RAM Error Message in Adobe Photoshop Elements 9

Just bought my first mac on Friday.
I'm running Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.
I go to open a little file 500X500 and I get an error message that it cannot open it because there is not enough available RAM.
Machine has 4G!
Anyone know why?
Thanks
Sorry if this is in the wrong place. This is my first visit.

Welcome to the Forums!
It is possible that this is an error on the part of Elements, or that there really isn't enough RAM. Four GB is plenty (I use 4 on huge RAW files without issue). The only reason that you wouldn't have enough RAM is that you might have some application open that's using it all without you knowing. Here's how to check for this:
Open Activity Monitor (Applications/Utilities). At the top, set the Show menu to All Processes.
Click the Real Memory column header so that the point of the triangle is down. This will bring the processes using the most RAM to the top.
If there's one using a lot (500MB or more), quit it if you don't need to have it open (If it's something you don't know of, post the name and we'll let you know what it is).
Also, select the System Memory tab at the bottom. What are the numbers on the left (Free, Wired, etc)?
If there isn't anything using a lot of RAM, than the problem is probably in Elements. The easiest way to fix it would probably be to uninstall and reinstall it (if that's a big problem, we can look into other ways).
I've used Photoshop CS5 Extended with huge files on a MacBook with 4GB RAM; 2.4 GHz CPU without a problem (well, it was a little slow, but it worked).
-Nate

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