 512MB, or 466MB according to free -m, RAM. I've allocated 2GB to swap which it dips into occasionally.
Typically I've been leaving open luakit & urxvt whislt running Awesome. If I leave it for a few hours and return the RAM has jumped from 30% or so to 80 or 90%. A reboot solves this.
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.
Any suggestions, or anything I can do to clarify the issue?

It does indeed, but only while the system is being actively accessed, as far as I know. An idle system (i.e. with no filesystem access) will have a stagnant file cache.
So I guess the question here would be, is your PC idle while you're "leaving" it? Do you use it as a fileserver, webserver, database, etc, or do you ssh in perform various tasks? Does 'free' report your free '-/+ buffers/cache' value as something minute?

OSX Lion ram usage

Well, i've got my 13' Macbook Air today (4gb ram), and love it.
The only thing that bothers me is the extremely high ram usage of Lion, when i turn the Macbook on it jumps to about 1.3gb ram usage which i find really much considering my PC running Windows 7 uses less.
After some casual usage it even jumps up to about 2 gb ram usage.
Is this normal? how are the other Air's with only 2gb of ram handling this? there can't be much left there, besides just running the operating system.
i am new to Mac's so am i doing something wrong?

Hi all,
After last Lion update a i seem to encounter a very strange situation regarding ram usage.
I have an early 13' mbp core i5 with 8gb of ram.
After upgrading to lion 10.7.1 i have less than 500mb available after just a few hours since i turn it on.
I must mention that the only running apps are: safari, mail, app store, ichat, ms excell and itunes.
Upon quitting excell, itunes, appstore and restarting mail and safari i still only get 1,5gb of free ram.
My suspicion is that there is another ram leak somewhere, or else i can't explain why my computer user 128mb of swap with 8gb of ram installed.

Slow browsing problem

I am having intermittent trouble with slow browsing. I have a Linksys BEFW114v4. There are 4 computers using it. One is a laptop which sometimes uses wireless, but runs faster when physically connected. The laptop experiences slow browsing rarely, another experiences it sometimes, the Mac experiences it frequently, and my pc experiences it frequently and has for the longest time. I have a cable package, tv, phone, and internet, so I called the cable company when it was running slow. As soon as I picked up the phone my pages loaded and ran well while I was talking the the rep. She said that it showed that I was not accessing the internet as all. Then she said that 37 seconds later it show as connected. They sent someone out and he said he couldn't find anything wrong, except when he called in for some info they said it looked like something was behind the modem, but they didn't know what. The technician said maybe my router old and not working properly. How would I know? I would appreciate any help. Thank you.

try to access the web interface 192.168.1.1 and change the MTU=1400...you could also update the firmware if necessary

Slow Browser (Safari) Speed Since Upgrading to 10.8

Hello- I upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion last week. I have noticed a signficant slow down in browser performance since upgrading. Very slugish now. I noticed it immediately, but thought I'd give it time and different internet connections. Nope... still very noticeable.
Problem: Slow browsing speed since going from 10.7 to 10.8
Setup: 10.8.5 with latest safari, MBair 2012 w/SSD and 8GB ram - Plenty of disk space
What I've tried: Fixing permissions, cleaning cache, reseting safari, cleaning cookies, DNS (open vs. google vs. standard)
Any advice? Thx.

Please answer as many of the following questions as you can. You may already have answered some of them.
1. Have you restarted your router and broadband modem since you first noticed the problem? If the answer is no, do that now and see whether there's any change.
2. Are any other web browsers installed, and are they the same?
3. What about other Internet applications, such as iTunes and the App Store?
4. Are there any other devices on the same network that can browse the Web, and are they affected?
5. If you can test Safari on another network, is it the same there?
6. If you connect to your router with Wi-Fi and you can also connect with Ethernet, do that and turn off Wi-Fi. Any difference?

I have a BookPro 15 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB Ram, that's more slow after updating to X Lion 10.7.5

Hello
I have a BookPro 15 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB Ram, that's more slow after updating to X Lion 10.7.5
Is my hardware not good for this new OS ?
Can I upgrade my computer to Mountain Lion OS and make it faster ?

Mountain Lion won't make it faster. It may not even be compatible. Speed has a lot to do with what is installed, installation of utilities that actually slow you down, such as MacKeeper, or any cache cleaning softawre. Installation of utilities that you don't need such as anti-virus or firewall software. Peer2peer software. Other devices sharing the same network can slow it down too, make sure your network is secure, and you know what is sharing the network. Some websites may be slower on Safari, and an alternative browser* is needed.

Low Ram usage?

Hey all, so I've been keeping an eye on how much ram FCX has been using and it's... really low.
Is this normal? I assumed it would use a ton but it's barely using 2gb of ram any given time I check it in Activity Moniter.
I have 16gigs installed on my Mac Pro 1,1 for the record.
Is there something I am missing here?

If you're interested in more see:
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.
Adding RAM only makes it possible to run more programs concurrently. It doesn't speed up the computer nor make games run faster. What it can do is prevent the system from having to use disk-based VM when it runs out of RAM because you are trying to run too many applications concurrently or using applications that are extremely RAM dependent. It will improve the performance of applications that run mostly in RAM or when loading programs.

Extreme ram usage leading to slow browsing experience.

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