southwestform

Q: Lightroom paused because OS ran out of memory?

I received a message that my iMac ran out of memory and everything stopped working. I closed all of my programs except Lightroom, though it would not open, even though it was active in the dock. The Force Quit Applications window displayed showing that it was open though it was (paused). How do you un-pause a program without doing a force quit?

 

Thanks.

Posted on Aug 5, 2015 1:07 PM

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Aug 7, 2015 1:17 PM in response to southwestform
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    Aug 7, 2015 1:17 PM in response to southwestform

    Hi southwestform,

     

    I'm sorry to hear you are having this issue with your Mac. I also apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of the issue you are describing. In Yosemite, memory usage is usually described in terms of pressure rather than available space, as noted in the following articles:

     

    Use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support

    Activity Monitor: Determine if your Mac could use more RAM

     

    You may want to double check that the message wasn't in regard to disk storage space as opposed to memory, in which case this article may be useful:

     

    OS X Yosemite: Increase disk space

     

    Regards

  • by notcloudy,

    notcloudy notcloudy Aug 7, 2015 1:41 PM in response to southwestform
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    Aug 7, 2015 1:41 PM in response to southwestform

    southwestform wrote:

     

    I received a message that my iMac ran out of memory and everything stopped working. I closed all of my programs except Lightroom, though it would not open, even though it was active in the dock. The Force Quit Applications window displayed showing that it was open though it was (paused). How do you un-pause a program without doing a force quit?

     

    Thanks.

    Did you just update to Yosemite?   As Yosemite changed the way RAM is used vs VM -- applications you are used to running together - may exhibit problems -- try http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck  Recommended by some poster on this site -- if with Yosemite you see applications being killed - that means Yosemite is ending applications in memory that have not been used.  This may cause issues with software that does not reload or correctly reload programs - causing crashes etc.   You might also want to check the Adobe site for questions and answers on problems with Yosemite and their products.