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how to free up memory on iMac?

I'm getting a message after start up saying close applications because memory is getting low..but I'm hardly using any apps ?


iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jan 13, 2020 3:25 AM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2020 1:19 PM

Give this a try:

  • On the menu bar, click on the apple icon
  • Click on SystemPreferences, Users and groups
  • Unlock the padlock
  • Click on login items
  • Select a login item and click on the - sign

Do this for all the applications that log in automatically

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Jan 16, 2020 12:49 PM in response to Schmidtjm

Reduce the amount of startup items in System Preferences - Users & Groups - select the user - click the Login Items tab. Then select items that do not need to loaded when you startup the iMac. To remove them simply highlight the item and click the " - " symbol below. If you have a 27" iMac and it still has the base 8GB of RAM, purchase an additional 16 GB of RAM (2 X 8 GB DIMMS) from either Crucial.com or Macsales.com and install the new RAM. This takes about 5 minutes and requires no tools on 2012 and later 27" iMacs.

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