Alevin11

Q: Bluestacks in Windows Virtual Machine Causes Mac to Run Out of Memory and Crash

Hi everyone,


For about two months, I had been using the bluestacks android emulator in a windows virtual machine. Specifically, I was using parallels and windows 7 32 bit, and was just using bluestacks to play some apps. During that time I was using an early version of OS X Yosemite.


Unfortunately, I have been unable to play apps ever since one of the later Yosemite updates, and the issue persists in the El Capitan update. I can open bluestacks and run the apps fine, but it doesn't take long before my mac crashes for insufficient memory. I have 8 GB of RAM, which had been more than enough to run bluestacks in the past.


It was hard to determine what was causing this issue, but I'm almost certain now that it's an OS X issue (not bluestacks, parallels, or windows). I have tried using vmware fusion, virtual box, all the different windows versions (7 through 10), and many different bluestacks versions. Also, I would prefer to not have to use Bootcamp Assistant, as I only have a 121 GB Hard Drive and I would like to run bluestacks in windows and mac applications simultaneously.


It isn't a critical issue, but I would love to be able to continue playing bluestack apps in a windows virtual machine. If anyone knows a solution, I would be very grateful.


Thank you.


P.S. My macbook information is:


Macbook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014

2.6 GHz Intel Core i5

8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel Iris 1536 MB

121 GB Flash Storage

OS X El Capitan 10.11.1



MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 8, 2015 11:57 AM

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Q: Bluestacks in Windows Virtual Machine Causes Mac to Run Out of Memory and Crash

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  • by Alevin11,Solvedanswer

    Alevin11 Alevin11 Nov 9, 2015 6:28 PM in response to Alevin11
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    Nov 9, 2015 6:28 PM in response to Alevin11

    Hi again,

     

    I tried another couple of different combinations, and actually was able to get it working again! It's very funny how I hadn't been able to get it working for the past month and a half, but was able to the day after posting this.

     

    I guess that's the power of apple discussions.

     

    Thanks for the help!

  • by BobSaggy,

    BobSaggy BobSaggy Aug 31, 2016 2:43 AM in response to Alevin11
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    Aug 31, 2016 2:43 AM in response to Alevin11

    Hi Alevin11,

     

    May I ask how you got this to work without crashing. My problem is similar. If i ran bluestacks on my Mac and want to then run VirtualBox to virtualise windows, i always have to restart otherwise my Mac crashes.

     

    Thanks.

     

    BobSaggy.