Maximizing ram use

Hi. I have a Mac Pro 5,1 quad core 2.8ghz mid 2010. I purchased 16 gb of ram from Macsales.com.
I use Photoshop and other applications in Adobe Creative Suite CS 5 Professional, iphoto, imovie, Final Cut Express 4.0, and Roxio Toast Titanium (for burning blu ray movies-- this has taken a long time, like 6 or 8 hours when using my macbook pro-- I look forward to deploying my new mac pro for this task).
I'm using the Snow Leopard version that came with my mac pro (as described in a previous discussion here, this is the only version I can use at this time).
My question is, are these applications smart enough to grab available ram as needed or do I need to manually tell the application to do this? I imagine this may depend on the application-- I'm primarily interested in photoshop, final cut express, and toast.

There is no way to tell the system and applications about RAM usage. Whether they are smart or not, nothing other than hope they are.
16GB RAM may sound like a lot, but depends on your usage.
You can do some to optimize your storage, where scratch volume and other application preferences. There are a number of articles on optimizing your system.
http://macperformanceguide.com/index_topics.html
http://discussions.apple.com/messageview.jspa?messageID=11661836

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Ram related kernel panics on a MBP (ram used to work, hardware errors-)

hello all
i have a 2.2GHZ intel core duo 2007 MBP, which once ran Tiger and is now running 10.6.3
I had the NVDIA graphic card break down associated with such models, and it was replaced thanks to the extended care plan, here in Paris, so the logicboard is new- I also got a (technician installed) new HDD, and snowleopard
I originally had the 2 1Gig ram, but 1st got an extra 2Gb of danelec ram, and finally another 2GB- it ran fine for a couple year or so-
then, a few months back I recently started getting kernel panics, on tiger- I fist thought they were HDD related, got a new drive installed by a technician, switched to snow leopard-
yet they continue, and they're apparently RAM related, yet what is odd is that they can be reproduced with any RAM combination involving 2 sticks- the original apple 1Gb + any of the two GB ram sticks, the 2GB ram sticks together in any slot-- it's all the same, the screen goes grey and i'm told to shut down the computer
with one ram stick it works, this avoids the issue- but not always
i've moved the ram around, checked the slots, reset the PRAM,yet the issue is still there.
now i know that I should be using paired ram, and will do so in the next coming months when I can afford it- yet what has happened to make the make the MBP seemingly refuse two sticks of RAM when it didn't before ? are the two sticks dead ? or is there an issue with the slot ?
I'd also need to know that this is not a logicboard issue if it's possible- the logic board was changed due to the NVDIA bug, so it's a year old or so-
I'm running it on the 2GB danelec as I type, no issue, the samsung ram works as well, and so does the 1GB apple ram, in any slot, yet two slots of ram causes the kernel panic crash- the area near the ram slot also seems to get very hot-
I ran the hardware test yesterday, booting from the tiger dvd, which was difficult (possible drive issue)
finally managed to boot into hardware test mode (must be a superdrive issue)
running an extended test with the 4GB of ram in there
first pass found an error :
4MEM/9/40 000 000 : bc13950
running the extended testing
extended testing (1h39 min)
no errors found
ran another quick test
error
4MEM/9/40 000 000 : 6b506C4
another quick test :
no trouble found
another : no trouble found
and a last pass : no trouble found
but i did have two errors...
looking the errors up online didn't give anything so far, any clue as to what might be wrong here ? the RAM used to work fine (i've been using these two sticks for over two years), the kernel panics started happening on tiger- got a new HD drive a month ago, installed snow leopard, - used disk warrior and disk utilities, reset the PRAM and did the other tests and it continues- wether i'm running the computer from the internal drive or an external firewire drive-
running the hardware test, i also got two error messages, but on some passes only
if i look into the RAM status through about this mac, it says it's ok - what's odd is that the hardware test found errors, but not systematically----- I'd really like to know what the error message mean, can anyone help ?
i'm getting more and more kernel panics, unfortunately i live in France, so things are slightly less simple than they would be in other places customer servicewise- ie it might not be as simple as showing up at the new apple stores with this 2007 machine--
I need a stable machine to work on and really can't afford repairs at the moment
i'm really stuck with this, my finances got sucked into the last HDD upgrade (got it done by an official apple retailer, ICLG here in Paris, cost me 300 euros), and I thought things would be stable for a while since the logic board was changed (free of charge, which was a great relief) less than a year ago due to the nvdia bug- and now here I am with this--
anyway, here's the last kernel panic report i got, thanks in advance for your help
ben
Interval Since Last Panic Report: -28202 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: FD865E22-C8DD-4791-889D-B5E5B374745E
Tue May 25 18:53:11 2010
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x55507c): "!pageList phys_addr"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.3.12/iokit/Kernel/IOMemoryDescriptor.cpp:1 412
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x36413718 : 0x21b449 (0x5ce420 0x3641374c 0x2238a5 0x0)
0x36413768 : 0x55507c (0x5d7af8 0x320 0x36a20b4 0x320)
0x364137e8 : 0x54c208 (0x5f03300 0x3 0x560a200 0x80)
0x364138c8 : 0x54c733 (0x560fd80 0x80 0x54c81c 0x54c94c)
0x364138f8 : 0x129e3ba (0x560fd80 0x36413960 0x36413948 0x36413968)
0x36413988 : 0x12a7d67 (0x560a300 0x5f03300 0x0 0x1000)
0x364139d8 : 0x12a8edb (0x560a900 0x560a300 0x602d100 0x0)
0x36413ab8 : 0x1281448 (0x560a900 0x602d100 0x36413b28 0x36413b24)
0x36413b58 : 0x12a8c63 (0x560a900 0x5e59700 0x2 0x0)
0x36413bb8 : 0x12a9716 (0x560a900 0x560a300 0x36413be8 0xed5570)
0x36413c28 : 0x1298939 (0x560a900 0x36413c5c 0x0 0x54c94c)
0x36413c88 : 0x1296569 (0x560dc00 0xffc1 0x36413da8 0x36413cb8)
0x36413cc8 : 0xedc2cf (0x560dc00 0xffc1 0x36413da8 0x36413d08)
0x36413d28 : 0xebec0e (0x560ca40 0xffc1 0x36413da8 0x36413d68)
0x36413d88 : 0xebedb8 (0x54a2000 0xffc1 0x16 0x305c420c)
0x36413e48 : 0xf0d9f0 (0x54a2000 0x305c420c 0x6 0x3)
0x36413ea8 : 0xf02da0 (0x553cf40 0x1 0x5466c58 0x0)
0x36413f08 : 0x5478e3 (0x54af000 0x553a700 0x1 0x5413300)
0x36413f58 : 0x546914 (0x553a700 0x603969c 0x36413f88 0x227155)
0x36413f88 : 0x546d6e (0x5413cc0 0x6039680 0x36413fc8 0xffffffff)
0x36413fc8 : 0x29e6cc (0x5413cc0 0x0 0x10 0x5a05904)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport(2.0.1)@0x12a6000->0x12aafff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(4.2.6)@0xeb7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(2.6.2)@0x127b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2(4.0.6)@0x1295000
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2(4.0.6)@0x1295000->0x12a5fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(4.2.6)@0xeb7000
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(2.6.2)@0x127b000->0x1294fff
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(4.5.7)@0xefa000->0xf1ffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(4.2.6)@0xeb7000
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(4.2.6)@0xeb7000->0xef9fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10D578
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.0: Fri Feb 26 11:58:09 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.3.12~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 38155557254
unloaded kexts:
(none)
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Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.16f11
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 128 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.10
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.1f4, 2 service, 2 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: pci168c,24, sppci_othernetwork, PCI Slot 5
Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HM250HI, 232,89 GB
Parallel ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x1a100000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021b, 0x5d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000
FireWire Device: OXFORD IDE Device 1, Macpower, Up to 400 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: OEM ATA Device 00, OEM, Up to 800 Mb/sec

crashes are continuing - can anyone help out ?
thanks
ben
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1184223 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 15
Anonymous UUID: FD865E22-C8DD-4791-889D-B5E5B374745E
Fri May 28 21:24:56 2010
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2a8ac2): Kernel trap at 0x0027a72b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000004, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x0000007e, ECX: 0x091f0000, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000004, EBP: 0x56f43378, ESI: 0x048077c4, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010297, EIP: 0x0027a72b, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x0d8c0010
Error code: 0x00000002
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56f43178 : 0x21b449 (0x5ce420 0x56f431ac 0x2238a5 0x0)
0x56f431c8 : 0x2a8ac2 (0x590478 0x27a72b 0xe 0x590642)
0x56f432a8 : 0x29e9a8 (0x56f432c0 0x20b35a20 0x56f43378 0x27a72b)
0x56f432b8 : 0x27a72b (0xe 0x48 0x56f40010 0x10)
0x56f43378 : 0x26c7dc (0x48077c4 0x0 0x6a300dc 0x6a300dc)
0x56f433c8 : 0x26cfd8 (0xd8c6f38 0x0 0x56f43458 0x2339ff)
0x56f433f8 : 0x26d256 (0x47ee6000 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x56f43418 : 0x26de86 (0xd8c6f40 0x11000 0x0 0x25bdc1)
0x56f43458 : 0x260c3b (0xd8c6f38 0x30f383c 0x0 0x11000)
0x56f43588 : 0x260e32 (0x47ef7000 0x0 0x1 0x0)
0x56f435c8 : 0x259bfe (0x2ba8d74 0x47ee6000 0x0 0x47ef7000)
0x56f43608 : 0x220273 (0x2ba8d74 0x47ee6000 0x10005 0x53c5)
0x56f43628 : 0x22042a (0x47ee6000 0x10005 0x995720 0x10000)
0x56f43648 : 0x9931fa (0x47ee6000 0x10005 0x8115380 0x47ee6004)
0x56f43728 : 0x994941 (0x20000 0x0 0x10000 0x1)
0x56f437b8 : 0x994fb2 (0x9858304 0x20000 0x0 0x10000)
0x56f43c28 : 0x3105ea (0x87c268c 0x8077b00 0x7f1ec24 0x20000)
0x56f43c88 : 0x3121dd (0x20000 0x0 0x10000 0x0)
0x56f43d58 : 0x423e1a (0x56f43dfc 0x56f43dbc 0x87747e0 0x2f797261)
0x56f43dd8 : 0x2fafad (0x56f43dfc 0x3 0x56f43e28 0x57c50e)
0x56f43e28 : 0x2efffc (0x87c268c 0x56f43ec4 0x0 0x56f43f54)
0x56f43e78 : 0x49444a (0x86b6b20 0x56f43ec4 0x1 0x56f43f54)
0x56f43f18 : 0x494a8d (0x56f43f54 0x86b6b20 0xb0183f64 0x0)
0x56f43f78 : 0x4ec84e (0x87cf2a0 0x88fbd90 0x88fbdd4 0x0)
0x56f43fc8 : 0x29eef8 (0x893ee20 0x0 0x10 0x0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib(1.0.0d1)@0x991000->0x99 6fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: firefox-bin
Mac OS version:
10D578
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.0: Fri Feb 26 11:58:09 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.3.12~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 2721283483111
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
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Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HM250HI, 232,89 GB
Parallel ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x1a100000

Have MacBook Pro (ancient) has 2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo with 1 GB 667 MHz RAM using OS 10.4.11. Can I upgrade OS? If so, how far? And can I add more memory? I realize this is an old laptop but I need to wait to upgrade to new.

Have MacBook Pro (ancient) has
2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo with
1 GB 667 MHz RAM
using OS 10.4.11.
Can I upgrade OS? If so, how far?
And can I add more memory?
I realize this is an old laptop but I need to wait to upgrade to new.

if it is the core duo, mac OS X 10.6.8., max ram 2gb.

I have Mac OS X 10.5.8 on mid-2009 Macbook Pro (683MB RAM used, 81.67GB free space), do I need additional RAM to update to Snow Leopard?

I have Mac OS X 10.5.8 on mid-2009 Macbook Pro (683MB RAM used, 81.67GB free space), do I need additional RAM to update to Snow Leopard?
I was told I can update to Snow Leopard without adding RAM but just read on another discussion thread that someone with the same age Macbook Pro that I have was told to purchase more RAM then update to SL.
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I ordered 4 GB from crucial.com, product info below. Do you know if it will be 1 or 2 sticks? If only 1, will I be able to use the original 2 GB installed in the machine and the 4 GB from crucial.com?
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Photoshop cs5 is spiking ram use and lagging

When I open Photoshop CS5 its sitting idle with nothing open and still using 330,000 MB of ram.
After opening a simple file, fairly small, 40 MB. It jumps its ram use to almost 2 gigs. It then lags very badly when I try to save taking almost 10 min to save a 40MB file. What is going on? I have 4 gigs of ram. Suggestions?

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Hayes27 wrote:
When I open Photoshop CS5 its sitting idle with nothing open and still using 330,000 MB of ram.
330 MB maybe. Not out of the ordinary. This is not svelte software.
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Hayes27 wrote:
After opening a simple file, fairly small, 40 MB. It jumps its ram use to almost 2 gigs.
Not sure what you mean by "40 MB"... How big is the file in pixels and on disk as a .psd file? Does it have a lot of layers?
A file with a lot of layers can take a long time to save, though 10 minutes is rather excessive.
I did as you said and opened a 40 MB .psd file containing one layer, and Photoshop's commit size went up to 1 GB. Not too surprising.
You can probably adjust Photoshop's memory usage in the Edit - Preferences - Performance menu and get better performance. If you're running a 32 bit operating system you won't be able to use all 4 GB though. Photoshop drives a lot of people up to using an x64 operating system.
Make sure you shut down and restart Photoshop after making RAM option changes.
What else do you have running on your system? Is the RAM being used up by other apps?
-Noel

Weird RAM issue , NEGATIVE ram used? anyone seen this before ?

PLS HELP , HOW DO I FIX THIS ? Negative ram used?????
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RAM using higher after upgrade the OS X 10.9 in MacBook Pro 13 (2011).
Still its using atleast 4GB RAM normally after the startup...! then 2 -3 apps in use the it take more RAM 5.30Gb out of 8GB...!!
But Still Mac working Faster..
Thanks

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But Mac Still FASTER>>>!!
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iTunes
iBooks
Maps
Calender
PhotoBooth
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iMovie
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Order of Faders, RAM use of EXS, BFD 1.5 v BFD 2

Hi All -
Couple things.
1. I cant seem to re-order the channel strips in the mixer window. Tried all keys, positions etc.
Anyone know how to simply move them around?
2. I read that the new EXS allows you to allocate more RAM, e.g. outside Logic. Is this a fact? Ive tried the virtual memory settings in EXS, and Im not seeing it come up separately in the Monitor application? Looks like when I load it, it simply increases RAM use of Logic.
3. Ive got both BFD 1.5 and BFD 2. Only BFD 2 seems to show up as an instrument. I cant seem to see BFD 1.5 for use as a rewire instrument. Any thoughts?
THANKS!

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Percentage of RAM used

Hi all
I have been playing around with memory settings for AE CS5.5 and taking some advice from here:
blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/10/please-try-recommended-memory-settings-for-after-effec ts-cs5-and-give-feedback.html
and here:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/734343?start=0&tstart=0
With variety different compositions, and different memory settings I have noticed my 'RAM: % used of 24GB' in my Render Queue window (at the bottom of the window) is always pretty low. Anything between a few % and 25% ish.
Is this just showing me the RAM used for the foreground CPU and not the collective CPUs?
Any info is much appreciated.
Cheers
A

What happens with MP processing is that one CPU renders a frame and at the same time the other CPU's try and render other frames at the same time. You don't get multiple CPU's working on the same frame. AE doesn't work like that. Most MP aware software doesn't either. The standard multi threading usage is to divide up the tasks and send them to a CPU to complete. AE's 'task' is to render a frame. The MP processing in AE isn't smart enough yet to divide up a frame into pieces and send the pieces all to the renderer. I've been asking for line rendering for a long time. AE builds a whole frame at a time as a single process. That's why AE's MP rendering is a little wiggie. (wiggie is almost buggy)
I'm also saying is that if your project is MP compatible that each CPU can render a frame at a time and that more than one frame may be rendered simultaneously, but if there is anything in your project that is not MP aware each CPU will try and render, get confused because the something like a codec or an effect is not MP aware, and the system will hang until it gives up and tries to render with one CPU. When that frame is rendered AE will start over with the next frame try and send multiple frames to multiple CPU's and try to render multiple frames simultaneously, get confused, fail, and finally render a frame with 1 CPU and then start the process again. This is why throwing in an effect that is not MP aware for one shot that only lasts 10 frames in the middle of a comp would, without that effect, efficiently use MP rendering will cause the render to hang up and dramatically increase render time or fail completely. That's why I seldom of ever have it turned on.

SQL Server 2014 Standard, but only 2 GB RAM used

Hello,
I just installed MS SQL Server 2014 Standard Single x64 on a Windows 8 PC. It was bought to replace the Server Express because the RAM limitation of Express.
I set min server memory to 500 MB and max server memory to 28672 MB. PC has 32 GB Ram.
Now I start a very crazy procedure/query that is running for hours.
The problem is now that task manager shows:
- SQL Server Management Studio (32 Bit): 0% CPU and 135,4 MB RAM
- SQL Server Windows NT - 64 Bit: 60% CPU and 2.032,6 MB RAM
If I use: SELECT * FROM sys.dm_os_process_memory I get:
physical_memory_in_use_kb : 2124632
memory_utilization_percentage : 100
So why is there Management Studio 32 Bit if I installed it through MS SQL Server 2014 Standard Single x64 installation?
And much more important: Why is only 2 GB RAM used if 32 GB are there and 28 GB should be used?
kind regards
Peter

Hello,
Could you try to enable Lock Pages in Memory option for the SQL Server service account?
http://www.sqlcoffee.com/Tuning05.htm
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

Best Multiprocessing setup for 24 Processor Cores & 64gb of RAM using new MacPro OSX 10.9.5.

Whats the best Multiprocessing setup for 24 Processor Cores & 64gb of RAM using new MacPro OSX 10.9.5.
I'm still getting an After Effects Warning: at the end of some renders saying "A frame failed to render using Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously.

Hi Szalam,
I'm using the latest After Effects (13.2.0.49)
See attached some screen grabs of my setup.

MSI ge70 2OE, bad performance, a lot of RAM used

Hello ! I have a problem with my computer. It's slow, even if I'm only on Firefox for instance. Even with no software opened, used RAM can be 30-40% in the task manager. I noticed that I have important Nonpaged pool and cache memory. Here are some pictures :
http://i.imgur.com/4tsSKGS.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/47/1384805709-sans-titre.png (taken 1 or 2 days ago)
Is this a memory leak ? And what are these service host ?
In Starcraft 2, when I got the PC I could play with max settings and now I must play in low with 50-100 fps... Something is definitely wrong.
It would be really nice if some of you could help me. Thank you

Quote from: Kokoz on 23-November-13, 03:20:20
Well I seriously doubt it. A 1200€ computer shouldn't be lagging on Firefox, or it's the biggest scam of the century. 40% RAM used when nothing is open is normal ? Moreover, the nonpagined pool is increasing with the time. I think it's a memory leak...
And how do I check if the game is using the nvidia card ?
My GT70 with 16 gigs of ram consistently is using 14.9 GB when I have Steam open with about 40 firefox tabs (most of them this forum actually). That is rather normal. Unused RAM is sort of a waste.
If the laptop is feeling slow, the first thing I would do is get CPU-Z, CoreTemp, and MSI Afterburner. Make sure that all your temperatures are correct, and that the CPU is running at the proper frequency. It sounds like the system is being throttled because it's too hot to be perfectly honest.

Amount of RAM useful limited to processor speed?

I have heard that at a certain point the amount of RAM you throw in your computer won't help past a certain processor speed. If this is true, is there a chart out there that will show these limits?
Or if anyone has any opinions as far as a:
Dual 2.7Ghz (G5)
Dual 1.8Ghz (G5)
Dual 800Mhz (G4)
all PowerPC
thanks,
T

Without a list of applications, you could be starving your apps, especially if they need to be open and active. If you work on large photoshop files and not smallish, it is impossible almost to have too much (and you would need a PCIe G5 to get 10-12GB RAM).
Check page-out; number of swap files; whether you are generating swap files.
just scanning and retouching can eat up 2GB RAM.
OS X uses free memory to cache windows, disk I/O, and those won't show up looking at Activity Monitor.
Virtual memory can be 'requested' or 'allocated' but not used, too.
I saw people with 512-768MB be shocked at what a difference even light use (email, web, writing, etc) it was to upgrade their G5 to 1.5GB RAM. There are also programming changes that go into a G5 that are totally different from G4s.
But it has nothing to do with cpu, front side bus.
And no matter what, a nice fast 10K Raptor boot drive always helps

Macbook pro retina, too much ram used & performance problems

i've recently got my macbook pro with retina display, 128 gb i5 intel 2.6Hz processor with 8gb memory, OS Yosemite 10.10.1. problems began to appear the very first moment i've turned it on: at the last step of profile creation (the step where you choose a name and a password of your profile), after i've filled all the fields and clicked some button to proceed, my macbook refused to boot and froze. i've restarted the computer and then it booted just fine. Then new problems appeared: after installing some apps from mac app store, they wouldn't load the first time i open them, - i had to close them and reopen. Once again, this issue wasn't appearing with every app - only with a few ones. I assumed that this was a software issue which will disappear after i update. And well, i didn't observe this problem ever since i've updated the OS. However, i can't be sure that it disappeared.
Also, i monitor RAM consumption using the Memory Clean app. there are like only 3.60 gb free space out of 8. is it ok?
so, what i am asking: should i take my macbook to a store to get it fixed or this problem is just a software and not a hardware issue and i just have to wait?
Thanks

@_Macuser wrote:
Also, i monitor RAM consumption using the Memory Clean app. there are like only 3.60 gb free space out of 8. is it ok?
That is normal. The Mavericks and Yosemite OSXs use as much RAM as is available in order to increase efficiency.. The parameter that you should monitor is 'pressure', not the amount. If it is GREEN, you are operating within acceptable limits. If there is a color change, then more RAM may be required or there may be other issues that may need attention.
so, what i am asking: should i take my macbook to a store to get it fixed or this problem is just a software and not a hardware issue and i just have to wait?
Since you have a new MBP, your best option is an appointment at an Apple store genius bar and have them sort out the issues for you. Your MBP has a warranty, use it.
Ciao.

What is Ram used for

Ok, I know ram means random access memory. But what is the initial use of ram? My friend said it was used for "loading videos" or "downloading stuff." I honestly don't think that's right. I've seen people boost their ram and applications (like garageband) will run a lot smoother and load a lot faster.

Hey GDF, I can make it even simpler.
RAM is like a car gas tank. Storage= hard disk drive= gas station.
If you have a 10 gallon gas tank, you are going to have to stop and fill up more often, causing your cross country trip to take longer. So if you car gets 30 miles to the gallon, and you are going 3,000, you will need to stop at least 10 times, just to fill up.
Take that same car, with the same MPG rating of 30MPG, but now you have a 20 gallon tank. 20 gallons times 30MPG = 600 miles between stops. 3,000 mile trip only requires 5 stops to fill up.
Yes... very over simplified.
Adam

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