Out of memory on my Macbook Pro Retina
I've got a Macbook Pro with retina display andits got a 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory and 121 GB flash storage and its all full. I cant download anything else and some programs wont run anymore because of the full storage. Is there a way to upgrade so I can download more apps, save more documents, download more music, etc.?
Storage space is not a RAM (memory) iussue ... you need to free up storage space.
Click your Apple menu top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
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Report generated November 18, 2014 at 7:09:33 PM EST
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
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BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
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APPLE SSD SD256E disk0 : (251 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
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Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
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Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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