Running out of memory

fwafwow Said:

"Running out of memory: I have a 2020 MacBook Air, 1.2GHz, 8GB of RAM. Among many problems, I am constantly being alerted by CleanMyMac that I'm running out of memory. I know things run in the background, but at the moment"

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Troubleshooting Low RAM:

See what apps are open, and control what opens at login.

A. Check Force Quit:

See if something is listed as "(Not Responding)". Go to: Apple Menu > Force Quit...> Select anything ending with "(Not Responding)". Also, while in Force Quit... be sure to select Finder, and Click "Relaunch"

B Remove Login items:

See if any of these apps are a Login Item. If so, remove them as such and then restart the Mac, seeing if it/they no longer load(s) at login.  Go Here: Change Users & Groups Login Items Preferences on Mac - Apple Support.

First of all, you want to get rid of CleanMyMac. It is completely worthless and causes problems. You did not mention which Mac OS you are running, but the new ones have the OS and its system files quarantined in a read-only non accessible volume on your hard drive, so CMM cannot even do what it would want to do because it does not have access. It is therefore useless.

As for running out of memory -are you talking about RAM or hard drive space? RAM is fine if it is being used; the new OS versions do that purposely. Check Activity monitor - if the memory graph is showing green, you are good.

If you are talking about the hard drive - yes, you would need to do something quickly and that would mean deleting files off your drive to gain some space.

No, there is no such program needed. Mac OS takes care of itself and such programs can wreak havoc on the smooth running of the OS.

The OS is set up to use all the available RAM as the thinking is: unused RAM is wasted RAM. As long as your memory pressure is fine and you don't have huge RAM swaps, all is well.