N900 Application memory

Can n900 users only use 2gb application memory to install applications? If the application memory gets full are they expected to buy an external SD card to install more applications?

seriously?! rguhrg..
What are the storage areas on the N900?
The N900 has three internal storage areas:
1) The OS: 256Meg (UBIFS)
This is the core operating system. It contains all the core system software that comes on the device when shipped. It is small and compact
2) EMMC MyDocs 27Gig (FAT32)
This area is a bulk storage for your own files. Maps, photos, music files, video clips, sound recordings. It is an area which contains files, not software.
3) EMMC Home: 2gig (EXT3)
This is an area for storing your data and applications. Your email, settings, SMS messages, preferences.. all the stuff that isn't held in a file
Why is it split?
Reason 1: USB Mass storage mode
The N900 has a 32gig big-old-lump of flash.. why can't you access it..
Like most other Nokia handsets it offers a "USB Mass Storage" mode that turns you N900 into a flash storage drive..
Lets think for a moment what is happening when we do this..
First, the Flash storage inside the N900 is disconnected from the operating system.
It is then attached to the USB port so the PC the phone is plugged into can see it and use it..
Whilst it is in mass storage mode, the phone itself cannot access the flash..
Now this is a critical point..
a) when connected to a PC in mass storage mode, the cannot share the flash
b) FAT32 does not support the ability for two computers ( the PC and phone ) to access the drive at the same time
c) This is a limitation of FAT32.. a format which must be used thanks to Microsoft.. it is terrible
Reason 2: Unix likes Unix filesystems
A Unix file system can do many more exciting things than FAT32 / Windows. One of the most important things is "symbolic links" This is where you have a file that actually is a redirect to another file!
Windows supports something similar (junctions/symbolic links I believe) but certainly not on FAT32
Unix file systems also have Unix permissions. This means files can be marked as executable (i.e. this file is a program file and can be run) as well as readonly / read-write. FAT32 does not support this.. Either everything is an executable or nothing is..
Unix filesystems support non-file files.. like sockets, pipes / fifos and devices. These are special file types that aren't even files! FAT32 doesn't support that..
To cut this short, Unix software needs to be installed on a Unix filesystem.. FAT32 is not a Unix file system.
Reason 3: What happens in USB mode to all my settings?
Going back to USB storage mode. When you connect your phone to your PC, what would happen if ALL of the 32gig storage was one filesystem (merged).. it would ALL be disconnected and attached to the PC.. So what would happen to your settings? your SMS inbox? Your calendar?
The phone would not be able to access them as the storage is now attached to the PC.. This would like installing microsoft office on the "E:\" on your PC, then pulling that hard disk OUT ... office and your files disappear until the drive is put back in..
Now, on a Symbian phone, (some) applications can be installed onto the flash storage.. but core components are held on the internal flash.. an area that is never larger than 512meg... In fact on the N8 the internal flash storage available is 135meg!!!!
(On phones like the N97 where the internal storage free is less than 40 megs, you can move your SMS messages onto the flash drive (the 32gig drive)... this is great..but the moment you connect in Mass storage mode to a PC, the message database gets split.. it moves back to the internal storage and you can't merge the two databases... nice move there! Data loss!)
At least on the n900 it is two gig
This is why it is split. So that even in Mass storage mode, your phone can continue to run all its apps and access all its internal data rather than killing off processes and freezing up
How can you merge the two area?
You can't.. It doesn't make sense to merge them.. See EVERYTHING above for why it is not possible without removing or breaking seriousl functionalitiy of the phone
How can you make the 2gig partition larger
Really? You want to install 2gigs worth of software on a phone?!
You have to resize the partitions and update the phone's configuration to allow you to do this.
There are threads detailing the complex process over at talk.maemo.org.. None of them are particularly easy to do but once done you can adjust the split
Here's a detailed how to:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=705391&postcount=188
If you don't understand what it is doing though.. you could end up wrecking your device (you'd need to reflash it to get it going again)

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Step 1
nothing
Step 2
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
Step 3
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.displaylink.useragent
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
com.spotify.webhelper
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.updater
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
Step 4
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
ArcMSR.kext
CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
HighPointIOP.kext
HighPointRR.kext
PromiseSTEX.kext
SoftRAID.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
.DS_Store
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
Skype.framework
TSLicense.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/InputManagers:
Ecamm
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
DRM Plugin.bundle
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Disabled Plug-Ins
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.webplugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npdivx.xpt
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
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/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.displaylink.useragent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
.DS_Store
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
macam.app
macam.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
/Library/Spotlight:
.DS_Store
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
LogicPro.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
HP IO
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716.plist
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.plist
com.spotify.webhelper.plist
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/QuickTime:
Google Camera Adapter 0.component
Google Camera Adapter 1.component
Library/Services:
.localized
Step 5
Nothing
Etresoft Before Launching Mail
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A2093) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:5
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
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    2% WindowServer
    1% EtreCheck
    0% coreservicesd
    0% Dock
    0% CoreServicesUIAgent
    0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
344 MB   mds_stores
213 MB   Safari
115 MB   Dock
82 MB    mdworker
66 MB    mds
33 MB    MacKeeper Helper
33 MB    PluginProcess
33 MB    WindowServer
16 MB    com.apple.dock.extra
16 MB    storeagent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
12.72 GB Free RAM
1.77 GB Active RAM
176 MB   Inactive RAM
1.33 GB Wired RAM
660 MB   Page-ins
0 B      Page-outs
Immediately After Launching Mail
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A2093) - Uptime: 0 days 0:8:39
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.39 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.pictd.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
    98% mds_stores
    31% Mail
    3% WindowServer
    1% opendirectoryd
    1% EtreCheck
    1% fontd
    0% usernoted
    0% coreservicesd
    0% Dock
    0% mDNSResponder
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9.67 GB mds_stores
262 MB   Mail
213 MB   Safari
115 MB   Dock
98 MB    mds
66 MB    ReportCrash
66 MB    WindowServer
49 MB    Notes
49 MB    SystemUIServer
33 MB    MacKeeper Helper
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.54 GB Free RAM
12.70 GB Active RAM
396 MB   Inactive RAM
1.37 GB Wired RAM
954 MB   Page-ins
0 B      Page-outs

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Is your computer as listed, a PowerPC (pre-intel architecture)
Apple product, with a G4/G5 CPU from before 2006? If so,
a host could move the discussion from this Intel area.
Without more information, a failure of traction results from speculation.
Is your computer still running OS X 10.5.3, or is that 10.5.8+ now?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388?viewlocale=en_US
Let me know if you need extra ideas.
Regards,
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Here's the problem though. The initial backup, goes without a hitch. However, every time I run a new rsync, and then start a backup, when I come back the next morning, I find a window has popped up saying "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory". The backup itself is only 50GB on a 1TB drive (the backup partition half that). I've had activity monitor open, and it looks like whenever backup is running, it takes up at least 2GB of real memory. I don't understand how it works with the initial backup, but the moment I run an rsync and backup the up to date version, it causes these issues.
Ideas?

Thanks, Klaus. No one in that discussion thread actually explains the meaning of this warning or what might cause it. It's quite possible that my friend will never see the same warning again, but it would be good to know what triggered the warning and what should be done about it beyond restarting the computer to delete the swap files.

Hard disk has no more space available for application memory

I keep this getting this error after my applications freeze for several minutes.
"Your hard disk has no more space available for application memory."
I have 1 drive with 160 GB and 46 GB available. I'm pretty sure that's plenty of free space. And why does my memory need my drive? I've got 2.5 GB of memory. That should be plenty sufficient to run Safari without needing virtual memory.
Help!

Hello! OSX uses a virtual memory scheme and even though you have a lot of ram it still utilizes the paging file. Panther 10.3.9 and below runs maintenance routines very early in the morning to clear temp files and other stuff. If you don't normally leave it on 24/7 then you may need to consider a utility to clear the temp files and do the routine maintenance. Tiger 10.4+ runs these automatically. I suggest leaving it on all night for a day or so and then restarting and see if the problem clears up. Here's a list of utilities such as Macjanitor.Tom
Utilities

'Your system has run out of application memory'?!

I've seen many users experiencing this same problem throughout the community, but none of the fixes have given me a permanent solution. Details of the machine are below, as well as what happens when the problem hits/triggers.
MBP Retina running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 (occurred in previous versions as well, thought the latest update would help but it didn't)
15-Inches Mid 2014 with 16 GB of Ram
Been using this Mac for good 6 months now, and one fine day of normal usage the whole system seems really laggy and slow and all of a sudden i'm unable to access anything and barely move my mouse. Then, a window pops out, telling me "Your system has run out of application memory", gracefully showing me that I have to force quit all my programmes for me to just stare at my desktop in utter disappointment.
I've been using Yosemite for awhile now (updated few days since the release) and haven't encountered any major issues, this being the first. Reading through many threads many have said that the problem lies with opening the Mail app, yet I haven't touched that app in months. I've also tried resetting the PRAM on my machine when it happens and the problem comes back again after several minutes of normal usage (iTunes, App Store). Checking the memory usage with the Memory Clean app, it tells me I'm down to a measly '15.58 MB' of memory, and it justfluctuates at that until I give it a restart again. This can't keep happening - I can barely use the Mac for 10 minutes without having to restart it, only to be able to use it only again for another 10 minutes.
Opening Activity Monitor tells me that mds_stores is the main root of the problem, yet I can't seem to shut the process down. I've googled and many say that mds_stores is spotlight indexing, but taking up all 16 GB of ram? That shouldn't be the case. Is there a fix to this? Does Apple know of its existence?
Included some screenshots below:

Step 1
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -F '$Time $Message' -k Sender mdworker -o -k Message Rne Norm -k Sender mds | tail | pbcopy
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear.
The output of the command will be automatically copied to the Clipboard. If the command produced no output, the Clipboard will be empty. Paste into a reply to this message.
The Terminal window doesn't show the output. Please don't copy anything from there.
If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting, but don’t remove the context.
Step 2
Enter the following command as in Step 1 and post the output:
mdutil -as 2>&- | pbcopy
You can then quit Terminal.
Step 3
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Terminal. In the Console window, look under the heading DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION on the left for crash reports related to Spotlight. If you don't see that heading, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar. A Spotlight crash report has a name beginning in "mds" or "mdworker" and ending in ".crash". Select the most recent such report, if any, from the System and User subcategories and post the entire contents—the text, please, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post any other kind of diagnostic report, such as hang logs—they're very long and not helpful.

How to stop the auto updater in N900 application m...

Hey guys,
Anyone know how to stop the auto updater in N900 application manager ?
Coz when i connect via wifi or 3G, it always try to search for updates...Coz of that i cant search the web properly until its over.
Specially when i connect via GPRS, i have to pay more for this extra mega bites use from app manager...
So got any ideas for this prob...?
(I usually use faster app manager to install apps.)
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virajx3006 wrote:
Hey guys,
Anyone know how to stop the auto updater in N900 application manager ?
Coz when i connect via wifi or 3G, it always try to search for updates...Coz of that i cant search the web properly until its over.
Specially when i connect via GPRS, i have to pay more for this extra mega bites use from app manager...
So got any ideas for this prob...?
(I usually use faster app manager to install apps.)
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New MacBook Pro Out of Application Memory

I just spent over $2,500 on a top-of-the-line 13" MacBook Pro, including 16 GB of memory, thinking it would solve my memory problems. So I wasn't thrilled when I got an "Out of Application Memory" error message today. I started shutting down programs, but the error message wouldn't go away. So I rebooted my computer and opened just a couple programs. It quickly froze, with the same error.
Can anyone give me some clues for fixing this problem? I installed a lot of software yesterday, mostly programs from Adobe's Creative Suite. However, when I look at Activity Monitor, the biggest memory hogs by far are Finder and kernel_task. What's kernel_task, and why is Finder such a memory hog? I was having problems with it earlier.
I've been perusing this thread...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24020867?searchText=Out%20of%20Application %20Memory?#24020867
In the meantime, here's the result of an EtreCheck scan...
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          16 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:55
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.42 GB (181.52 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
          /etc/hosts - Count: 9
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobeExManCCDetect_x86_64: Version: AdobeExManCCDetect_x86_64 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 465.12 GB Disk used: 296.07 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine 1 [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 465.31 GB
                    Total number of backups: 4
                    Oldest backup: 2014-05-03 13:08:51 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-05-04 03:51:14 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 465.31 GB < (Disk used 296.07 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               2%          hidd
               1%          Creative Cloud
               1%          fontd
               0%          Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory:
          1.70 GB          Finder
          328 MB          mds_stores
          197 MB          Dock
          180 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          98 MB          Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information:
          10.06 GB          Free RAM
          4.23 GB          Active RAM
          467 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.25 GB          Wired RAM
          536 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Sorry, I got cut off. I came back to post the solution.
I was able to see someone at the Genius Bar, though I didn't have an appointment. He examined my laptop and focused on something I actually noticed some time ago - when you open Finder, the folder "All My Files" is open by default. I discovered a few days ago, that that folder bogs things down for some reason, so I got in the habit of switching to a different folder.
Anyway, he said there's a file somewhere on my computer that's causing problems; it eats up memory. So he deleted All My Files from the Finder choices so I'll no longer access that file...unless I happen to stumble over the folder it's in.
As I find time, I'll try and track the offending file down.

New iMac27" OS 10.9.4 runs out of application memory

I have a brand new iMac 27" with 1TB Flash drive, 16GB RAM, i7 processor 3.5Ghz
Although I only migrated the data files from an older iMac running Lion OS, I installed only a few apps fresh on the systems:MS office 2011, Skype, Chrome, Teamviewer and Firefox.
It was running for several days with only Mail and Safari open.
Time Machine was on for backup.
Suddenly it gave an error that application memory was full and the computer needed to restart.
This is odd.
Etrecheck report:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated August 6, 2014 at 11:07:07 AM PDT
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac14,2
1 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M - VRAM: 2048 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software:
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:37:1
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.7 GB (726.5 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
FireWire Information:
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro unknown_device 400mbit - 400mbit max
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro (disk1s2) /Volumes/OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro: 999.86 GB (191.06 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
Microsoft AU Daemon
Mail
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 931.04 GB Disk used: 254.43 GB
Destinations:
OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 30
Oldest backup: 2014-08-01 03:42:38 +0000
Last backup: 2014-08-06 17:22:42 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.19 GB > (Disk used 254.43 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
      53% TeamViewer_Desktop
      11% WindowServer
      1% TeamViewer_Service
      1% fontd
      0% coreservicesd
Top Processes by Memory:
573 MB Mail
324 MB TeamViewer_Desktop
197 MB WindowServer
164 MB mds_stores
115 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information:
11.49 GB Free RAM
2.21 GB Active RAM
923 MB Inactive RAM
1.39 GB Wired RAM
1.49 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Seems odd that a brand new computer less than a week old would give this error. Any suggestions?

There is excessive swapping of data between physical memory (that is, the memory chips on the logic board) and virtual memory (one or more files on the startup volume.) That activity is relatively slow and causes the whole system to be less responsive. It can happen for two reasons:
          A long-running process with a memory leak (a kind of bug)
          Not enough memory for your usage pattern
Tracking down a memory leak can be difficult, and it may come down to a process of elimination.
These instructions are for OS X 10.9 ("Mavericks.") The procedure may be slightly different for earlier versions of OS X.
When you notice the swap activity, open the Activity Monitor application and select All Processes from the View menu, if it's not already selected. Select the Memory tab. Click the heading of the Real Mem column in the process table twice to sort the table with the highest value at the top. If you don't see that column, select
          View ▹ Columns ▹ Real Memory
from the menu bar.
If one process (excluding "kernel_task") is using much more memory than all the others, that could be an indication of a leak. A better indication would be a process that continually grabs more and more real memory over time without ever releasing it. Here is an example of how it's done.
The processes named "Safari Web Content" render web pages for Safari. They use a lot of memory and may leak if certain Safari extensions or third-party web plugins are installed. Consider them prime suspects.
Another process often implicated in memory leaks is "inkjet4" or "inkjet8," which is a component of the HP printing software. If it's present, force-quit the process in Activity Monitor to solve the problem temporarily. Empty the print queues in the Printers & Scanners preference pane (which has a slightly different name in each recent version of OS X.) If you don't use an HP printer, remove the software. Otherwise, if the problem is recurrent, update the software (which may not help) or contact HP support.
"Wired" memory should be a small part of the total. That memory is not swapped, but it makes less physical memory available which may then result in swapping. If you have a lot of wired memory, that's usually an indication of a memory leak in a third-party program that modifies the operating system at a low level. Ask for guidance in that case.
If you don't have an obvious memory leak, your options are to install more memory (if possible) or to run fewer programs simultaneously.
The next suggestion is only for users familiar with the shell. For a more precise, but potentially misleading, test, run the following command:
sudo leaks -nocontext -nostacks process | grep total
where process is the name of a process you suspect of leaking memory. Almost every process will leak some memory; the question is how much, and especially how much the leak increases with time. I can’t be more specific. See the leaks(1) man page and the Apple developer documentation for details.

IPhoto will not open due to lack of application memory

I am trying to open iPhoto to move some photos to an external drive. iPhoto is not opening as it appears I am running out of Application Memory. I have run the disk utilities and everything is fine. I have closed all other applications so that is the only app running yet it still will not open. What can I do to get some of those photos off so I will not have this problem?

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