Why am I getting 'out of application memory' error since 10.9.1 upgrade

HI All,
I've been on mac's since 1991. Have owned and run dozens of them. I'm no newbie - but this has me beat.
I have a mid 2010 MacPro, in my main edit suite running FCPX etc etc for video production.... and since the upgrade to Mavericks 10.9.1, The machine can't even brows a webpage without giving me an 'out of application memeory' error.
I'm running with my OS on a 1TB SSD, the system has 32Gig of ram.
I had downgraded to 10.9, and found that was OK... but oddly, my system re-upgraded itself and now I'm stuck in a loop agin. Ugh.
My wish: to fix whatever is causing this problem on 10.9.1.
Ideas, anyone?
Cheers,
Kearon @ Makinnoize Media

HI Linc,
Thanks Linc for your assistance on this, I appreciate it.
Right now, I have just restarted after re-installing 10.9.1. All seems to be OK... for now (I've done this 3 times...hence now looking to the apple commiunity for answers)
Running EtreCheck revealed the following: items of possible interest in red.
Hardware Information:
          Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
          Mac Pro - model: MacPro5,1
          2 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
          32 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 5770 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:37:35
Disk Information:
          OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD disk0 : (960.04 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Big Mac Pro SSD (disk0s2) /: 959.05 GB (443.23 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 784.2 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
          WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 disk5 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk5s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk5s2 (disk5s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
                    Boot OS X (disk5s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
          WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 disk4 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk4s2 (disk4s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
                    Boot OS X (disk4s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
          WDC WD30EZRX-00AZ6B0 disk2 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
                    Boot OS X (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
          WDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 disk7 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk7s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk7s2 (disk7s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
                    Boot OS X (disk7s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
          MARVELL VIRTUALL
USB Information:
          Panasonic TY-CC20W
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    iLok iLok
                    Logitech Apple Optical USB Mouse
                    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
          Brother HL-2140 series
          Wacom Co.,Ltd. CTH-670
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.CalDigit.driver.CalDigitUSBxHCI          (1.3.8a2)
          com.owc.driver.Accelsior          (1.0 b2 - SDK 10.6)
          com.blackmagic-design.desktopvideo.iokit.framebufferdriver          (9.9.3 - SDK 10.7)
          com.blackmagic-design.desktopvideo.iokit.driver          (9.9.3 - SDK 10.7)
          com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal          (10.3.6f14 - SDK 10.6)
          com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5)
          com.silex.driver.sxuptp          (1.5.2)
          com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6)
          com.nvidia.CUDA          (1.1.0)
Startup Items:
          CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
          DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
          FxLicenseManager: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FxLicenseManager
          ProTec6: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6
          ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [failed] com.apple.Kerberos.digest-service.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.apple.msrpc.netlogon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.blackmagic-design.desktopvideo.XPCService.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.blackmagic-design.DesktopVideoHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.blackmagic-design.streaming.BMDStreamingServer.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.AE.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.noiseindustries.FxFactory.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.blackmagic-design.DesktopVideoFirmwareUpdater.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] jp.buffalo.NASPower.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] jp.buffalo.NASPower_pla.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.digitalrebellion.CrashAnalyzerLogWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.digitalrebellion.PreferenceManagerAutoSave.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.digitalrebellion.ShortcutKeyManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.digitalrebellion.SoftwareUpdateAutoCheck.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.redgiantsoftware.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          NeoFinder Global QuickFind
          SIMBL Agent
          Google Drive
          Dropbox
          SwitchResX Daemon
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          iLokClientHelper: Version: 3.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.1 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 3rd-Party support link
          WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 3rd-Party support link
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
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          ApplyLUTPane 3rd-Party support link
          PenTablet 3rd-Party support link
          Blackmagic Desktop Video 3rd-Party support link
          CUDA Preferences 3rd-Party support link
          EUCON 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          Java 3rd-Party support link
          MenuMeters 3rd-Party support link
          Perian 3rd-Party support link
          ProCutX Server 3rd-Party support link
          SwitchResX 3rd-Party support link
          WacomTablet 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          /Applications/Melodyne singletrack
                    Melodyne singletrack Uninstaller:          Version: 2.1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Melodyne singletrack:          Version: 2.1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Applications/Euphonix
                    MC_Client:          Version: 2.7.1.88549 "" - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Uninstall EuControl:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    EuControl:          Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          NASNavigator2:          Version: 2.51 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/BUFFALO/NasNavigator2.app
          /Library/Application Support/PACE Anti-Piracy
                    iLok Client Helper:          Version: 3.5 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    InterLok Helper:          Version: 5.9.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          Magic Bullet Grinder:          Version: - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Spotify:          Version: 0.8.8.459.g4430eae7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          SuperDuper!:          Version: 2.7 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          VLC:          Version: 2.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          PluralEyes License Manager:          Version: "5.8.0" - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          NASNavigator2:          Version: 2.51 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/BUFFALO/LSV_SERIES-200W/NASNavigator/NasNavigator2.app
          ProToolsRegistration:          Version: 2.03 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/ProToolsRegistration.app
          /Applications/iWork '09
          SoftwareUpdateHelper:          Version: 1.2.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Digital Rebellion/Shared Resources/SoftwareUpdateHelper.app
          Melodyne singletrack Licenser:          Version: 2.1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Celemony/Licenser/Melodyne singletrack Licenser.app
          Uninstall Pro Tools:          Version: 10.3.6.269 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/Pro Tools Utilities/Uninstall Pro Tools.app
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
          Destinations:
                    BuffaloBackup [Network] (Last used)
                    Total size: 8
                    Total number of backups: 11
                    Oldest backup: 2013-12-22 23:20:27 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-01-05 21:47:39 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 8 > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          coreservicesd
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          Google Drive
Top Processes by Memory:
          557 MB          mds_stores
          393 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          197 MB          Dock
          131 MB          Safari
          105 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information:
          24.67 GB          Free RAM
          3.60 GB          Active RAM
          1.89 GB          Inactive RAM
          1.82 GB          Wired RAM
          1.92 GB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs
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Step 1
nothing
Step 2
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
Step 3
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.displaylink.useragent
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
com.spotify.webhelper
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.updater
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
Step 4
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
ArcMSR.kext
CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
HighPointIOP.kext
HighPointRR.kext
PromiseSTEX.kext
SoftRAID.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
.DS_Store
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
Skype.framework
TSLicense.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/InputManagers:
Ecamm
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
DRM Plugin.bundle
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Disabled Plug-Ins
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.webplugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npdivx.xpt
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.displaylink.useragent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
.DS_Store
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
macam.app
macam.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
/Library/Spotlight:
.DS_Store
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
LogicPro.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
HP IO
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716.plist
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.plist
com.spotify.webhelper.plist
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/QuickTime:
Google Camera Adapter 0.component
Google Camera Adapter 1.component
Library/Services:
.localized
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
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HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A2093) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:5
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.42 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
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
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None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
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    2% WindowServer
    1% EtreCheck
    0% coreservicesd
    0% Dock
    0% CoreServicesUIAgent
    0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
344 MB   mds_stores
213 MB   Safari
115 MB   Dock
82 MB    mdworker
66 MB    mds
33 MB    MacKeeper Helper
33 MB    PluginProcess
33 MB    WindowServer
16 MB    com.apple.dock.extra
16 MB    storeagent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
12.72 GB Free RAM
1.77 GB Active RAM
176 MB   Inactive RAM
1.33 GB Wired RAM
660 MB   Page-ins
0 B      Page-outs
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
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System Software:
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Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.39 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.pictd.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
    98% mds_stores
    31% Mail
    3% WindowServer
    1% opendirectoryd
    1% EtreCheck
    1% fontd
    0% usernoted
    0% coreservicesd
    0% Dock
    0% mDNSResponder
Top Processes by Memory:
9.67 GB mds_stores
262 MB   Mail
213 MB   Safari
115 MB   Dock
98 MB    mds
66 MB    ReportCrash
66 MB    WindowServer
49 MB    Notes
49 MB    SystemUIServer
33 MB    MacKeeper Helper
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.54 GB Free RAM
12.70 GB Active RAM
396 MB   Inactive RAM
1.37 GB Wired RAM
954 MB   Page-ins
0 B      Page-outs

Have you looked into Activity Monitor utility to see what system resources exist and how they are being allocated to applications, the OS X, and other background functions?
You could boot in SafeBoot (shift key held through startup) and run Disk Utility> repair disk permissions. That can tell you a few things about your hard disk drive, capacities, and it may not hurt to repair disk permissions. Restart normally when done.
Or try & boot from the Install DVD and use the version of Disk Utility in there to attempt to 'repair disk' while the HDD is unmounted. Then choose Startup manager to boot from the HDD and ignore the DVD on a restart.
Is your computer as listed, a PowerPC (pre-intel architecture)
Apple product, with a G4/G5 CPU from before 2006? If so,
a host could move the discussion from this Intel area.
Without more information, a failure of traction results from speculation.
Is your computer still running OS X 10.5.3, or is that 10.5.8+ now?
Good luck & happy computing!
edited 2x

New MacBook Pro Out of Application Memory

I just spent over $2,500 on a top-of-the-line 13" MacBook Pro, including 16 GB of memory, thinking it would solve my memory problems. So I wasn't thrilled when I got an "Out of Application Memory" error message today. I started shutting down programs, but the error message wouldn't go away. So I rebooted my computer and opened just a couple programs. It quickly froze, with the same error.
Can anyone give me some clues for fixing this problem? I installed a lot of software yesterday, mostly programs from Adobe's Creative Suite. However, when I look at Activity Monitor, the biggest memory hogs by far are Finder and kernel_task. What's kernel_task, and why is Finder such a memory hog? I was having problems with it earlier.
I've been perusing this thread...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24020867?searchText=Out%20of%20Application %20Memory?#24020867
In the meantime, here's the result of an EtreCheck scan...
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          16 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:55
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.42 GB (181.52 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
          /etc/hosts - Count: 9
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobeExManCCDetect_x86_64: Version: AdobeExManCCDetect_x86_64 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 465.12 GB Disk used: 296.07 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine 1 [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 465.31 GB
                    Total number of backups: 4
                    Oldest backup: 2014-05-03 13:08:51 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-05-04 03:51:14 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 465.31 GB < (Disk used 296.07 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%          Creative Cloud
               1%          fontd
               0%          Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory:
          1.70 GB          Finder
          328 MB          mds_stores
          197 MB          Dock
          180 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          98 MB          Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information:
          10.06 GB          Free RAM
          4.23 GB          Active RAM
          467 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.25 GB          Wired RAM
          536 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Sorry, I got cut off. I came back to post the solution.
I was able to see someone at the Genius Bar, though I didn't have an appointment. He examined my laptop and focused on something I actually noticed some time ago - when you open Finder, the folder "All My Files" is open by default. I discovered a few days ago, that that folder bogs things down for some reason, so I got in the habit of switching to a different folder.
Anyway, he said there's a file somewhere on my computer that's causing problems; it eats up memory. So he deleted All My Files from the Finder choices so I'll no longer access that file...unless I happen to stumble over the folder it's in.
As I find time, I'll try and track the offending file down.

I keep getting this notice: "your machine has run out of application memory". Why am I getting this message?

Why do I keep getting the notice "your machine has run out of application memory"?
I have a 15" Macbook Pro Retina Display with a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7; 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. OS X version 10.9.2.
I get this warning when I have a lot of programs running. I never had this issue before.

Well Carolyn
I feel your answer is a bit glib, since there are numerous post about this problem with Maverick. I too am having the problem and run very minor applications
Word, Powerpoint, Safari, AudioNotes. Nothing which uses a ton of memory, and have gotten this message repeatedly lately.
I have a Macbook Pro Retina with 2.6 GHz inter i7, and 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory running OS X 10.9.2.
I am not a techie and would love a simple fix, which doesn't entail me shutting down my computer when it gets stupid. As above I have not had this problem before either.

I've updated my Macbook Pro and my iMac with Maverick, updating the various apps. On my Macbook, everything functions perfectly. On my iMac, I get the Your System has Run out of Application Memory, and it's based our Mail, the only app not updated. Ideas?

Maverick and Your System message
I've updated my Macbook Pro and my iMac with Maverick, updating the various apps (Pages, Aperture, iPhoto, Numbers & iMovie, too) in the process.
On my Macbook, everything functions perfectly. On my iMac, I get the Your System has Run out of Application Memory message. But it's not Calendar, it's Mail that not only won't open, but when it does now, it takes the entire system out with it.
I open Safari, and it works. I open Firefox, and it works and Safari still works. I open Calendar and it works, Safari and Firefox continue to work. I open Reminders, and everything still works.
I open Aperture, and it opens Finder instead, showing the 3.5 update that was installed two days ago (and Aperture has functioned), but doesn't seem to update the app; after about 20 seconds the update disappears and I can now open Aperture and it shows I'm now opening the updated Aperture, which it didn't show before.
I click on Mail, and the cursor spins for ten minutes. The mail window finally opens, but the cursor spins and does not connect to upload new mail, and I finally Force Quit Mail. Since the Maverick update, even though Mail was not updated (and maybe because Mail was not updated), I have been able to receive emails twice, and then the program crashed.
Besides the Aperture app, Pages didn't fully update on the iMac, and I had to remove the old Pages icon from the dock after the new program loaded up from Applications.
Any ideas?

Maverick and Your System message
I've updated my Macbook Pro and my iMac with Maverick, updating the various apps (Pages, Aperture, iPhoto, Numbers & iMovie, too) in the process.
On my Macbook, everything functions perfectly. On my iMac, I get the Your System has Run out of Application Memory message. But it's not Calendar, it's Mail that not only won't open, but when it does now, it takes the entire system out with it.
I open Safari, and it works. I open Firefox, and it works and Safari still works. I open Calendar and it works, Safari and Firefox continue to work. I open Reminders, and everything still works.
I open Aperture, and it opens Finder instead, showing the 3.5 update that was installed two days ago (and Aperture has functioned), but doesn't seem to update the app; after about 20 seconds the update disappears and I can now open Aperture and it shows I'm now opening the updated Aperture, which it didn't show before.
I click on Mail, and the cursor spins for ten minutes. The mail window finally opens, but the cursor spins and does not connect to upload new mail, and I finally Force Quit Mail. Since the Maverick update, even though Mail was not updated (and maybe because Mail was not updated), I have been able to receive emails twice, and then the program crashed.
Besides the Aperture app, Pages didn't fully update on the iMac, and I had to remove the old Pages icon from the dock after the new program loaded up from Applications.
Any ideas?

I'm getting the message that my MacBook Pro has run out of application memory?

If I'm not paying attention and am running more then 1 application at the same time I get a message that I've run out of application memory and need to "force quit" current applications in order to continue. Anything I can do to resolve this problem like add more RAM/

First, all so-called "memory cleaning" software is worse than useless.
There is excessive swapping of data between physical memory (that is, the memory chips on the logic board) and virtual memory (one or more files on the startup volume.) That activity is relatively slow and causes the whole system to be less responsive. It can happen for two reasons:
          A long-running process with a memory leak (a kind of bug)
          Not enough memory for your usage pattern
Please note that if the cause is a memory leak, installing more memory will not help. That's likely if you already have more than 4 GB of memory. Tracking down a memory leak can be difficult, and it may come down to a process of elimination.
These instructions are for OS X 10.9 and later. Some details may be slightly different for earlier versions of OS X.
When you notice the swap activity, open the Activity Monitor application and select All Processes from the View menu, if it's not already selected. Select the Memory tab. Click the heading of the Real Mem column in the process table twice to sort the table with the highest value at the top. If you don't see that column, select
          View ▹ Columns ▹ Real Memory
from the menu bar.
If one process (excluding "kernel_task") is using much more memory than all the others, that could be an indication of a leak. A better indication would be a process that continually grabs more and more real memory over time without ever releasing it. Here is an example of how it's done.
The processes named "Safari Web Content" render web pages for Safari. They use a lot of memory and may leak if certain Safari extensions or third-party web plugins are installed. Consider them prime suspects.
Another process often implicated in memory leaks is "inkjet4" or "inkjet8," which is a component of the HP printing software. If it's present, force-quit the process in Activity Monitor to solve the problem temporarily. Empty the print queues in the Printers & Scanners preference pane (which has a slightly different name in each recent version of OS X.) If you don't use an HP printer, reset the printing system. Otherwise, if the problem is recurrent, update the software (which may not help) or contact HP support.
"Wired" memory should be a small part of the total. That memory is not swapped, but it makes less physical memory available which may then result in swapping. If you have a lot of wired memory, that's usually an indication of a memory leak in a third-party program that modifies the operating system at a low level. Ask for guidance in that case.
If you don't have an obvious memory leak, your options are to install more memory (if possible) or to run fewer programs simultaneously.
The next suggestion is only for users familiar with the shell. For a more precise, but potentially misleading, test, run the following command:
sudo leaks -nocontext -nostacks process | grep total
where process is the name of a process you suspect of leaking memory. Almost every process will leak some memory; the question is how much, and especially how much the leak increases with time. I can’t be more specific. See the leaks(1) man page and the Apple developer documentation for details.

Keep getting the 'system has run out of application memory' window, what to do?

I'm running a mid 2010 MacBook with 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and OS X 10.9.5. Every time I'm on Safari I get the 'System has run out of application memory' window and it asks you to quit out of programs you're not using. The problem is sometimes the only things running are Safari and Finder. It'll then freeze up programs and prevent web pages from loading or showing up. I'm not quite sure what this means or how to go about fixing it. Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi Meghan,
If you are seeing that alert that you are running out of application memory then I would take a look at using Activity Monitor to see how the memory is being used. If it looks normal usage to you, then you may want to upgrade the memory on your Mac. Take a look at the article below for more information.
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
How to use Activity Monitor
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201464
Take it easy,
-Norm G.

Since I installed Mavericks, the system says it run out of applications memory

I only have opened Finder (no any other app) but my Mac says "the system has run out of application memory". I don't know what the problem is.
I have a Late-2011 Macbook Pro with 8 GB of RAM. When I enter to "Activity Monitor" I can see that a process called "mds" use a lot of GB of RAM and 100% of my CPU and also kernel_task uses like 5 to 6 GB of my 8 GB of RAM. I reinstalled the OS and still have the problem.
If someone can help me, I will be very grateful.
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.

I have a brand new MacBook Pro. I downloaded Mavericks, and I'm moving my information from my old MacBook Pro via Carbonite to my 2 day old MacBook Pro.. Carbonite tells me to continue to use my system...When I open Safari after a short period of time I get the Out of application memory dialog box. I also use a Brand New IMac which is not having any problems but am I not using Carbonite until I figure out what the problem is. So I went to the Activity Monitor and I see Safari using 8.5 GB of memory. What do I need to do to fix this problem of Out of application memory. As soon as I "Quit Process" for safari in the Activity Monitor everything drops back to normal...example kenel_task went to 1.1 GB. Note Mozella only uses 126 MB of memory. IS the Issue Safari or something else?
OS X
Version 10.9.4
Processor GHz Intel Core I7
Memory 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Running out of application memory - AVCHD MultiCam edit

I need help badly.
I'm editing a MultiCam sequence, consisting of (3) AVCHD video tracks. I'm getting a constant error message: "Your system has run out of application memory", then pauses, or is not responsive.
Basic setup:
Premiere Pro CC 2014
iMac (mid 2011)
OSX 10.9.4
2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB ram
(Don't have an approved graphics card for Mercury Playback Engine)
Video and Audio files are on (2) FireWire 400 drives, striped for Raid 0. Set this up in Disk Drive Utility on the iMac.
My remedies so far:
Shut down other programs.
Switched Optimized Rendering from 'Performance' to 'Memory'.
Moved the Video and Audio Preview folders away from the project drive, to my Documents folder on main drive.
Cleaned out the Media Cache in Premiere.
This is the first time I've edited AVCHD files in a multi cam sequence. I'm not sure where the bottleneck is.
Appreciate any help.
Doug Palmer

I would suspect it is a drive access problem. First drives on Firewire 400 and even in RAID 0 probably are not very high throughput and even then when you put those files on your main hard drive it is bogged down with all sorts of other traffic. Take a look at the chart on our PC-centric PPBM7 website called:
"Typical Sustained Transfer Rates depending on the Disk Interface"
Here you can see that your Firewire 400 drives are typically 30-40 MB/sec and that even if you get slightly better transfer rates from the RAID is probably not enough for three AVCHD streams. I am editing three AVCHD streams (not multicam) off an USB 3 device but it's read rate is >180 MB/second, see below.
Unfortunately you do not have a USB 3 interface on a 2011 computer. Not being familiar with MAC's, I cannot suggest a solution for you.
I am assuming that a single AVCHD clip you probably do not have any problems.

Your system has run out of application memory Premiere pro cc 2014

Hi,
I've been getting the "your system has run out of application memory" message while working on a new project in pr pro cc.
Here's what i've done so far:
Updated to OS X 10.9.5 and restarted computer
went into my activity monitor and stopped programs that were taking up memory, but that didn't solve the problem the message would pop up over and over again.
this is the first time i've seen this message. I installed the universal free trial red giant plug ins for PR Pro . I'm starting to think that the plug ins are the problem.
I used several of the universal plugins from red giant on my entire project. I was able to export the project twice w no problems but then when i went back into the project and the notification kept popping up!
I'm using
PLS HELP!!!
thanks!

Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
In the Console window, look under the heading DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION on the left for crash or panic reports. If you don't see that heading, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
A crash report has a name that begins with the name of the crashed process and ends in ".crash". It may be under either of the two subcategories, "System" and "User." A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic".
Select the most recent of each and post the entire contents — the text, please, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post any other kind of diagnostic report, such as a hang log — they're very long and not helpful.

Your system run out of application memory

your system run out of application memory i get this message pop up and everything freezes

There is excessive swapping of data between physical memory (that is, the memory chips on the logic board) and virtual memory (one or more files on the startup volume.) That activity is relatively slow and causes the whole system to be less responsive. It can happen for two reasons:
          A long-running process with a memory leak (a kind of bug)
          Not enough memory for your usage pattern
Tracking down a memory leak can be difficult, and it may come down to a process of elimination.
These instructions are for OS X 10.9 ("Mavericks.") The procedure may be slightly different for earlier versions of OS X.
When you notice the swap activity, open the Activity Monitor application and select All Processes from the View menu, if it's not already selected. Select the Memory tab. Click the heading of the Real Mem column in the process table twice to sort the table with the highest value at the top. If you don't see that column, select
          View ▹ Columns ▹ Real Memory
from the menu bar.
If one process (excluding "kernel_task") is using much more memory than all the others, that could be an indication of a leak. A better indication would be a process that continually grabs more and more real memory over time without ever releasing it. Here is an example of how it's done.
The processes named "Safari Web Content" render web pages for Safari. They use a lot of memory and may leak if certain Safari extensions or third-party web plugins are installed. Consider them prime suspects.
Another process often implicated in memory leaks is "inkjet4" or "inkjet8," which is a component of the HP printing software. If it's present, force-quit the process in Activity Monitor to solve the problem temporarily. Empty the print queues in the Printers & Scanners preference pane (which has a slightly different name in each recent version of OS X.) If you don't use an HP printer, remove the software. Otherwise, if the problem is recurrent, update the software (which may not help) or contact HP support.
"Wired" memory should be a small part of the total. That memory is not swapped, but it makes less physical memory available which may then result in swapping. If you have a lot of wired memory, that's usually an indication of a memory leak in a third-party program that modifies the operating system at a low level. Ask for guidance in that case.
If you don't have an obvious memory leak, your options are to install more memory (if possible) or to run fewer programs simultaneously.
The next suggestion is only for users familiar with the shell. For a more precise, but potentially misleading, test, run the following command:
sudo leaks -nocontext -nostacks process | grep total
where process is the name of a process you suspect of leaking memory. Almost every process will leak some memory; the question is how much, and especially how much the leak increases with time. I can’t be more specific. See the leaks(1) man page and the Apple developer documentation for details.

Imac keeps saying out of application memory.

This is truely a nucense, my imac keeps telling me it is out of application memory. I have a new 21.5 imac, i7, 8gb ram, fusion drive. Recently when havin gmore than one application open it has started to tell me that i am out of memory. Right now i was on facetime, had safari open and was surfing on one monitor while facetime was fullscreen on the other. It told me i was out of application memory. How is that even possible with two things open? I remember seeing someting about this being a problem with mavericks, I wanted ot report this to show that i am getting this also. I was wondering if anyone had any idea on a fix for this?

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.
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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 '/^ *$/d;s/^ */ /;s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g;s/(ochat)\.[^.]+(\..+)/\1\2/;/\/Users\/Shared\//b'$'\ns/\/Users\/[^/]+\//\/Users\/USER\//g' <<< "$o"` && printf "$Fm" "$1" "$o"; }; Pp () { o=`$PB "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'`; Pm "$1"; }; Ps () { o=`echo $o`; [[ ! 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Out of application memory when starting iPhoto

i get a "out of application memory" notification when trying to start iPhoto

Curious. How much Ram on that machine?

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