elb2012
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Virtual memory took over my Mac...
Hi, After playing a memory consuming game (Civilization). My computer ran out of memory (it crashed). The hard disk which is empty (40 GB out of 250 GB) became completly full (249.3 GB out of 250GB). The usual suspect is the virtual memory (using 210 GB), but restarting the compuer doesn't clear it. Any idea?
THX.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
by thomas_r.,Solvedanswer
thomas_r.
Level 7
(30,924 points)
Mac OS X
That sounds like the source of the problem. Much easier than I anticipated, too... Just delete that file and you should be good. Of course, this may happen again in the future with that game. Have you checked for updates lately? If not, see if there's an updated version of the game you can install.
