Virtual memory macbook air

My macbook air is performing so badly...it is costantly saying the discs are full or almost full...i cannot keep one photo or file on it now....can i turn on virtual memory or something????
please help!

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion's Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.
Virtual Memory requires the use of space on the HDD, so if you have no space then VM doesn't work and get the same error messages. VM supports RAM, not the hard drive.

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Also for a brand new machine it operates much slower than my husbands older Mac Airbook !
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
          MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
          1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 11 days 16:27:24
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (219.37 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
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins::
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins::
          WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old applications:
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
          Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Time Machine:
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.96 GB Disk used: 28.66 GB
          Destinations:
                    rakesh [Network] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2
                    Total number of backups: 5
                    Oldest backup: 2013-12-12 03:23:43 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-12-28 15:14:40 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 2 > (Disk size 232.96 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%          EtreCheck
               1%          Microsoft Word
               0%          SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
          131 MB          softwareupdated
          111 MB          mds_stores
          98 MB          Microsoft Word
          90 MB          Finder
          86 MB          Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          119 MB          Free RAM
          1.56 GB          Active RAM
          1.63 GB          Inactive RAM
          569 MB          Wired RAM
          6.31 GB          Page-ins
          7 MB          Page-outs

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23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000280
23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: ARPT: 61.319378: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: ARPT: 61.319390: wl0: powerChange: *** BONJOUR/MDNS OFFLOADS ARE NOT RUNNING.
23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340
23/02/2014 10:00:04.000 am bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1393167604 0
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Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
23/02/2014 10:00:06.000 am syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.authd" sharing output destination "/var/log/system.log" with ASL Module "com.apple.asl".
Output parameters from ASL Module "com.apple.asl" override any specified in ASL Module "com.apple.authd".

Bad RAM memory (memory leak) on Macbook Air

I have a recent issue with my Macbook Air (2GB, 120 GB, bought two years ago, used as main laptop, upgraded to Mountain Lion 6 months ago):
Even though I run the same applications as before (Safari, Office for Mac, Calendar, iTunes, so nothing too heavy like Photoshop, Final Cut, or Autocad), I started receiving a warning message saying that there isn't enough memory to perform the applications.
I have 2GB RAM - which has always been enough for what I do. Also, my HD has 20GB of free space (from 120 GB), which also seems to be fine. It has performed well under much worse HD conditions.
I have noticed that things get even worse, when I open Office for Mac or Utilities - System Monitoring, Disk Utility (!!!)
I read that many people have faced a similar problem, and I have already tried everything that was suggested in their discussions:
- purge
- deleting calendar agent (someone said it could be caused by exchange calendars etc)
- Alt (Options)+R / Command+P while rebooting
- deinstalling Skype and Dropbox
I have just installed Memory Booster and Memory Clean from the Appstore - they automatically clean up the Inactive RAM when my free memory gets too low. This seems to have sorted things for now, but both applications have to do cleaning every 3-5 min.
Right now, with only Safari running (in addition to Memory Booster), my stats are ridiculous:
- Free: 11MB
- Inactive: 739 MB
- Active: 744 MB
- Wired: 298 MB
Virtual memory is steadily above 1GB...
I would really appreciate some help/advice. There is no apple service center in my city...
Thank you in advance!

What is the exact text of the message you are receiving?
My guess would be that your problems are twofold. First, 2 GB of RAM is bare minimum for Mountain Lion. If you were running Snow Leopard before, you will be able to do less on the same amount of RAM with Lion or Mountain Lion. If you are running all those apps you mention at the same time, you need more than 2 GB of RAM.
In addition, if your hard drive is running out of free space, you may be having an issue because of that as well. Your machine needs free hard drive space to store things like virtual memory swap files. How much space is free on your hard drive?

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The USB stick from your MBA cannot be used on any other Mac. You will need to purchase a retail copy of Snow Leopard for your other computer.
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Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
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I am unable to install Virtual Machines on my Mid-2013 MacBook Air

Dear Apple Support Community,
I have recently moved away from a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro to a new Mid-2013 MacBook Air. As much as it pains me, I have a need to install a virtual machine running Windows 7 in order to utilize an application called vSphere. The vSphere web interface is too unreliable to use via any web browser, so running a Windows VM is the only way forward.
However, when using VMWare Fusion 5 (I know 6 is available, but I do not have a license for it) or VirtualBox (very latest version) I receive an error which states that my CPU is not 64-bit compatible. I was under the impression that since Snow Leopard (10.6) was release that Mac OS was fully 64-bit. My MacBook Air is currently running Mavericks (10.9.1). It has a 1.3GHz Intel Core i5 CPU.
I read that Apple restricts access to the EFI firmware settings, as I originally thought it was a case of enabling Virtualization capabilities on the processor. To further add to the dilemma my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro has no issues running VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, so I am at a loss as to why I am unable use these virtualization platforms on my new Mac.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I remember reading somewhere that the new macbook air's from 2013 have a 64 bit core i5 4250u processors.
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Memory on my macbook air keeps disappearing. I have 120 gigs and I am down to 150mb without adding any files.

Memory on my macbook air keeps disappearing. I have 120 gigs and I am down to 150mb without adding any files.

Thanks...I have tried the various options and the only item of interest is that my only account on this computer says it has 102 gig of memory used up. However, when I open and look at the individual files, they add up to less than 15 gigs.

Can I use a memory stick to back up my MacBook Air and what size do I need?

i Have a MacBook air , processor 1.3 Ghz Intel core i5, 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory. Operating on OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.1.
it will not open up Safari, it crashed out of Safari with an error message and will not ooen it up now however many times I try. I was reading Daily Mail on line at the time. I can get onto the Internet by using Chrome but it feels as if Chrome is in charge of me rather than the other way round. when I type in an address it just takes me where it wants to go rather than the website I want to to. I now want to back up my data but left my drive in UK (I am in USA at the moment.) so wondered if I can back all my data (very important data) on to a memory stick so I can wipe my computer and start again. I have an appointment with a techie at the Apple shop on Saturday but need to back up my data before the appointment, so not sure what to do.
ALso my IPad is very unstable after using the Daily Mail site, it has always seemed to be fine before but this weekend seems to have created problems for both my MacBook Air and IPad Mini...

You'd probably be better served to use a conventional external USB:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/
Easier to use, harder to lose and more dependable.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1772735/usb-flash-drives-reliable-externa l-hdds.html
"generally speaking, a HDD (or SSD) is always going to be more reliable than a flash drive. USB flash drives are made to TRANSFER files, not to store them. Still, you get what you pay for, and I have had a few flash drives that have lasted a very long time"

Please explain me, how to remove an usb stick or memory chip? With experiences only in pc:s, I do not find on my first apple e.g. MacBook Air a solution. Until now I have succeeded to destroy one chip full of photos and - there's no life more in the port.

Please explain me, how to remove an usb stick or memory chip? With experiences only in pc:s, I do not find on my first apple e.g. MacBook Air a solution. Until now I have succeeded to destroy one chip full of photos and - there's no life more in the port...
Someone told me just to remove the chip in clicking it to the trash can and voilá - it would be done. But as I did so, on the screen appeared a text which let me know, that that way had been the wrong one...
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So please would someone be so kind and tell me, where I can find explanations for the most simple functions. The manual I got does not include a clue.
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First make sure that no application is using or has open any files on the disk. Then:
Click and drag the disk icon on the desktop to the trash. Wait for the system to recognize the action, and the icon should disappear from the desktop. It is then safe to remove the device.
Alternatively, you can secondary click on the disk icon, and then primary click "Eject (name of disk)". Wait for the icon to disappear off the desktop, and then it is safe to remove the drive.
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I am going to be buying a macbook air 2012 model with 4 GB ram soon. I was wondering how much space (memory) does Norton AV take up and does it drastically slow down the computer. Also, I am going off to uni so will predominantly be using the laptop for surfing and MS office.
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