Software program to purge software

Is there a software program that purges older applications plus support files that do not run on OSX7?

There are a lot of them that claim to but so far none of them had proven really reliable.
For thiose applications that have uninstaller, I use them. If not I drag the applications to the rash and empty the Trash.
Allan

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RSETESTD program to purge IDoc entries won't delete certain IDoc records

Hello experts,
I am in the mist of purging the IDoc entries in my system by using RSETESTD (WE11) program to delete the IDoc entries.
As far as I know, this program will delete the IDoc entries regardless of the status.
While doing the testing, I find out that when I filter the program to delete IDoc entries from certain date range (which results in WE02 shows there is an IDoc entries with the status 51 and 53 in the range that I selected), the program only select and will run the deletion for IDoc with status 51, but not 53.
It will show that "No IDoc is selected" when I tried to delete IDoc with status 53. I double check and I found out that in that date range that I selected from WE02 transaction, there is around 17 of IDoc records with status 53, which is not deleted/detected when I want to delete it using RSETESTD.
Can someone help to enlighten me on why this behaviour is happening please? Are there certain type of IDoc records that this program can't delete? I find out in other system, I have no problem to delete IDoc with status 53 records.
Thanks and Regards,
Shakir

check if the change date is outside your entered date range

Is there any purging programs for WF tables?

I'm looking for purging programs to purge the WorkFlow tables,
Is there any of those available?

Hi,
Yes, there is. Concurrent "Purge Obsolete Workflow Runtime Data" under System Administrator.
Regards,
Ketter Ohnes

Auto Purging of Purchase Requisition

Does anyone has any experience in auto purging of incomplete purchase requisition? Currently it can be done manually but we would prefer to run a concurrent program to do it periodically. Any information will be appreciated.

I have seen a PO program called "Purge System-saved Requisitions" (POXSSPG, execution method is SQL*Plus) - may be you can analyze it for your custom concurrent program.

Oracle Apps data Purge

Hi Apps Gurus
We have a requirement to delete one of the operating units data from Oracle Projects ,SCM and Finance modules.
There are huge transactions and interfaced to GL and other modules(e.g. Payable Invoices have been transferred to GL)
There are standard concurrent programs and Purge functionalities, however it checks for dependencies. We would like to delete it completely including GL module.
Regards
Dharam

Hi;
You can not delete module from EBS,If you do than consistiency will be destory. You can not delete data from backend too, coz its also can be cause many problem.
If you need to purge huge data than you have to log SR and confirm it wiht oracle support
Regard
Helios

Archive Information Structure purging

Hi All,
We have a requirement to automate the Archive Information Structure (AIS) purging.
Currently its been done manually from the transaction SARI.
The Suggested solution involves recording (SHDB) the above manual process and write a Call Transaction program for purging multiple info structure.
Are there any alternatives for purging AIS other than using recorded SARI transaction?
Can this be accomplished by calling some function modules?
Thanks & Regards,
Abhijith P.K

hi,
Thank you so much,that's just what I want,however the transaction may be MCSX.
Lance

Archiving / Purging Custom table

Hello!
I would like to ask if there is a program in Oracle EBS that I could used to set up to archive custom tables? If not, what would you recommend a best approach.

9ff898ea-85f6-4303-af4e-b42cfcc64343 wrote:
Hello!
I would like to ask if there is a program in Oracle EBS that I could used to set up to archive custom tables? If not, what would you recommend a best approach.
Oracle doesn't provide seeded concurrent programs to purge/archive custom tables since this varies from one customer to another and the business requirements are not the same -- You should create custom concurrent programs (or scripts) to purge/archive your custom tables.
If you are looking for 3rd party archiving/purging solutions, please see:
https://forums.oracle.com/message/4060032
https://forums.oracle.com/message/9155043
Thanks,
Hussein

ESYU: Importing Standard Purchase Orders에서 문제 발생시 진단 방법

Purpose
Oracle Purchasing - Version: 11.5.10.2 to 12.0.6
Information in this document applies to any platform.
ConcurrentProgram:POXPOPDOI - Import Standard Purchase Orders
이 문서는 reader게 Importing Standard Purchase Orders 실행 중 갑자기 발생하는 issue에 대해 어떻게
대응하는지에 대한 자세한 정보를 제공한다.
Instroduction
Purchase Document Open Interface는 다량의 Standard Purchase Order는 Oracle Purchasing으로 빨리
import 할 수 있게 한다. Import process는 import 되어야 하는 document information을 PO interface tables에
넣어주는 작업을 필요로하며, data를 validate 하고 application에 PO를 생성하거나 error message를 return 하는
Import Standard Purchase Orders concurrent program을 실행한다.
이 문서의 목적은 Importing Standard Purchase Orders에 관련된 process를 이해하거나 갑자기 발생한 문제의
원인을 찾는데 도움을 주기 위함이다. PO import 문제는 일반적으로 interface tables에 입력된 불일치하는 data가
원인이며, 일단 문제가 확인되면 Metalink는 비슷한 문제를 찾아주거나 Oracle Support에 Service Request를 log
할 수 있다.
Test case Information
1. 아래 insert 문장을 이용하여 PO interface tables에 data를 입력:
INSERT INTO po.po_headers_interface
(interface_header_id,
action,
org_id,
document_type_code,
currency_code,
agent_id,
vendor_name,
vendor_site_code,
ship_to_location,
bill_to_location,
reference_num)
VALUES
(apps.po_headers_interface_s.NEXTVAL,
'ORIGINAL',
207, -- Seattle
'STANDARD',
'USD', -- Your currency code
24, -- Your buyer id stock
'Advanced Network Devices',
'FRESNO',
'V1- New York City', -- Your ship to
'V1- New York City', -- Your bill to
'Currency test') -- Any reference num
INSERT INTO po.po_lines_interface
(interface_line_id,
interface_header_id,
line_num,
shipment_num,
line_type,
item,
uom_code,
quantity,
--unit_price,
promised_date,
ship_to_organization_code,
ship_to_location)
VALUES
(po_lines_interface_s.nextval,
po_headers_interface_s.currval,
1,
1,
'Outside processing',
'Flooring OSP',
'Ea',
1,
--17.50,
'10-APR-2009',
'V1',
'V1- New York City' )
INSERT INTO po.po_distributions_interface
(interface_header_id,
interface_line_id,
interface_distribution_id,
distribution_num,
quantity_ordered,
charge_account_id)
VALUES
(po_headers_interface_s.currval,
po.po_lines_interface_s.CURRVAL,
po.po_distributions_interface_s.NEXTVAL,
1,
1,
12975) -- Your Charge Account Id
2. Interface tables에 data가 insert 되었다면 import progra을 실행전 정보를 확인하기 위해 아래 query 문을 이용한다.
a - Select * from PO_HEADERS_INTERFACE where INTERFACE_HEADER_ID=&headerid
b - Select * from PO_LINES_INTERFACE where INTERFACE_HEADER_ID=&headerid
c - Select * from PO_DISTRIBUTIONS_INTERFACE where INTERFACE_HEADER_ID=&headerid
3. Data를 review 했으면 Import Standard Purchase Orders program을 실행한다.
Parameter >>
Default Buyer: Null
Create or Update Items: No
Approval Status: INCOMPLETE
Batch Id: Null
4. 만일 program에 문제가 있어 error가 발생한다면 error의 원인을 제공하기 위해 Purchasing Interface Error Report를
실행할 수 있다.
Parameter >>
Source Program: PO_DOCS_OPEN_INTERFACE
Purge Data: No
만일 PO가 import 되지 않았다면 Puchasing Interface Errors Report와 동일한 정보를 보기 위해 Interface Errors table을
아래 SQL을 이용하여 조회할 수 있다.
SELECT * FROM PO_INTERFACE_ERRORS WHERE INTERFACE_TRANSACTION_ID ='&recordsinterfacetransid';
Diagnostics
Import Standard Purchase ORder process의 troubleshoot 도움을 위해 아래 Diagnostics과 Reports를 이용한다.
1. Diagnostics Tool : Oracle Purchasing Purchasing Documents Open Interface Data Collection Test
(please refer to Note 224887.1 for assistance)
이 Diagnostics는 import program에 의해 import 되는 data를 validate 할 것이며 missing 되거나 맞지않는 정보를 highlight 한다.
이 Tool은 interface tables에 있는 맞지 않거나 불완전한 data의 자세한 정보를 제공할 수 있다.
Error는 PO를 import 할 때 발생한 문제 분석을 시도하는데 매우 유익하므로 SR을 log시 이 Diagnostic output을 upload 하는
것을 권장한다.
2. Purchasing Interface Errors Report
이 report는 Oracle Purchasing에서 사용가능하며 Import Standard Purchase Orders program을 실행시 발생하는
error를 강조한다.
Tracing
11.5.10 이상의 version에서 Import Standard Purchase Orders program의 trace를 생성:
1. Navigate to System Administrator responsibility
2. Navigate to Profiles->System
3. Query the Profile Option Concurrent: Allow Debugging and set it to Yes at User level
4. Navigate to Purchasing responsibility
5. From the Requests form, choose the Import Standard Purchase Orders program and set the required Parameters
6. Click the Debug button
7. Check the SQL Trace checkbox and specify Trace with Binds and Waits
8. Submit the Concurrent program
9. Retrieve the trace file created.
Logging
Import Standard Purchase Orders program의 FND Deug Log 생성:
1. Log_seq를 아래 SQL을 이용하여 확인.
select max(log_sequence) from fnd_log_messages;
2. Set the following profiles at the user level:
FND: Debug Log Enabled = YES
FND: Debug Log Filename = NULL
FND: Debug Log Level = STATEMENT
FND: Debug Log Module = %
3. Run Import Standard Purchase Orders program
4. Using a SQL client run the following query :
Select * from fnd_log_messages
where log_sequence > &log_seq_noted_above
order by log_sequence;
이 query의 output은 Import Standard Purchase Orders program이 실행 중 발생한 error를 표시한다.
Reference
Note 781351.1

Approver Invoice history (AP Module)

Hello All,
I am a beginner to EBS and currently learning AP module.
I have a quick question and hoping to get some assistance
The question is,
Is there any "find" function in AP module where an approver could see one year old approved invoices??
I have an understanding that approver can see all the notifications under the notification list, but I was looking if there is any functionality in the AP module where the approver could see the history of approved invoices since one year
Thanks in advance!
Best KK

Hi
Thanks for the reply...Iam aware that approver will be able to see all the invoices under approvers notification List...since we run concurrent program called Purge Obsolete Workflow Runtime Data which is normally scheduled for 7-14 days this program deletes the invoices under approvers notification list which are older than 7 or 14 days as per scheduled..
Now my question
Is it possible to increase the number of days lets say for one year to run the concurrent program Purge Obsolete Workflow Runtime Data?
will the performane be affected if we increase the number of days?
Approvers can query invoices through AP Inquiry but the problem is the company doesn't want to give access for AP Inquiry to the approvers because of some security reasons.
Is their any other way to see the invoices by the approvers?

Ora XE (beta) uses too much disk space?

I've noticed that the size of my directory oraclexe/app/oracle/admin/XE/bdump is like 29 GB!
Is there any way to bring this down? I looked up in the admin web interface, but could'n figure it out, so I decided to ask the forum.
Pete

Hi Pete
Oracle's background processes write log and dump files in this directory.
You should have a program to purge old file
Easy example (linux):
find /usr/lib/oraclexe/app/oracle/admin/XE/bdump -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
find /usr/lib/oraclexe/app/oracle/admin/XE/udump -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
find /usr/lib/oraclexe/app/oracle/admin/XE/adump -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;(files older then 7 days are deleted)
Greetings
Sven

Increment date parameters on each run

Hi,
while scheduling concurren requests. we have option like
"increment date parameters on each run"
what exactly the meaning of the above

Check the following thread:
schedule purge program
schedule purge program
Also, have a look at:
Note: 151849.1 - Scheduled Periodic Concurrent Program Runs One Time Only
https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=151849.1

Disk space in 11i Application server - Admin Node

Hi Hussein:
I noticed that the APPL_TOP file system has touched 98 %. I have always seen that this never increased above 95% for a very long time. All of a sudden there is sudden spike in space consumption. While trying to identify unwanted files in log locations, I noticed that the "bne" directory had "Upload" subdirectory. These are actually the xml files used used WebADI upload. I am not sure if we have a program to purge and delete this files from this location. I will get atleast 2 G if I can delete this files.
BNE Directory location : $APPL_TOP/bne/11.5.0/upload
Regards,
Bala
Edited by: BMP on Nov 15, 2010 2:24 PM

Bala,
AFAIK, there is no concurrent program to purge the files under this directory and you will have to purge/clean the files manually -- Please log a SR to confirm this with Oracle support.
Thanks,
Hussein

Apache error messages

Hi :
I have started to see some strange messages in my apache logs. What does this mean?
When I see this messages the system is kind of hungup state? How do I identify the root cause of this issue that I am seeing.
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:30 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] client denied by server configuration: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/java
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:30 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] client denied by server configuration: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/java
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:31 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/forms/icons/ora
cle_logo_light.gif
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:31 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/forms/icons/ora
cle_logo_light.gif
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:31 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/forms/icons/ora
cle_logo_light.gif
[Sun Jun 1 10:56:31 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/forms/icons/ora
cle_logo_light.gif
[Sun Jun 1 10:58:24 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] client denied by server configuration: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/orac
le/ewt
[Sun Jun 1 10:58:24 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] client denied by server configuration: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/orac
le/ewt
[Sun Jun 1 10:58:24 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/ewt/alert/resou
rce/AlertBundle_en_US.properties
[Sun Jun 1 10:58:33 2008] [error] [client 206.16.2.57] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/apps/media/orac
...skipping...
a
[Mon Jan 5 15:14:06 2009] [error] [client 206.16.12.86] client denied by server configuration: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/jav
a
[Mon Jan 5 15:23:16 2009] [error] [client 206.16.2.85] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/portal/PROD_rack/_vti_bin/ow
ssvr.dll
[Mon Jan 5 15:23:17 2009] [error] [client 206.16.2.85] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/portal/PROD_rack/MSOffice/cl
treq.asp
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:30 2009] [error] [client 206.16.10.207] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/apps/media/or
acle/apps/media/splash.gif
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:30 2009] [error] [client 206.16.10.207] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/apps/media/or
acle/apps/media/splash.gif
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:30 2009] [error] [client 206.16.10.207] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/apps/media/or
acle/apps/media/splash.gif
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:30 2009] [error] [client 206.16.10.207] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/java/oracle/apps/media/or
acle/apps/media/splash.gif
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:52 2009] [error] [client 206.16.2.85] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/portal/PROD_rack/_vti_bin/ow
ssvr.dll
[Mon Jan 5 15:30:53 2009] [error] [client 206.16.2.85] File does not exist: /u02/prod/applprod/prodcomn/portal/PROD_rack/MSOffice/cl
treq.asp
Edited by: BMP on Jan 6, 2009 8:26 AM

Bala,
Does this happen to all forms/modules? If yes, before starting any investigation, did you try to bounce all the services (and reboot the servers)?
Was there any changed recently done at the application/database level?
Do you run concurrent programs (like Purge Concurrent Program, Gather Schema Statistics, ..etc) on regular basis?
I would also suggest you review the following notes:
Note: 744143.1 - Tuning performance on eBusiness suite
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=744143.1
Note: 169935.1 - Troubleshooting Oracle Apps Performance Issues
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=169935.1

Why the size of the tif file is different in photoshop workspace compare to the Preview in Finder?

1. Why the size of the tif file is different in photoshop's workspace compare to the Preview in Finder?
Please look at the screen captures.
Bottom left panel of Photoshop's workspace.
Finder's Preview.
2. I have an imac with 8gb ram, and assigned 6gb ram to photoshop use. But when I worked on a 24mb tif file, photoshop was lagging. And at the bottom left panel of Photoshop's workspace, the doc size is something/1gb. The tif file is only 24mb, why is it slow in photoshop? I have a lot of ram.
Let me know, please.

Thank you MIchelPM for giving me a very detailed explanation.
So I understood why the photoshop doc size is bigger when working in photoshop.
Regarding to your questions:
1. How full is your Mac's hard drive?
    Not even 30% full, I even have a 1TB backup hard drive connected.
2. How many applications do you run simultaneously in the background while working in another application?
    I usually only have photoshop or illustrator opened. Sometimes I ran 3-4 tif files at the same time, but when a big file (ex. 24mb tif) gets very slow, I closed all other files and programs, and "purged all" in photoshop, yet that 24mb tif file was still slow.
   I checked photoshop's ram and cpu usage in the activity monitor. Rarely photoshop's cpu usage would hit 100. But when I worked with the 24mb tif file, it would used all the ram that I've allocated to photoshop.
But the myth is, my coworker who worked with the same file in CS4 with only 4gb ram in their imac don't have photoshop slowed down, when I have double the ram and CS6.
3. What year, screen size, CPU speed of your Mac?
   I have 27" imac,
   • 2.9GHz 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) with 6MB L3 cache,
   • 1TB (7200-rpm) hard drive
   • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
4. What version of OS X is your Mac using?
    Mountain Lion with the latest updates.
5. What version of Photoshop are you using?
   • Photoshop CS6

RAM Used up quickly, Macbook Pro Becomes Slow

Over the past week or so I've noticed my Macbook Pro getting increasingly slower as the day goes by. Looking in activity monitor, my free RAM is often under a couple hundred MBs - and too often below 50MB. Figuring that I just had to clear up some inactive RAM left over from other programs, I purged the inactive RAM, but only to have it get used up again within minutes.
This hasn't ever been a problem to me in the past year that I've had my Macbook Pro, but now it becomes unresponsive very quickly. As an experiment, I booted up my laptop, and even then I had less than a GB of free RAM (never had that little upon bootup before). The only programs I have setup to start on boot are iTunes Helper, Caffiene, and Mail (Hidden). This hasn't changed in at least six months, so I know it's not one of these causing the RAM hogging.
Here is a log of my current Activity Monitor stats- after rebooting about an hour ago, the only programs I've opened were Chrome, iTunes, and Firefox. Everything was fine for a few minutes, then I noticed severe slow down and massive RAM loss, in addition to the cooling fans exceeding 6000rpm for a short while. Does anything here look abnormal?
*I should also note that I've verified the startup disk and repaired permissions, and the Page in/Page Out ratio is fine.
Active Memory: 1.23 GB
Free Memory: 30.3 MB
Wired Memory: 885.5 MB
Used Memory: 3.97 GB
Inactive Memory: 1.87 GB
Total VM: 219.16 GB
Number of processes: 93
PID    Process Name              User       CPU      Real Mem        Virtual Mem
0      kernel_task               root       1.9      339.3 MB        4.77 GB
1      launchd                   root       0.0      1.8 MB          2.36 GB
10     kextd                     root       0.0      4.3 MB          2.35 GB
11     UserEventAgent            root       0.0      8.6 MB          2.38 GB
12     mDNSResponder             _mdnsrespo 0.0      3.1 MB          2.37 GB
13     opendirectoryd            root       0.1      8.5 MB          2.38 GB
14     notifyd                   root       0.0      1.1 MB          2.35 GB
15     configd                   root       0.0      4.5 MB          2.38 GB
16     diskarbitrationd          root       0.0      1.6 MB          2.35 GB
17     fseventsd                 root       0.1      6.2 MB          2.37 GB
18     syslogd                   root       0.0      980 KB          2.36 GB
19     powerd                    root       0.0      2.1 MB          2.37 GB
20     distnoted                 root       0.0      1.7 MB          2.35 GB
25     blued                     root       0.0      3.2 MB          2.37 GB
27     securityd                 root       0.0      6.0 MB          2.37 GB
28     coreservicesd             root       0.2      17.9 MB         2.39 GB
49     ntpd                      root       0.0      1.4 MB          2.32 GB
51     warmd                     nobody     0.0      3.6 MB          2.36 GB
52     usbmuxd                   _usbmuxd   0.0      3.3 MB          2.36 GB
54     SystemStarter             root       0.0      1.0 MB          2.35 GB
56     stackshot                 root       0.0      1.2 MB          2.35 GB
59     revisiond                 root       0.0      2.4 MB          2.36 GB
63     mds                       root       0.2      87.8 MB         2.74 GB
65     loginwindow               AMay       0.0      18.8 MB         2.44 GB
67     KernelEventAgent          root       0.0      1.0 MB          2.35 GB
68     kdc                       root       0.0      2.8 MB          2.35 GB
70     hidd                      root       0.1      1.8 MB          2.35 GB
72     dynamic_pager             root       0.0      712 KB          2.32 GB
77     autofsd                   root       0.0      1.8 MB          2.35 GB
79     applepushserviced         root       0.0      7.1 MB          2.37 GB
80     aosnotifyd                root       0.0      4.8 MB          2.37 GB
82     SophosAntiVirus           root       0.1      3.2 MB          640.3 MB
83     InterCheck                root       0.2      142.2 MB        773.5 MB
84     SophosAutoUpdate          root       0.0      9.3 MB          640.8 MB
86     licenseDaemon             root       0.0      4.9 MB          2.36 GB
87     TechToolProDaemon         root       0.0      3.4 MB          644.8 MB
88     qmasterd                  root       0.0      6.8 MB          645.6 MB
102    WindowServer              _windowser 6.5      56.0 MB         2.93 GB
103    netbiosd                  _netbios   0.0      2.2 MB          2.37 GB
118    CVMServer                 root       0.0      1,000 KB        2.33 GB
128    logind                    root       0.0      1.7 MB          2.35 GB
134    launchd                   AMay       0.0      1.2 MB          2.36 GB
136    coreaudiod                _coreaudio 1.2      4.9 MB          2.37 GB
138    UserEventAgent            AMay       0.0      9.8 MB          2.38 GB
140    distnoted                 AMay       0.0      3.4 MB          2.36 GB
145    Dock                      AMay       0.0      17.0 MB         2.44 GB
146    talagent                  AMay       0.0      7.3 MB          2.39 GB
147    SystemUIServer            AMay       0.0      28.6 MB         2.48 GB
148    Finder                    AMay       0.1      19.6 MB         2.43 GB
150    pboard                    AMay       0.0      912 KB          2.32 GB
158    fontd                     AMay       0.0      5.1 MB          2.40 GB
161    com.apple.dock.extra      AMay       0.0      10.9 MB         2.40 GB
163    warmd_agent               AMay       0.0      1.7 MB          2.35 GB
167    imagent                   AMay       0.0      5.2 MB          2.37 GB
172    SophosUIServer            AMay       0.1      11.4 MB         687.5 MB
175    Logitech Control Center D AMay       0.0      8.1 MB          2.40 GB
176    LaunchdDaemon             AMay       0.0      1.4 MB          618.9 MB
180    SpotifyWebHelper          AMay       0.0      3.3 MB          639.3 MB
182    Folder Actions Dispatcher AMay       0.0      6.4 MB          2.40 GB
186    iTunes Helper             AMay       0.0      3.6 MB          2.37 GB
187    Caffeine                  AMay       0.0      8.7 MB          2.40 GB
188    Mail                      AMay       0.0      60.1 MB         3.53 GB
196    cookied                   AMay       0.0      1.2 MB          2.35 GB
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290    DashboardClient           AMay       0.0      36.9 MB         3.43 GB
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300    Google Chrome Worker      AMay       0.0      26.4 MB         757.4 MB
301    Google Chrome Worker      AMay       0.0      27.7 MB         758.7 MB
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Thomas - yes, the page outs are less than 10% of the page ins, your site was actually what made me take a look at that haha.The reason that I'm concerned about my free RAM is that it has never been this low, and I like having a certain amount of RAM free when I run certain programs (ex. Ableton Live, a music production program, where ~500MB of RAM is needed to load some drum samples).
I had just installed Sophos Anti-Virus a few hours before my post, so that's probably running at startup along with a few others, which I will have to take a look at. Are there any other startup processes that you noticed that I should look into?
Lastly, I installed Final Cut Pro 7 about a week and a half ago. I only open it maybe three days out of the week, so I didn't think that's what would be causing it. However, there may be some background processes that are running even when the actual program isn't running. Can you spot anything like that?
updating the Mac OS X version was the fix for it.
I eventually will udgrade to Mountain Lion, but I would like to get this fixed first. I'm also looking at buying more RAM, but up until recently, 4GB was working fine. I couldn't have everything running, but the programs that I did have open ran fine.
Simple stop leaving program open that you are done using. Make sure you close the Program and not just close the window that the program is using. By default most Mac programs do not close when you close the window they are using. You have to manual close, Quit, those programs.
That's the thing though- I always close programs that I am not using (cmd+q, not just closing the window). I come from a Windows background, so closing a program entirely became a quick habit of mine!

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