hanschien Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Why is it that every time I install a large program (iLife, Adobe CS2, etc..), free memory gets pegged below 100mb? Is it the way OS X handles journaling for HFS+ filesystem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 No free ram is ok in osx unlike windoze, osx keeps stuff cached in ram dont worry bout it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrimes80 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Yea, look at inactive ram... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Here's a guide on how Activity Mon works: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Make sure your total free and inactive RAM is over 50%. If not, then you need more RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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