Where'd my memory go???????

So I have a 80GB white macbook. And I noticed today that my available memory is down to 44GB...should I be worried??? Also should I download some kind of hd clean-up software?
--Heather

As troy enn said that you must meant storage because if that happened to your memory, then your Mac is having some major problems.
If you truly meant storage space (hard drive), then just go and start clearing useless files. Also check your /tmp folder, usually there's junk that MacOS X might leave behind.
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546 692 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
469 1628 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
562 2092 /usr/sbin/syslogd
1860 10456 /usr/sbin/nsrmmdbd
537 3156 /usr/lib/inet/inetd start
481 1344 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
501 696 /usr/lib/utmpd
587 1320 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
658 10720 /usr/lib/fm/fmd/fmd
548 692 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
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1046 2992 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_eventlogd
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14365 194240 ./bin/mysqld defaults-file=/db/mysql/data/my.cnf basedir=/db/mysql --datadi
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2550 7488 /usr/sbin/rpc.metad
25707 4460 (squid) -Y -DC
5225 1576 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
5192 12396 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-forum.conf
5199 952 /bin/sh -c /opt/SUNWscapc/bin/apache_probe -R apache-forum -T SUNW.apache:4.1 -
9929 1864 -bash
5238 952 /bin/sh -c /opt/SUNWscapc/bin/apache_probe -R apache-chat -T SUNW.apache:4.1 -G
25705 960 /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -Y -DC
3572 1516 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
5221 1368 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
5200 3336 /opt/SUNWscapc/bin/apache_probe -R apache-forum -T SUNW.apache:4.1 -G forum
9919 4100 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
25708 632 (unlinkd)
3377 1500 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
14450 3380 /opt/SUNWscgds/bin/gds_probe -R mysql -T SUNW.gds:6 -G db
14449 952 /bin/sh -c /opt/SUNWscgds/bin/gds_probe -R mysql -T SUNW.gds:6 -G db
4973 1500 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
9937 1924 bash
3783 1500 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
8680 1516 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -f conf/httpd-chat.conf
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Free (cachelist) 130046 507 25%
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swap 221M 140K 221M 1% /tmp
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Oct 31 21:07:39 minipardus genunix: [ID 470503 kern.warning] WARNING: Sorry, no swap space to grow stack for pid 3363 (httpd)
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8 12212 /lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
658 10720 /usr/lib/fm/fmd/fmd
10 10548 /lib/svc/bin/svc.configd
214 9900 devfsadmd
1100 9752 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/rgmd -z global
1840 9620 /usr/sbin/nsrd
2305 9604 /usr/sbin/nsrmmd -n 1
1860 8752 /usr/sbin/nsrmmdbd
2550 7456 /usr/sbin/rpc.metad
4489 7060 /usr/sbin/rpc.metacld
1018 5988 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_ccrad
1036 5776 /usr/cluster/bin/cl_pnmd
1889 5652 /usr/sbin/nsrindexd
1828 5308 dtgreet -display :0
1888 4848 /usr/sbin/named
7030 4744 /usr/sbin/save -nq /nsr/res/jobsdb
1061 4264 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/pnm_mod_serverd
6804 4204 bash
1096 4196 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/rgmd
355 4180 /usr/sbin/nscd
6786 4112 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
989 4032 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/scdpmd
1011 3744 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_eventd
358 3736 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/pmmd
1089 3580 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/rpc.fed
1087 3476 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/scprivipd
1088 3468 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cznetd
345 3468 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/clexecd
1020 3300 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/scqdmd
198 3268 /usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd
537 3144 /usr/lib/inet/inetd start
366 3084 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/rtreg_proxy_serverd
1046 3072 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_eventlogd
360 3072 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_execd
365 3028 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/ifconfig_proxy_serverd
323 2988 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/failfastd
1032 2960 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/rpc.pmfd
667 2904 /usr/sbin/mdmonitord
219 2604 /usr/lib/picl/picld
966 2528 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon -udpPort 0
359 2452 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/cl_execd
6785 2448 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
217 2216 /usr/lib/crypto/kcfd
562 2092 /usr/sbin/syslogd
1014 2008 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/sc_zonesd
6796 1876 -bash
469 1628 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
920 1524 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon -udpPort 0
346 1516 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/clexecd
290 1496 /usr/cluster/lib/sc/qd_userd
481 1344 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
512 1336 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g
460 1332 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsmapid
459 1312 /usr/lib/nfs/nfs4cbd
841 1300 /usr/lib/inet/xntpd -c /etc/inet/ntp.conf.cluster
587 1292 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
1546 1248 /usr/lib/cacao/lib/tools/launch -w /var/run/cacao/instances/default/run -L 1638
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541 1212 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon
454 1160 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
45 1036 /sbin/dhcpagent
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545 988 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
229 988 /usr/lib/inet/in.mpathd
418 968 /usr/sbin/cron
488 960 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
1062 932 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a shadow
927 880 /usr/openwin/bin/fbconsole -n -d :0
52 768 /lib/svc/method/iscsid
129 740 /usr/sbin/ipmon -Ds
501 696 /usr/lib/utmpd
548 692 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
546 692 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
1829 0 <defunct>
4 0 cluster
3 0 fsflush
2 0 pageout
0 0 sched
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Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
swap 661M 160K 661M 1% /tmp
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Kernel 124614 486 24%
Anon 72164 281 14%
Exec and libs 10221 39 2%
Page cache 32679 127 6%
Free (cachelist) 272998 1066 53%
Free (freelist) 1471 5 0%
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The first odd thing is, memstat reports about 1 GB of free memory, but tmpfs only has 661 MB.
SO: am I correct if I say that I can create a 800 MB file in /tmp and the machine will not suffer?
OR:
am I correct if I say that if I create a 661 MB file in /tmp (fill up the tmpfs available space) the machine
should continue operating normally?
If I am not correct I would like to understand why!!!
I have about 1 GB free memory that is currently held by the cachelist.
I want Solaris to give it back to me if I need it!!!!
And no there is no application using it! IT IS HELD IN THE CACHELIST!!
Demonstration follows.
I create a 700 MB file with mkfile in /tmp:
root@minipardus>mkfile 700m /tmp/hugefile
Could not set length of /tmp/hugefile: No space left on device
What?? I have 1 GB in cachelist but I cannot use it....
No matter... here is what happens if I fill up /tmp with a 660 MB file....
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Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
swap 690M 30M 660M 5% /tmp
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root@minipardus>df -h /tmp
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
swap 690M 660M 30M 96% /tmp
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Could not set length of /tmp/smallfile: No space left on device
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*** df command HANGS! ***
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Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
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Anon 72286 282 14%
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1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the request of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait for the script to run. It usually takes a few minutes. Then paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
6. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin; clear; Fb='%s\n\t(%s)\n'; Fm='\n%s\n\n%s\n'; Fr='\nRAM details\n%s\n'; Fs='\n%s: %s\n'; Fu='user %s%%, system %s%%'; AC="com.autodesk.AutoCAD com.google.GoogleDrive"; H='^[[:space:]]*((127\.0\.0\.1|::1|fe80::1%lo0)[[:space:]]+local|(255\.){3}255[[:space:]]*broadcast)host[[:space:]]*$'; NS=networksetup; PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print"; A () { [[ a -eq 0 ]]; }; M () { find -L "$d" -type f | while read f; do file -b "$f" | egrep -lq XML\|exec && echo $f; done; }; AT () { o=`file -b "$1" | egrep -v '^(A.{16}t$|cann)'`; Ps "${1##*/} format"; }; Pc () { o=`grep -v '^ *#' "$2"`; l=`wc -l <<< "$o"`; [[ l -gt 25 ]] && o=`head -n25 <<< "$o"`$'\n'"[$((l-25)) more line(s)]"; Pm "$1"; AT "$1"; }; Pm () { [[ "$o" ]] && o=`sed -E '/^ *$/d;s/^ */ /;s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g;s/(ochat)\.[^.]+(\..+)/\1\2/;/U.+\/Shared\//b'$'\n''s/(\/Users\/)[^/]+/\1USER/g' <<< "$o"` && printf "$Fm" "$1" "$o"; }; Pp () { o=`$PB "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'`; Pm "$1"; }; Ps () { o=`echo $o`; [[ ! "$o" =~ ^0?$ ]] && printf "$Fs" "$1" "$o"; }; R () { o=; [[ r -eq 0 ]]; }; SP () { system_profiler SP${1}DataType; }; id -G | grep -qw 80; a=$?; A && sudo true; r=$?; t=`date +%s`; clear; { A || echo $'No admin access\n'; A && ! 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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
7. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
8. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "syntax error," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
9. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
10. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the results. No harm will be done.
11. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
12. When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." It means that the forum software has misidentified something in the post as a violation of the rules. If that happens, please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Terms of Use of the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Memory Shortage/Where Has The Memory Gone???

Hi,
I have just recently bought a Apple MacBook, i have had the Apple people to partition the hard drive so that i can heave both Windows and Mac on one computer.
Im new to Mac so I'm not sure how it runs and what to do.
On my desktop i have to hard drive icons one is Macintosh HD and the other one is Untitled, so you would presume that it would be Windows. When i right click the Macintosh HD icon and click get info it says that
Format: Mac OS Extended (journaled)
Capacity: 47.88 GB
Available: 19.06 GB
Used: 28.82 GB on disk
(30,944,735,232 bytes)
I was just wondering where has about 28 GB has gone? i have tried search for some help on the apple site, but there is nothing.
I have about 8.5 GB of music on my computer and i have deleted all the movies and tv shows. Also i have iwork on my MacBook.
I was wondering if there is any how i can get most of the memory back and if there is a scan of some kind to show what is taking up the parts of memory. Also is there away of finding out if i have got Tiger or Leopard on my MacBook because the apple guys gave me a Leopard CD.
I'm only 14 and i know quite a bit about Window but not a Mac.
Please Can Anyone Help????
Thanks

You can use
WhatSize or Disk Inventory X to see what all is there. The macBook comes loaded with extra software. Office and iWork are both demos. There are some things you can get rid of.
These two articles can help you clean up some.
The XLab: Uninstalling Applications
The XLab: Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
To see which OS X you have click the Apple in the upper left corner. Then read what is in the window. If is is Mac OS X Version 10.5.1 it is Leopard. If it has 10.4.? it will be Tiger. The question mark can be different numbers up to 11.

Error post/0/2048... where is my memory?

Hi everybody again,
I posted here 2 weeks ago because I had several panic kernel and I didnt know why... now I am posting here because after 1 quite week I had another panic kernel... this time I did the hardware test and the result is a big error with the memory: post/0/2048... I found soemthing about this... I checked the memory and I saw that my Ibook can read just one slot...
I try to remove the removable one (256Mb) and 3 bips arrived... no memory at all...
so, it seems that my Ibook cant read the unremovable memory.
anybody knows what can I do?
My assistence service expired 2 months ago, but I saw that this is a common problem for a lot of Ibook and Powerbook users... maybe free assistence? (I hope so... this machine is quite new and it is obvius that it is a hardware problem!)
thanks everybody
Alessandra

I seem to remember reading on a similar post (not to do with memory though) where someone had phoned Apple Support and asked to be put through to Customer Relations. Apparently they were very helpful and the problem was resolved. Maybe that's something you might like to try. You've nothing to lose. Big name suppliers like Crucial have a lifetime warrantee on their memory, which you could point out...
Good luck!
Adrian

HELP!Can't figure out where the extra memory is coming from!

I deleted everything off my ipod except the games so I could have a lot of memory for music and my pictures and as you know the this 2nd generation ipod nano has 892.5MB well I've only used 476.3MB for music 442.4MB photo's 33.9MB can't understand where the 245.2MB for the other is coming from unless its the games if so how do I get the games off I don't play them I just listen to the music and show my pics to family & friends I want enough memory left to put audio books on there tho.Can anyone tell me how to delete the games?

The games that come pre-installed on the iPod can't be deleted.
The storage space taken up by "Other" can be made up of, notes or files of any kind you've added to the iPod whilst using it as a hard disk or album artwork. Or sometimes when the iPod data base has become corrupt.
There will always be a few MBs of used space under "other" but if it's more than that it often happens when the iPod data base becomes corrupt.
If the iPod is enabled for disk use, you can look at the folders on the iPod through Explorer or Finder and delete anything you don't want.
If it's a corruption it will probably need to be restored, see how to restore the iPod to factory settings which will erase the iPods contents and reclaim the used space.
Then reload the music from iTunes.

Where to insert memory card on hp envy all in one

Where do I insert a memory card on hp envy in order to print a photo?

Hi,
HP Cartridge Protection is a feature meant to avoid couterthief.
A Protected Cartridge is a USED cartridge which been protected by its previous owner.
Once a Cartridge being protected by a user from the HP software, the cartridge can only be used the specific printer, it cannot be used on any other printer.
You will need to replace the protected cartridge in order to resolve the problem, its protection cannot be disabled.
Shlomi
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