Lots of ram wasted

Once I close a program with Control+C, it doesn't clear the ram. I have 1.4GB ram in use right now. But the system is only using around 300-400MB of ram from what I'm seeing in TAB.
Is there a way to clear the RAM that is not in use (Reset, etc) so I don't have to reboot each time this happens.

Darksoul wrote:
Once I close a program with Control+C, it doesn't clear the ram. I have 1.4GB ram in use right now. But the system is only using around 300-400MB of ram from what I'm seeing in TAB.
Is there a way to clear the RAM that is not in use (Reset, etc) so I don't have to reboot each time this happens.
The rest of it is buffers and cached memory. There's no need for you to do anything with it; Linux will release it when it needs it. The only thing important for you is the 300-400MB. My system is showing 2GB of used RAM, but only 410MB of it is reserved (necessary).

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My computer is using a lot of RAM. Wondering if there’s a hardware issue, or a software issue, or something else. I currently have no programs open in the Doc, besides EntreCheck. and the RAM is showing about 75% used. I’m looking for suggestions on what I can do to speed it up and make it more functional, and efficient for doing design work. I recently upgraded from the original 4GB RAM (2x2GB), and from the original HD to a 512 GB SSD drive, and upgraded to Yosemite. Perhaps that was too much for this machine? Please help with anything that I can do to make it better! Thanks in advance!
I have a recent back-up, I'm open to saving user files and starting from scratch with the current hardware, etc... but would need some direction on how to do this. I did upgrade myself using Apple provided instructions.
Here are the EntreCheck results:
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated December 2, 2014 at 12:45:57 PM EST
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
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 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: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 2 days 0:17:23
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Crucial_CT512MX100SSD1 disk0 : (512.11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        SuperCool (disk1) / [Startup]: 510.88 GB (320.22 GB free)
            Core Storage: disk0s2 511.25 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Western Digital My Passport 070B 319.37 GB
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        NATURE2020 (disk2s2) /Volumes/NATURE2020 : 319.03 GB (169.27 GB free)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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    [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
    [running]    com.hp.productresearch.plist Support
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
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    [running]    com.surteesstudios.hddfancontroldaemon.plist Support
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    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    EvernoteHelper    Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
    Google Drive    ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
    Dropbox    ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
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    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 Support
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
    CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.6
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
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         6%    WindowServer
         4%    Creative Cloud
         3%    Dropbox
         0%    Google Drive
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    86 MB    WindowServer
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    1.64 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.59 GB    Wired RAM
    14.83 GB    Page-ins
    2.06 GB    Page-outs

Lex...
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Report generated December 3, 2014 at 8:46:56 AM EST
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
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
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        BANK 1/DIMM0
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        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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    Auto backup: YES
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         0%    fontd
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Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
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    2.28 GB    Active RAM
    900 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.48 GB    Wired RAM
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