Is Yosemite RAM hungry??

recently i downloaded, Yosemite on my MacBook Air. i was very happy and tought i should compare how much ram it was using agianst Mavericks. i got shocked!! Yosemite used 3,76 gb of ram of my 4 gb. is it a fail or something? please tell me how to use not so much ram!
Nick

If you were very happy until you looked at the numbers that may tell you something about how well Yosemite manages things.

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OS X Yosemite RAM Issues - kernel_task

Hello,
Looks like I have a memory leak somewhere. I'm unable to pin it down. My kernel_task is taking too much memory and it force yosemite to kill window manager, not a good thing
Can you help me out? I'm really considering a roll back to maverick, but before doing this maybe there's hope to fix this for good..
I also removed cleanmymac as I was requested in other thread of people having same issue.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 18, 2015 at 11:18:57 AM GMT-5
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 92
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel Iris Pro
        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 7 days 20:41:7
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.78 GB (32.42 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
        Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/VMware Fusion.app
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) [Click for support]
        /Library/Application Support/Fortinet/FortiClient/nke
    [not loaded]    com.fortinet.fct.kext.avkern (1.0.1 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.fortinet.fct.kext.fctapnke (1 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.fortinet.fct.kext.fctwfnke (1.0 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.fortinet.kext.fctrouternke (1 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
        /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.10) [Click for support]
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.driver.LogJoystick (2.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.keyspan.iokit.usb.KeyspanUSAdriver (1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logitech.driver.LogiGamingMouseFilter (1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.protech.NoSleep (1.4.0 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.sbd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
    [running]    com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]
    2 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    10 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.fssoagent_launchagent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.paragon.updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.fortinet.forticlient.appfw.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.epctrl.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.fmon.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.fssoagent_launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.servctl.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.vpn.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.fortinet.forticlient.wf.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.paragon.ntfs12.refresh.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [failed]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [failed]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    NoSleep    Application (/Applications/Utilities/NoSleep.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    Android File Transfer Agent    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
    Google Chrome    Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
    EvernoteHelper    Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
    Logitech Gaming Software    Application Hidden (/Applications/Logitech/Logitech Gaming Software.app)
    FortiClientAgent    Application (/Applications/FortiClient.app/Contents/Resources/runtime.helper/FortiClientAge nt.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    VMwareClientSupportPlugin55: Version: VMwareClientSupportPlugin 5.5.0.41167 [Click for support]
    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Unknown Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]
    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    NoSleep [Click for support]
    Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         8%    WindowServer
         1%    Google Chrome
         0%    fontd
         0%    LastPass
         0%    hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    155 MB    Google Chrome
    119 MB    Google Chrome Helper
    94 MB    mds_stores
    43 MB    mds
    43 MB    Spotlight
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    99 MB    Free RAM
    2.75 GB    Active RAM
    2.22 GB    Inactive RAM
    2.66 GB    Wired RAM
    66.65 GB    Page-ins
    3.93 GB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 18, 2015, 11:13:39 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/vmware-vmx_2015-02-18-111339_[redacted].crash
    Feb 5, 2015, 08:58:41 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-05-205841_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
    Feb 18, 2015, 10:52:59 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2015-02-18-105259_[redacted].crash

Hello greg, I uninstalled cleanmymac and forticlient( even if I need it).   Nosleep is very useful to prevent my mac to drop all my rdp connections. Here's a new etrecheck output to confirm my clean up:
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 18, 2015 at 1:02:20 PM GMT-5
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 92
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel Iris Pro
        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 7 days 22:24:33
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.78 GB (31.79 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/VMware Fusion.app
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) [Click for support]
        /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.10) [Click for support]
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.driver.LogJoystick (2.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.keyspan.iokit.usb.KeyspanUSAdriver (1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logitech.driver.LogiGamingMouseFilter (1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.protech.NoSleep (1.4.0 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.sbd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
    [running]    com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]
    2 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    8 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.paragon.ntfs12.refresh.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    NoSleep    Application (/Applications/Utilities/NoSleep.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    Android File Transfer Agent    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
    Google Chrome    Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
    EvernoteHelper    Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
    Logitech Gaming Software    Application Hidden (/Applications/Logitech/Logitech Gaming Software.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    VMwareClientSupportPlugin55: Version: VMwareClientSupportPlugin 5.5.0.41167 [Click for support]
    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Unknown Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]
    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    NoSleep [Click for support]
    Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         8%    WindowServer
         1%    LastPass
         1%    Google Chrome
         0%    SystemUIServer
         0%    fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    155 MB    Google Chrome
    131 MB    Google Chrome Helper
    120 MB    Dock
    103 MB    Finder
    94 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    237 MB    Free RAM
    2.63 GB    Active RAM
    1.93 GB    Inactive RAM
    2.64 GB    Wired RAM
    69.24 GB    Page-ins
    4.21 GB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 18, 2015, 11:13:39 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/vmware-vmx_2015-02-18-111339_[redacted].crash
    Feb 18, 2015, 10:52:59 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2015-02-18-105259_[redacted].crash
    Feb 5, 2015, 08:58:41 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-05-205841_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

After Effects CC 2014 (13.0, 13.1, 13.1.1) and Yosemite RAM preview probleme

"We are aware of one issue regarding RAM preview in After Effects on Mac OSX v10.10: When a RAM preview begins to play, the first several frames of the video will not play the first time through; subsequent loops through the same RAM preview duration will play all frames."
when will it be repaired? in the next update?
thanks

paulo freitas wrote:
"We are aware of one issue regarding RAM preview in After Effects on Mac OSX v10.10: When a RAM preview begins to play, the first several frames of the video will not play the first time through; subsequent loops through the same RAM preview duration will play all frames."
when will it be repaired? in the next update?
They have said that it is set to be fixed in the next update. Which should be within the month, if I'm not misremembering.
EDIT: I was misremembering. It is an issue that they're aware of, but are still working with Apple to try to find the source of the problem and, thus, the fix.

RAM Hungry

Final Cut Express has been my living **** for the last 2 weeks.
It started with not being able to import any footage (it was bringing the Audio & Video in out of Sync) and now I can't render.
The only way I was able to get the Audio on my System was to use iMovie HD (on a hired Mac) and now that I have spent 26 hours on the edit can't render the entire piece without it failing due to memory errors.
I have discovered that I can do the file one small section at a time, but anything longer than 2 minutes and I get the out of memory error.
I have opened the Activity view and can see Final cut steadily eating all of my RAM until there is nothing left and then the application just locks.
Any advice would be helpful as rendering 2 minutes at a time is proving to be a real headache.

Hmm, where is the hardware test program? I checked under Utilities but could not immediately see it.
And no, I don't have any stills in my production.
I am finding it strange as I rendered the same size project last year with no issue. It did take around an hour to render, but the system just churned through it.
So I am not sure if the RAM is just broken or there is perhaps a bug in the software.

Mac Book Pro slow after downloading Yosemite

Downloaded Yosemite now computer is too slow. Barely able to use it but i ran an Etrecheck test and here are the results.
Problem description:
every
EtreCheck version: 2.1.3 (106)
Report generated December 15, 2014 at 8:24:59 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 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: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 1:44:38
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (213.87 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked Failed
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Adware: ℹ️
Conduit [Remove]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Safe.Connect.client.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[running] com.perion.searchprotectd.plist [Support]
[running] Safe.Connect.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+.ver [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_enabler.plist [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_enabler.sh [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_updater.plist [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_updater.sh [Support]
[invalid?] Safari Security [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
CSA UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
TroviNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 104.97 GB
Destinations:
ext seagate hard drive [Local]
Total size: 499.76 GB
Total number of backups: 2
Oldest backup: 2014-09-12 04:17:49 +0000
Last backup: 2014-09-12 05:12:51 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk used 104.97 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      13% WindowServer
      8% Activity Monitor
      3% mds_stores
      2% launchservicesd
      2% launchd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
99 MB Finder
94 MB Safari
86 MB mds_stores
77 MB spindump
69 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
970 MB Free RAM
1.60 GB Active RAM
637 MB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
1.27 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 15, 2014, 06:49:35 PM Self test - passed

nikov26 wrote:
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (213.87 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked Failed
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
Failed? That's a new one. Is that your original hard drive? I suggest you replace it. SSDs are finally affordable these days.
You also only have 4 GB RAM. Yosemite is very RAM hungry. I suggest upgrading your RAM too.
Adware: ℹ️
Conduit [Remove]
Click the "Remove" link to remove your adware.
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Safe.Connect.client.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[running] com.perion.searchprotectd.plist [Support]
[running] Safe.Connect.plist [Support]
Search protect? Safe connect? I don't like the sound of those. Hopefully when you run AdwareMedic, one or both of those will be gone. If not, I strongly suggest uninstalling them.
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+.ver [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_enabler.plist [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_enabler.sh [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_updater.plist [Support]
[invalid?] cinemas-+-plus-+_updater.sh [Support]
[invalid?] Safari Security [Support]
Where did all of this come from? Normally I always recommend using only vendor-provided uninstallers or uninstallation instructions. But I have never seen anything like these. In Finder, click the "Go" menu, hold down the option key, and choose "Library". Open the "Launch Agents" folder. Move the items listed above to the desktop and restart your machine.
Do this after running AdwareMedic.
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
CSA UNKNOWN (missing value)
What is CSA? You have a lot of suspicious things on this machine.
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
TroviNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 [Support]
This adware will be deleted when you run AdwareMedic.

Recently updated to Yosemite - now BIG problems

I have a 2010 Macbook - 2Gb Ram. I updated OS to Yosemite. Now everything runs painfully slow! I now hear lots of people are having problems with Yosemite and its Ram hungry so not a good idea on a Mac with just 2 Gb Ram. Can I go back to an older OS and if so which one should I chose? Simple answers please - Im not very techy.
Thanks

All Mac OS X versions from Lion through Yosemite specify 2 GB ram, but the OS X takes up 1.5 GB of that leaving very little for applications to use. One solution would be to increase your ram to 4 Gb or more by going to OWC, http://www.macsales.com or Crucial, http://www.crucial.com where you get quality, guaranteed ram.
Or, if you had Snow Leopard before the upgrade you can go back to that OS X. If you have a TimeMachine backup, simply startup on the install disk and erase the hard drive and restore from the TimeMachine backup.
See: OS X Yosemite: Revert to a previous OS X version
If there is no TM backup, startup on the Snow Leopard disk, select Disk Utility and erase the hard drive then Install Mac OS X.

Maximum RAM for Mid-2010 iMac 3.2GHz w/ Core i3 Processor?

I am looking to upgrade the RAM on my iMac. This is the first time I've ever done so and the reason for it is that I'm finally starting to experience some noticeable lag while playing games. I'm not a hardcore gamer by any means but I feel as though the kinds of games I play shouldn't be struggling so much to run. Some examples of games I've played that have had trouble include Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Left 4 Dead. These games came out a few years ago so it's not like I'm pushing the limits of my machine here! I've done quite a bit of research online but I've come across some conflicting reports on the maximum amount of RAM I can install.
Apple's support files state that the computer can hold up to 16GB of RAM, but then go on to state that this would be equivalent to a 4GB SO-DIMM in each slot. Is that because there are four total slots in my iMac? (See... I told you I'm new at this!)
At the same time, I've also read that it is possible to install up to 32GB of RAM in this particular model of iMac. Is this actually true?
Whichever the case may be... can anyone recommend some good, quality, dependable brands of RAM? Because in doing my research I've read a few horror stories about faulty RAM (and no... I'm not planning on shopping on eBay so don't worry!).
My final question is this: Is upping my RAM actually worth it? As in, will it help my games run smoother and/or better? I ask because I've also wondered if the video card might be the bigger problem (which I hope it's not because I have no idea if it's even possible to replace that).
Sorry for being so long-winded but I just really want to make sure I do this right and don't waste my money. Thank you in advance for any help! =)

Your computer has 4 slots. When Apple shipped the computer the largest DIMM shipping was 4GB so Apple advertises 16GB as the max. According to OWC that remains the maximum for your computer, only the i5 and i7 models can be upgrade to 32GB. At this time 16GB should be plenty for most people.
There are a number of things that have an impact on speed and, of course, one of them is RAM. When your computer first came out the operating system you were using was less RAM hungry. It seems that each new upgrade (or every other OS upgrade) ups the RAM ante. Other things that have an impact are the utilities and programs you run behind the scenes. They can burn up lots of CPU cycles and RAM. Hard drive space is another factor - the operating system and programs need room for temporary files and when this room isn't available the computer slows down. So, are you running anything like anti-malware? Dump it, not needed. Do you have about 25GB of free drive space? If not, free some up.
Quality RAM - not only what you buy but who you buy it from is important. I go with Crucial or OWC.

Will upgrading ram improve speed in Mac and windows (VMware fusion)?

I Am using VMware fusion for music production and that program requires a lot of workspace. I have a MacBook Pro 4gb ram and when I turn VMware on it goes to 2 gb ram in Mac and 2 gb ram in windows. My Mac speed is normal when VMware fusion is turned off but when I turn it on my Mac is very slow. Will upgrading ram improve speed in mac and also in windows (windows is also very slow)
Btw my english isn't very good

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 hungry. It will improve the performance of applications that run mostly in RAM or when loading programs.
In your case it will most likely help. You should plan on at least 8 GBs or more, depending upon what your model supports.

How do other video editors cope with Yosemite (xpc, icloud bugs...)

Right so all I want is to be able to use Apple Motion on a stable system.
I don't need icloud, photos or any of that bs.
However I keep noticing icloud bugging out in the console, as well as photoagent and all kinds of needless process that slow down when not crash my editing software or even block me out of internet.
And so I sign out of icloud and anything related. But then it gets worst, sandbox, xpc, my whole system gets completely lost and throws identification errors left and right, making Motion super laggy.
Has anyone else noticed that? Could it be possible that Icloud plays such a role in the way processes, including the ones used by pro apps, communicate with each other? Are we in a way forced to give in to icloud (and its load of issues), to be able to edit in a half way decent fashion?
I tried keychain first aid, onyx, digital rebellion, fsck-fy, reset p-ram, smc,nothing gives.

We all pretty much now by know that the OS has issues, serious ones (I 'm not the only apparently). I finally mitigated some of my issues (one fix entailed solving a huge mess in my keychains) and haven't slept in 2 days with a deadline tomorrow. Now that I can finally get back to work seriously, I find out that Motion 5 is excruciatingly slow to export, whether from the soft itself or via compressor . Even Motion 3 was a breeze in comparison.(by the way, Compressor offers to distribute batch among several computers, but the feature doesn't apply to projects sent from Motion and fcp, hence a completly useless feature for most workflows). I know that generators and replicators are ram hungry and so I'm resorting to export them one by one with the happy prospect of an additional round of compositing and export). As I speak, a simple circle with a paint stroke superimposed by an ulterior export of the corona emitter sigh....are rendering. and for only 16secs of a 4444 clip on alpha over a stroke outline is taking a good 30mn
This is outrageous. knowing that it is only portion of a clip among a dozen others which need to be delivered all cut up tomorrow, I am basically dead. Needless to say that re-installing everything right now is unthinkable, especially since I'm working on a recent clean install and so who knows what defects I'll end up getting the next time around
If I could use help at this level of catastrophy, it would be some advice on the best quality/time ratio codec for exporting and re-importing 1080 w alpha clips. I'm currently going for 4444 + alpha with same settings as the project but there may be faster.

~500 MB "active or wired" RAM in 10.5 - can I reduce this?

Hello!
I have a 15" Powerbook G4, with 1 GB of RAM, running 10.5.1. Previously, I had it running 10.4.11. Leopard is very nice, but it's suffering far more instability than Tiger - simply because I keep running out of RAM.
Under Tiger, a general rule of thumb was that just after startup, and without any open applications (except activity monitor), there would br ~60 MB of "Wired" RAM, and about 100 MB of "Active" RAM. These values are those given by Activity monitor. The "kernel_task" process rarely took up more than ~80 MB, even with a dozen applications running.
Under Leopard, just after startup and with only activity monitor open, I have roughly 150 MB "wired" and roughly 350 MB "active". "kernel_task" usually eats 100-150 MB, even without any running apps. I never have more than about 600 MB free - and usually run between 100-200 MB free with only iTunes and Safari open. While running backups (with .Mac Backup 3.1.2), I've had OS X report more than 3 MILLION page outs! That's a 4 GB swap file! This is proving to be a tremendous slowdown, negating all of Leopard's speed increases. In addition, many applications crash as they run out of RAM - I'll have an application crash every few hours or so under Leopard, while I'd go weeks without a crash under Tiger. Unlike in Tiger, this isn't isolated to ram-hungry applications either - just about anything and everything has crashed when RAM is tight.
Is there anything that I can do that will reduce the amount of RAM used by the system? Are there applications/processes/plugins/etc that OS X loads that are not required, that I can stop? I'd really rather not downgrade to Tiger, but it may prove necessary.
I'd like to drop a 1 GB RAM card into the PB - to get 1.5 GB of total RAM, but I don't have the ~$120 or so to spend on a RAM card in the near future. Anything I can do to reduce RAM usage and speed up the Powerbook would be very helpful.
Thanks,
-Dan

I wonder where you get your RAM prices. I found this at Datamem.com - 1 GB DIMM for $69 w/lifetime warranty.
Face it if you plan to use Leopard your memory needs will at least double. That's partly why Apple specifies 512 MBs as the minimum for Leopard versus the 256 MB minimum for Tiger.
If you're suffering from instability then it's possible you haven't sufficient free space on your hard drive. You should plan to leave not less than 15 percent of the drive's capacity free at all times. Add 8 GBs to that if you regularly burn DVDs.
Be sure your system isn't corrupt. Repair the hard drive and permissions. Use third-party utilities to clear the system, user, and font caches. Be sure the Unix maintenance scripts are being run on schedule.
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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 4.0 is now Intel Mac compatible. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.2 is Intel Mac compatible; Drive Genius is similar to TechTool Pro in terms of the various repair services provided. The current version, 1.5.1, is Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.
OS X automatically defrags files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems.
I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the commandline.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com.

Easiest speedup--more RAM, or faster HD?

I recently got a stock 2GHz C2D Macbook--80 GB 5400 RPM HD and 1 GB memory. If you could only upgrade one, which would see a better speed boost: up the memory (to 1.5 GB using unmatched RAM), or install a 7200 RPM HD (remain at 80 GB)?
95% of the time, the speed is great, but after awhile switching between apps (especially heftier apps, like iPhoto and iTunes and very especially bringing these apps up via FrontRow), causes very noticeable delays. The login screen to get out of screensaver then takes awhile to come up as well.
Not too surprised to see pageouts (via MenuMeters) numbering in the hundreds of thousands, but my old dual-533 MHz PowerMac G4, with only 768 MB of RAM, didn't seem to choke as bad between iPhoto, etc. I don't regularly run PPC apps on my MB, though I do expect a speed/response penalty after starting one up.
So is my amount of RAM "okay" if I just up the speed of the HD?
One other difference: I always shut down my G4 when done so it starts fresh next time; my MB I just sleep/wake, so RAM isn't allowed to clear and virtual memory isn't flushed.
Comments and experience welcome, thanks!
Macbook 2 GHz C2D Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB RAM

If you are getting lots of pageouts, the correct solution is more RAM, or running fewer RAM-hungry programs at the same time.
Your ratio of pageouts to pageins should be less than 10%. If it is greater than that, you are working the virtual memory system too hard.
You probably should have 2 Gig RAM, but going to unmatched 1.5 will be a start. Eventually match up another 1 Gig DIMM.
When you run Acitivity Monitor, look to see what PPC stuff is running. If you can replace all the legacy PPC stuff with Intel or Universal apps, your memory will go farther, because you won't have the additional overhead of the Rosetta emulation layer running.
Widgets are often RAM hungry, too. Watch out there.
Since you are currently working your Virtual Memory system too hard, I'd recommend rebooting more often, to clear stuff out. (Once Rosetta is started by running a PPC app, it will stay in memory until reboot.)
Over-working the VM system will lead to premature Hard Disk failure, in addition to bad performance and lousy battery life.

Solution Manager systems RAM requirements - problems with the Java Engine

Hello,
I am about to install SAP Solution Manager 7 on a WIndows 2003 Server x64 but I need to know what the RAM requirements are? I have been having problems with the Java Engine starting and it seems to time out, I have heard that this is a very RAM hungry process and it might be why?
Many thanks for your help in advance,
Omar

Hello Omar,
To size SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EHP1 we recommend to use the SAP Solution Manager Quicksizer Tool at:
http://service.sap.com/sizing-solman
Here you find information on how to use the tool, how to collect input data for E2E Scenario Sizing, on SAP E2E RCA Sizing, Introscope Tuning, Wily Enterprise Manager Cluster Setup for E2E RCA Scenario and BI Aggregation Strategy in E2E Scenario.
Please find more information about installing Solution Manager in:
http://service.sap.com/instguides -> SAP Solution Manager
I hope this information helps.
Thanks,
Mark

CS6 64bit isso slow it blinks in response to every new stroke, yet still utilizes less than 2GB RAM

Illustrator CS6 64bit is so overloaded that each time I draw a new brush stroke it responds only after a second of delay, while the area of the document where I added the brush stroke will sort of change it`s content for this duration and show some older state of the document or other gibberish, until AI has finished `processing` the new brush stroke, and then it would blink back to normal and I would be able to continue working. Despite the delay, for some reason, AI 64bit chooses to utilize no more than 2 GB of RAM.
I do have a huge number of vector shapes in the document. My document is 1000px x 1000px and it weighs around 40MB. My machine is a core i7 2.8 ghz with 18GB RAM 1066 running windows 7 64bit. C drive is an SSD and for Cache I have another SSD with read/write speed around 500 Mb\second out of which 20GB is reserved for windows pagefile and the other 100GB is free . Same SSD is designated as scratch disk for AI, and the AI files which I`m editing are located on this very same SSD.
When running photoshop 64bit it will use up the available 18GB RAM according to it`s need.
I hoped that AI 64bit would use up my RAM, too, so as to allow it to respond quicker. Why doesn`t it do so?

Ultimately the differences between system will appear with usage and will obviously be more noticeable (or not) with not only the applications but how they are utilised.
For many "average" users the perfomance difference between the GMA950 and the ATi X1900 XT in the Mac Pro is not even noticed. If you are however into video editing or advanced photo editing/management then then you'll find benefits with the MBP. While you are using iLife today that may not always be the case. As time progresses even iLife may make more use of the performance of the GPU.
As for RAM, again, it comes down to usage. Even with more RAM hungry applications 2GB can be just fine as long as you don't expect to be able to run multiples of these at once. For instance, 2GB is fine to run Parallels, 2GB is more than fine to run Photoshop… but don't be thinking that it's fine to be run these concurrently. Unless you're using applications that clearly require a bucket load of RAM then the practicalities of 2GB comes simply down to your workflow. There are some users that like to have every application they have constantly up and running which makes then need a lot more RAM than otherwise.
Be aware that speed and long term value for money is not only dependent on the obvious hardware specs. Never underestimate the value of having a clean, simple and fast software setup along with a good fast drive with a low (sub-50%) usage.
Looking forward though, you definitely will get a longer lifespan out of a MBP. How much longer will depend on many things outside of our control, one major one being you. Think carefully as to what you're wanting to do, how you want to do it and what is important to you. Your choice might become very obvious where your needs rule out one or the other.
Generally speaking, buy as much computing power as you can afford. This advice though does not always result in the best value for money.

Games/RAM on MacBook Pro 15"

I have recently purchased a MBP 15" with the base graphics and specs. When I go to play a game, sometimes it really lags, almost to the point of unplayability. The game I'm playing when this happens is Minecraft. I don't know if Minecraft is a RAM hog or if something else is the problem. Another thing is that after I quit the game and my MBP is cooling down it seems to run extremely slow. I don't know why this is happening; if someone could enlighten me, that would be great. One last question, even though I just bought my Mac, I think I already need more RAM. The computer will slow down for no reason, and when I took a look at my page outs it was up over a gig, and for swap I have 3.99 GB. Is there something wrong with my comptuer or do I just need more RAM? Any help is appreciated.

Bimmer and I both have 16GB of RAM in our MBPs and I can tell you that my page outs and swap are always at 0 bytes. I just restarted and am only actually 'using' 7.56GB of my built-in 16GB but that number can grow to almost 14GB used (with still 0 bytes of page outs and swap) when I'm really cranking up the machine.
Like Bimmer, I suggest that you install as much RAM as your computer will hold. Games are particularly RAM hungry and I really think that you would see a dramatic difference in performance if you upgrade.
When did you buy your MBP? Which model do you have?
Clinton

Upgrading my MBP to 16 gigs of RAM - 1.35 volt vs. 1.5 volt?

Hey all,
There does not seem to be a diffinitive answer to this question. The picture below is of the existing ram in my Apple MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 (15-inch DDR3) Early-2011. When I look this RAM up to find out the voltage, it appears to be 1.5v but I have not been able to verfiy that from a reliable source. Any ideas? Will it be labeled somewhere on the chip?
Crucial suggests a 1.35v chip
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=0EA3E8DAA5CA7304
OWC suggests a 1.5v chip
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333DDR3S16P/
A suggestion was made to me by apple (who could not confirm the voltage of the factory installed RAM) to match the voltage of the existing RAM.
Long story short...how can I verfiy the voltage of the chip below, and, does anyone have any other guidance on why I should use 1.35v (less power, extends the battery life?) or the 1.5v?

Yes any App that is RAM hungry will benefit from having more RAM, up to a point. Once you have enough installed that the normal apps you run do not use all of it then the extra is just left doing nothing. If those memory hungry apps aren't running all the memory is just sitting there doing nothing.
More RAM is much better then not enough RAM. But as I stated above "Adding more RAM will not make your system run any faster". It will just be able to run at its normal speed when you have a lot of Apps open at once or are using RAM hungry apps.
cjwohlre wrote:
Shootist007
I do a decent amount of video editing on imovie, and only had 4mb of RAM installed. I was told imovie would run much faster with the extra RAM installed? not the case?

Is Yosemite RAM hungry??

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