Ram and Memory

Hi I was wondering if I upgrade my memory do I need to upgrade the ram too? For example if I upgrade my memory from 80 to 100 GB do I have to upgrade my ram from 1 to 2 gb's? Will there be an repercussions? Thanks

Just to help explain a little more... When you say "upgrade my memory from 80 to 100 GB" what you are actually saying is "upgrade your hard drive from 80 to 100 GB". It's not very uncommon for people to confuse the two. RAM and memory are actually the same thing (RAM=Random Access Memory). Think of it this way... the RAM is the computers memory... just like a persons memory. If someone asks you a question, and you know the answer, you can respond instantly. Think of your hard drive as storage... or like a library. If someone asks you a question, and you don't know the answer... you may have to look it up... which would take much more time than if you just knew the answer. Increasing your RAM (memory) in your computer will almost always give you a bigger performance boost than increasing your hard drive size (up to a certain point). There is no harm in upgrading one and not the other. A MacBook should run fine with 1GB of memory. Depending on what you use it for, 2GB certainly won't hurt.
My concern would be that it sounds like you may not be too familiar with computers. While replacing a hard drive in a MacBook is very easy, you should consider things like backing up any information you may currently have on your drive because you will need to either make a copy of your current drive and copy it on to your new drive... or do a clean install of OS X on your new drive and just copy over your data.
It's possible that you don't have a MacBook yet and are just asking because you plan on getting one and you're not sure if you get the larger hard drive, do you need to get more memory. If that's the case, feel free up upgrade to either. Like I said, 1 GB for a MacBook is generally fine. A larger hard drive is nice to have if you plan to install lots of programs, music, videos, etc... or if your work requires lots of storage.

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Hi, I have bought macbook pro a year back and it has 4 GB RAM and its mid 2012 model can u tell me whether if i give the macbook for upgradation of memory will they do it and what would be the cost.

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You can also check with OWC, http://www.macsales.com and see what their cost is and decide if you want to do it yourself. Cost will be about half of that at the Apple store.

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On my MacPro with10.7.3. while running a Python script in terminal, after a while, in several hours actually, I see a system message for the Terminal app: "There is no more application memory available on your startup disk". Both RAM and VM appear to be fine at this point, i.e. Python uses only 10G of 16G RAM and VM =238G with ~1TB free. Log reads: " macx-swapon FAILED - 12" multiple times. Furthermore, other terminal windows can be opened and commands run there. It only happens with larger inputs (text files), but with inputs that are about half the size everything runs smoothly. So the issue must be the memory indeed, but where to look for the problem/fix?

http://liulab.dfci.harvard.edu/MACS/README.html
Have you tried with the --diag flag for diagnostics? Or changing verbose to 3 to show debug messages? Clearly one of three things is happening;
1. You ARE running out of disk space, but once it errors out the space is reclaimed if the output file is deleted on error. When it fails, does your output have the content generated up to the point of termination?
2. The application (Terminal) is allocated memory that you are exceeding
3. The task within Terminal is allocated memory that you are exceeding
I don't know anything about what this does but is there a way to maybe run a smaller test run of it? Something that takes 10 minutes? Just to see if it works.

How to find the current CPU and Memory (RAM) allocation for OMS and Reposit

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Regards
Rajesh

Has anyone had problems with Domayne using generic third party RAM for memory upgrades? My RAM is now faulty and had to be removed, but Apple wont replace it under Apple Care because its not a genuine component?

The computer was purchased in the knowledge that all components and hardware were genuine and subsequently covered by the Apple Care warranty.
Domayne replaced the genuine components (8GB stick) with generic components (2x 16GB sticks) to save money and boost margin.
Apple should not allow this misleading, profiteering behaivour. This behaviour is brand damaging. Apple must maintain more control over their supply chain.
Has anyone had any expirenece with this problem?
Has anyone made Domayne or other third party resellers acountable for this misleading behaviour?
Thank you.

Stick with Brand name RAM and reputable distributors. Mac is finicky about low quality RAM
Try OWC http://www.macsales.com/
Crucial http://www.crucial.com/
Most RAM comes with Lifetime guarenntee so return it where you got it.

Problem with scanning and memory usage

I'm running PS CS3 on Vista Home Premium, 1.86Ghz Intel core 2 processor, and 4GB RAM.
I realise Vista only sees 3.3GB of this RAM, and I know Vista uses about 1GB all the time.
Question:
While running PS, and only PS, with no files open, I have 2GB of RAM, why will PS not let me scan a file that it says will take up 300Mb?
200Mb is about the limit that it will let me scan, but even then, the actual end product ends up being less than 100Mb. (around 70mb in most cases)I'm using a Dell AIO A920, latest drivers etc, and PS is set to use all avaliable RAM.
Not only will it not let me scan, once a file I've opened has used up "x" amount of RAM, even if I then close that file, "x" amount of RAM will STILL be unavaliable. This means if I scan something, I have to save it, close PS, then open it again before I can scan anything else.
Surely this isn't normal. Or am I being stupid and missing something obvious?
I've also monitored the memory usage during scanning using task manager and various other things, it hardly goes up at all, then shoots up to 70-80% once the 70ishMb file is loaded. Something is up because if that were true, I'd actually only have 1Gb of RAM, and running Vista would be nearly impossible.
It's not a Vista thing either as I had this problem when I had XP. In fact it was worse then, I could hardly scan anything, had to be very low resolution.
Thanks in advance for any help

55%, it's still 1.6Gb....there shouldn't be a problem scanning something that it says will take up 300Mb, then actually only takes up 70Mb.
And not wrong, it obviously isn't releasing the memory when other applications need it because it doesn't, I have to close PS before it will release it. Yes, it probably is supposed to release it, but it isn't.
Thank you for your answer (even if it did appear to me to be a bit rude/shouty, perhaps something more polite than "Wrong!" next time) but I'm sitting at my computer, and I can see what is using how much memory and when, you can't.

I need to upgrade my macbook ram and hard drive pls help

Hi all,
I need to upgrade my macbook's RAM and hard drive as after 3 yrs of use it is showing signs of aging.
I am novice in hardware stuff. I am planning on doing it entirely by myself and on tight budget will need to compare the prices across sellers and buy a suitable peice of kit. Please help
Questions:
1 - How to find out which RAm do I need to buy and what is the maximum I can go on my macbook?
2 - How to find which hard drive to buy and what is the maximum my macbook will support?
3 - Can I buy the SSD drive instead of SATA for this macbook?
Some of the specs are listed below:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB52.0088.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.38f5
MANY THANKS FOR READING AND REPLYING TO MY POST
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Hi Chefjeegar
Yes that screwdriver kit has the #00 phillips screwdriver that you need to access the RAM and hard drive. You'll also need the Torx driver to change the hard drive. http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Computer-Technician-Precision-Torx/dp/B0000934GO/r ef=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1348072554&sr=1-1
For a good explanation about RAM look at the page on OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/
In the UK Amazon or eBay might be your best bet for cheap RAM but read the description and reviews carefully. For a little more expensive but with a better warranty is Crucial UK http://www.crucial.com/uk/
A good resource for working on your MacBook is ifixit.com http://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Core_2_Duo
Is your external hard drive formatted for Mac? To transfer your current hard drive I like the free application Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes a bootable copy of everything on your hard drive http://www.bombich.com/index.html Check that it's set up right by booting up from the external drive. Put the new drive in your MacBook, then format and partition the new drive. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer your OS back to the new drive.
Yes, you can put an SSD in the MacBook.

TOP - Pageouts and memory usage.

Looks like I have plenty of memory for what I am doing. But What do the cumulative numbers around pagein's mean?
Processes: 80 total, 7 running, 3 stuck, 70 sleeping... 523 threads 15:20:14
Load Avg: 1.99, 1.53, 1.37 CPU usage: 10.33% user, 9.00% sys, 80.67% idle
SharedLibs: num = 5, resident = 13M code, 0 data, 1468K linkedit.
MemRegions: num = 32848, resident = 2116M + 18M private, 877M shared.
PhysMem: 1853M wired, 2116M active, 3466M inactive, 7439M used, 753M free.
VM: 19G + 284M 332461(0) pageins, 47(0) pageouts
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE
12256 top 11.1% 0:14.05 1 18 40 684K 820K 1392K 18M
12238 bash 0.0% 0:00.01 1 14 19 276K 184K 916K 18M
12237 login 0.0% 0:00.02 1 17 136 908K 8724K 3164K 32M
12236 Terminal 1.7% 0:01.45 3 99 433 5264K+ 49M+ 21M+ 419M+
12225 SyncServer 0.0% 0:00.15 2 50 290 3512K 41M 12M 88M
11248 WinAppHelp 0.0% 0:00.40 1 51 289 3208K 40M 11M 339M
11027 Skype 0.0% 0:19.47 31 313 865 46M 76M 88M 557M
10315 PrinterPro 0.0% 0:00.83 2 85 476 12M 51M 29M 423M
10313 launchd 0.0% 0:01.25 3 24 25 120K 296K 464K 18M
8626 QuickTime 0.0% 17:21.09 5 187 655 13M 67M 43M 486M
8556 DashboardC 0.0% 0:06.31 4 124 538 16M 58M 38M 436M
8555 DashboardC 0.0% 0:10.95 4 149 545 23M 58M 49M 444M
8534 Livestatio 16.8% 59:00.13 12 198 771 30M- 94M 62M 584M
8220 Mail 0.0% 0:43.91 27 323 968 24M 94M 80M 554M
2806 Python 0.8% 5:20.05 2 33 281 13M- 248K 14M- 36M-
2761 Transmissi 0.9% 2:49.17 21 270 773 20M 90M 56M 506M

About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

What is the difference between Azure RemoteApp Basic vs Standard Plans in terms of compute cores and memory?

So our customer has asked us to compare compare Amazon Workspace and Azure RemoteApp offerings for them to choose from. While looking at Amazon Workspace, it clealy defines bundles with specific CPU cores, memory and user storage. However, Azure RemoteApp
only specifies user storage and vaguely compares its basic vs. standard plans in terms of "task worker" vs. "information worker"
I tried looking up its documentation but couldn't find specific CPU cores that are dedicated per user in basic vs. standard plans. I have following questions:
Can anyone point me in the right direction or help understand how many CPU cores and memory are dedicated (or shared) per user in each plan?
Our customer would most likely need a "custom" image for their custom apps. Is it possible for us to choose specific CPU cores and memory for the users to be able to run their apps in azure remoteapp?
In case i am misunderstanding the basic difference between AWS workspace and Azure RemoteApp, i'd appreciate some help in understanding it as well.
Thanks!

Hi,
With Azure RemoteApp users see just the applications themselves, and the applications appear to be running on their local machine similar to other programs. With Workspaces users connect to a full desktop and launch applications within that.
1. Azure RemoteApp currently uses size A3 Virtual Machines, which have 4 vCPUs and 7GB RAM. Under Basic each VM can have a maximum of 16 users using it whereas under Standard each VM is limited to 10 users. The amount of CPU available
to a user depends on what the current demands are on the CPU at that moment from other users and system processes that may be on the server.
For example, say a user is logged on to a VM with 3 other users and the other users are idle (not consuming any CPU). At that moment the user could use all 4 vCPUs if a program they are running needed to. If a few moments later
the other 3 users all needed lots of CPU as well, then the first user would only have approximately 1 vCPU for their use. The process is dynamic and seeks to give each user their fair share of available CPU when there are multiple users demanding CPU.
Under the Standard plan a user will receive approximately a minimum of .4 vCPU assuming that the VM has the maximum number of users logged on and that all users are using as much CPU as possible at a given moment. Under the Basic plan the approximate
minimum would be .25 vCPU.
2. You cannot choose the specific number of cores and memory. What you can do is choose the Azure RemoteApp billing plan, which affects the user density of each VM as described above. If you need a lower density than Standard you
may contact support.
-TP

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