Why is all my memory getting used all the time?

Hey
My mac is recently very slow. I have posted a tread about this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23923203#23923203
I have now found out that my memory useage is very high. I do sometimes use 3.99 out of 4. Most of the time it is around 2,5-3. Also severeal processes is running multiply, is that supossed? Please help in any way!
Nikolaj

The memory usage you are seeing is normal on Mavericks. It uses memory differnlty than previous operating systems. I feel bad that no one reponsded to your Nov 26 posting. Here are some pointers on how to speedup a Mac, some of which you have already attempted. 4 GB of memory should work well on Mavericks. It does on my 4 GB Mac.
I'll respond to that thread.

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