I have a question regarding memory...
Hello fellow Apple Users,
I am currently experiencing a few technical glitches which I beleive may be related to an error I am having with my computer memory. Recently I have pushed my memory nears its maximum. To solve my problem I not only deleted files and movies not being used, but I also moved my iPhoto to an external drive and then deleted it from my computer. (In case you are wondering I have, of course, restarted my computer and cleared my trash). My memory still seems to be full, but I am not sure why. Twice this last week my screen has gone completely black, showing nothing but my mouse and giving a panic attack. The only temporary fix has been to shut down my computer for a short time before turning it back on.
Below are two screen shots from my activity monitor:
I like to think of myself as competent, but by no means am I a computer expert. If I understand correctly it is the disk usuage which more accurately reflects if my memory is still full. As you can see both screens indicate that I have missed something.
The next step I took to remedy my problem was by running software (Whatsize) to screen my files and show their size. This does include hidden files. Below is a screenshot of what I found.
Bottom line like many others out there, I am simpy at a loss over what is probably (hopefully) a very simple problem. If anyone has any ideas of why my memory still appears full, or if anyone feels I have incorrectly self-diagnosised the problem please share.
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!! ^~^
Well this is embarrassing, in addition to my outlandish grammatical errors I did not properly upload my screenshots. Nevertheless here they are in the same respective order.
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