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Q: System is running our of application memory after yosemite install

Using a high end Mac Book Pro LATE 2013. 16GB ram. No programs running except MAIL. Just updated to YOSEMITE and getting the error "Your system has run out of application memory". This make no sense, I've rebooted several times, opened mail and getting the same error message. NO OTHER PROGRAMS ARE RUNNING.

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), OS X Yosemite (10.10), 16 GB ram

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 4:48 PM

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  • by ajlow,Helpful

    ajlow ajlow Oct 21, 2014 12:46 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 21, 2014 12:46 AM in response to joetester

    I've started getting the same issue. Never happened under Mavericks...

     

    My MacBook Pro:

    • MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
    • Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
    • Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
    • OS X Yosemite
  • by joetester,

    joetester joetester Oct 21, 2014 1:06 AM in response to ajlow
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    Oct 21, 2014 1:06 AM in response to ajlow

    Thx! Let's hope they pick up on the issue and resolve it quickly.

  • by DarkFroid,

    DarkFroid DarkFroid Oct 21, 2014 2:51 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 21, 2014 2:51 AM in response to joetester

    Me too.

    Only running mail and safari, and it also never ever happened under Mavericks.

    On thing I've noted is that Mail is now always in the "Apps using significant energy", never did before hand.

    The is the first time I've regretted upgrading.

     

    • Macbook Pro Retina late 2013.
    • 2.3Ghz i7
    • 16GB ram
    • Os X Yosemite
  • by MacKing ,Helpful

    MacKing MacKing Oct 21, 2014 3:29 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 21, 2014 3:29 AM in response to joetester

    Try and reset the PRAM

    Restart your computer and hold down

    CMD + OPTION + P + R

     

     

    Thanks - An Apple Technician

  • by DarkFroid,

    DarkFroid DarkFroid Oct 21, 2014 6:43 AM in response to MacKing
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    Oct 21, 2014 6:43 AM in response to MacKing

    That seemed to work.  Mail not reporting using significant energy anymore. 

    Bit of dumb question (but it's always good to learn), why would resetting the PRAM solve the problem? 

     

    I'll keep an eye on it and see if the problem returns.

     

    Thanks

  • by matthew o-b,

    matthew o-b matthew o-b Oct 21, 2014 8:45 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 21, 2014 8:45 AM in response to joetester

    Getting the same issue today. I've been running Mail and all of my normal apps (Calendar, Messages, Safari, Reminders, Pages) since I updated to Yosemite on launch day without a problem. All of a sudden today I've gotten two "application memory" warnings and have had to quit all programs, restart, etc. without any luck.

     

    Tried the PRAM reset as mentioned above so we'll see how that helps. Not sure how doing that keeps the Mail app from draining application memory, though.

     

    Early 2013 MacBook Pro Retina

    2.7 GHz i7

    16 GB RAM

  • by ajlow,

    ajlow ajlow Oct 21, 2014 5:26 PM in response to MacKing
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    Oct 21, 2014 5:26 PM in response to MacKing

    Thank you for the suggestion. I did a reset of the PRAM but still get this issue...

     

    It seems Mail has a memory leak as it is the only app I have to force quit. Also, it seems quite intermittent as I had to force quit Mail twice in quick succession while I was typing an email but I haven't need to force quit Mail for the past 40 minutes...

  • by clintonfrombirmingham,

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Oct 21, 2014 5:37 PM in response to matthew o-b
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    Oct 21, 2014 5:37 PM in response to matthew o-b

    matthew,

     

    Have you checked Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities folder) to see what may be eating up your RAM? I, too, have 16GB of RAM and can keep multiple Adobe CC applications open along with Parallels and at least a dozen applications. I've never had an out of memory warning.

     

    Check out your RAM usage in Activity Monitor and see if you've a runaway process running.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Clinton

     

    MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

  • by joetester,

    joetester joetester Oct 21, 2014 5:41 PM in response to joetester
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    Oct 21, 2014 5:41 PM in response to joetester

    I went to the Genius Bar today. They confirmed that my computer goes pedal to the metal (memory usage is surging for no understandable reason). So, They ran some system diagnostic reports and this is what they saw when they searched the system reports for any MAIL program issues...

     

    ***Notice the fan speed should be 2000-2500 rpm, the CPU usage of 95% for the MAIL program is unheard of...

     

    Event:           cpu usage (microstackshots only)

    Thread:          0x183c2 (95% cpu over 95 seconds)

    Duration:        95.00s

    Steps:           98

    Hardware model:  MacBookPro11,3

    Active cpus:     8

    Fan speed:       4146 rpm***

     

    Solution they provided was not much...

     

    1. Wipe the computer clean and start over

    2. Reinstall Yosemite

    3. Wait for a patch

     

     

     

    PS: Genius bar said PRAM has nothing to do with it. There could be older programs that are not YOSEMITE compatible that are still running in the background causing these strange surges. ???

  • by matthew o-b,

    matthew o-b matthew o-b Oct 21, 2014 5:39 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham
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    Oct 21, 2014 5:39 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

    Like everyone else (it seems), my issue is with the Mail application.

     

    I did do a PRAM reset and haven't had the issue since. We'll see...

     

    Spent the day working with multiple apps open, including Final Cut Pro X, so here's to hoping it's been cleared up.

  • by ajlow,

    ajlow ajlow Oct 22, 2014 12:01 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 22, 2014 12:01 AM in response to joetester

    Thank you, Joe and @clintonfrombirmingham for the info.

     

    My Activity Monitor did show a massive surge in memory usage for Mail. It is quite shocking to see Mail's memory usage go from 103MB to trying to go over 12GB in less than a minute!

     

    Oh well, time to wait for a patch...

  • by clintonfrombirmingham,

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Oct 22, 2014 1:33 AM in response to ajlow
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    Oct 22, 2014 1:33 AM in response to ajlow

    Since the problem seems to be fairly widespread, I'm sure that it's near the top of Apple's bug-et list.

     

    Clinton

     

    MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

  • by Vince Egan,

    Vince Egan Vince Egan Oct 22, 2014 9:52 AM in response to joetester
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    Oct 22, 2014 9:52 AM in response to joetester

    Having same problem but on:

    iMac 27" Mid 2011 2.7 Ghz Intel Core15 32GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 Memory Yosemite 10.10

    AND not on my MBA:

    MBA 13" 13" mid 2012 2 Ghz Intel core i7 8GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 Yosemite 10.10 memory from activity monitor 141.5mb and rather steady

     

    Is anyone else having this separation problem? Is it the architecture or Yosemite? Mail accounts are identical. The Mail app on the iMac is constantly growing but it remains stable on the MBA. Whassup with that?

    The iMac can grow to 70GB  with little effort just using the Mac. That does not happen with the MBA.

     

    HMMMMMMM thought maybe time machine but thats off. Running Sophos on both machines. Never had problem in Mavericks and now see that it seems to be only on the iMac but see others with MBP having same same problems. Anyone else with MBA?

     

    Thanks. This is quite problematic. Maybe sell the iMac and just get big monitor LOL

    Also did PRAM did Disk Repair and permissions repair. Seems to be holding steady Cap'n must be the old dilithium crystals....

  • by DbTtown,

    DbTtown DbTtown Oct 22, 2014 10:28 AM in response to MacKing
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    Oct 22, 2014 10:28 AM in response to MacKing

    I tried this after "Memory Clean App" said I only had 1 gig left of the 8 and now I have 4 of 8 available. Thanks for this suggestion.

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