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LOW MEMORY WARNING ON MY MAC

I keep getting a warning that my mac is running low on memory.


When I go into Disk Utilities the Hard drive says


Used 164.29GB Other Volumes 1.84GB Free 833.86 GB

The visual blue bar would not even take up 1/3 of its overall length


The processor is 1.6GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 8GB 1867MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536MB


It is also running really slowly


I have spent 2 days sorting out photos. There are only about 1700 images.

I do however still use iPhoto and the images are in both iPhoto and Photos and both libraries.


Any advise would be appreciated I am not very computer literate.


Happy New Year


Regards Libby

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 6:05 PM

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Posted on Jan 1, 2019 7:49 AM

Memory (RAM) and storage (hard disk / SSD) are not related to one another.


That Mac has plenty of available storage. If you are running low on memory Activity Monitor can be used to identify the memory-intensive processes causing that warning.


To learn how to use Activity Monitor please read the Activity Monitor User Guide. For memory usage, refer to View memory usage in Activity Monitor on Mac.


Once you determine the memory-intensive process or processes, a solution can be provided. WIthout that information it is premature to draw any conclusions, but the number one explanation for that warning is having inadvertently installed adware. To learn how to recognize adware so that you do not install it, please read How to install adware - Apple Community.

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