Killing Active Processes

Lately I've been watching the Activity Monitor, especially when running Adobe After Effects.
I've noticed that I have a lot of processes running that I have absolutely no need for, like "iTunes helper," "TabletDriver," "MOTUFirewireCons" and so on. When rendering with AE, these processes eat up enormous amounts of Virtual Memory... about 500MB per process, needing a total for all these processes at around 4 or 5 gigabytes!
I can start a render, but then have it interrupted, because the system alerts me that I don't have enough drive space available. I look at the available space on a Finder Window, and it says something like 130Mb available. But, if I interrupt my AE render, it tells me I have 14 Gb available.
So... is there a way to automatically kill some of these un-needed processes without hurting anything, or having to go in and manually force quit them everytime I boot up?
Thanks,
Jim

Well, I mentioned a few in my post that I know aren't being used for AE. Disk Warrior installs an app that runs all the time, as does my MOTU audio interface driver, my Wacom tablet, and so on. I killed some of them manually with no apparent ill effects, and the Activity Monitor will warn you that killing some processes will log you out, so I avoid killing those.
I thought after I sent my post that this is something I might be able to do with scripting, but I'm not very experienced with scripting.
I have a 100G internal drive, and with all my apps, and source footage for After Effects, it's difficult to keep 15G free at all times. There's no way I could use it effectively with 50% free... my OS, apps and stock files take up that much.
Thank you for your reply.
Jim

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http://hyperionconsultancy.com/

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Probably will never ever think of buying a locked phone from AT&T cause its one of the worst system integrations ever that these companies could think of.
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I found this in internet, I hope it helps:
Error
-310
Name
SmFHBlockRdErr
OS
Mac OS
Error Title
smFHBlockRdErr
Message
Error occurred during _sGetFHeader.
Risk Level
9
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How to fix this error "this iPad is not able to complete the activation process. Please press Home and start over. If the issue persists, please visit your nearest Apple Store or Authorized service provider for more information or replacement"?

How to fix this error "this iPad is not able to complete the activation process. Please press Home and start over. If the issue persists, please visit your nearest Apple Store or Authorized service provider for more information or replacement"? When I plugged in my iPad this popped up!

Hi csreddy,
If you are receiving a message to contact an Apple Retail Store or Authorized Service Provider for help updating from iOS 3, click on the link below to initiate that support:
Update the iOS software on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204
Update your device using iTunes
If you can’t update wirelessly, or if you want to update with iTunes, follow these steps:
Install the latest version of iTunes on your computer.
Plug in your device to your computer.
In iTunes, select your device.
In the Summary pane, click Check for Update.
Click Download and Update.
If you don't have enough free space to update using iTunes, you'll need to delete content manually from your device.
Find out what to do if you get other error messages while updating your device.
Last Modified: Jan 12, 2015
Apple - Find Locations
https://locate.apple.com
Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201232
Regards,
- Judy

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