Memory clean: 6,48gb in total but my MBP actually has 8gb

Hi,
I keep track of my memory because i attempt to understand why my system eats it like it's nothing. Now, i have the app Memory Clean and it shows the following after a cleanup:
What does it mean? why do i have 6,49gb according to the system?

OoopsMisclick wrote:
1gb memory for a game isnt that much. Which means my mac will be worthless if i play a more demanding game for example.
No, because with any modern memory management system, RAM will be dynamically allocated so that the apps that need it will get it as long as you have a decent amount installed. With 8GB installed, you have a decent amount so you should not worry.
With Mavericks, memory management is even more sophisticated due to the RAM compression feature. This is causing many veteran Mac users to rethink what "low RAM" means. You cannot simply look at the amounts and say "it's using too much" or "there isn't enough RAM" because you don't really understand that from looking at the numbers. Reading RAM levels does not work like reading a battery meter or a measuring cup.
With modern RAM management, the most inefficient state is a lot of free RAM, because RAM is so valuable for speeding up things through caching that if apps/OS use little RAM and leave mostly free RAM in a modern OS, they are probably badly programmed from a performance point of view and they are actually wasting RAM if they are not putting it to good use. Also, they are not hogging RAM if they will allow the OS to reallocate if another app starts to need it more.
That is why so many people in this thread are telling you Memory Clean is not worth using. You are trying to second-guess automatic RAM management and you're not going to do it as well as the system can.

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I also have your concerns. I have a first gen rMBP with 16 GB of RAM and I often see every bit of RAM being used!
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BlackBerry Curve Memory Clean Up Problem

Dear Blackberry Community,
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So you have tried a battery pull reset I assume?
If you have not, do so.
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is there somplace that has the mac applications that would work for a windows desktop?

1. Why don't you exercise a little self-reliance and do a simple Google search?
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ofcpa wrote:
So I restored w/ my last backup and then was able to backup my phone and save it w/ the current date. I truely believe I get an "error unable to backup" because of the memory cleaner. It does something so that I'm unable to backup my phone.
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