Q: can you install to much ram
I have a late 2009 iMac 27.
I have updated the amount of Ram from 4 GB to 16 GB because it was going slower and slower.
When I look to the memory cleaner app I see that the the used ram is never exxeeds 6GB and the Mac is still slow.
Even when I am using more programs at one time with programs like aperture and garageband it keeps under the 6 GB.
Is there a possibility to force the use of RAM to speed up the MAC?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Posted on Feb 5, 2016 1:45 AM
RAM or Random Access Memory is where your open files and applications reside. Since memory has a much faster read/write time than your hard drive, when you open an application or a file it gets copied from the hard drive to the memory. If you want use more memory, open more applications and files.
Insufficient available memory isn't the only cause of slow performance. Have you tried checking the disk for errors, booting to safe mode to isolate third party software, or using Activity Monitor to see if any processes are hogging up your CPU?
Posted on Feb 5, 2016 2:09 AM