Your System has Run out of Application memory

I just started having this problem about 2 weeks ago. After enduring it for a while, & not finding any solutions that worked for me here on the board, I contacted Apple Support. After many suggestions that did not work I was finally connected to a senior advisor. After she saw the info in the attached file she had me remove all the items I had in dashboard. It appears that has solved the problem for me. She did mention that there are some widgets out there that can make this problem come up. Not all of them, of course, but there is no way to determine which of them might cause the problem.

I cannot seem to add the attached file for some reason.The activity monitor showed dashboard as paused & using over 4.5 GB of memory

I wanted to share my experience with everybody in case it will help them as well.

Do you believe that this a glitch with OSX Mavericks?

If so,would switching back to Mountain Lion fix this problem?

We found this to be the case, we did try apple supple, but this was worse than useless and no help at all, we still have 2 systems running mavdricks at work, but have not found a solution for what is eating the memory. but all the systems are now running mountain lion which is OK for us as we only use them for Maya and Photoshop.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:31:14

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (116.22 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H

USB Information:

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 52

Kernel Extensions:

com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun (1.0)

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

EyeTV Helper

Google Drive

Dropbox

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX

Internet Plug-ins:

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Outdated! Update

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 5.0.61118.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.0r150 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes:

DivX 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link

Growl 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

My Day: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Complementos/Solver.app

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

2% EtreCheck

0% Google Chrome

0% Google Drive

0% coreservicesd

Top Processes by Memory:

139 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

102 MB Google Chrome

90 MB Google Drive

74 MB Dropbox

64 MB Google Chrome Helper

Virtual Memory Information:

1.30 GB Free RAM

1.40 GB Active RAM

329 MB Inactive RAM

994 MB Wired RAM

419 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Hello! I've kinda read the whole thread, but I don't seem to find the explanation. I don't use a lot the app Mail nor iCal and Im'm getting the "out of memory" dialogue window. It's like the third time it happens.

Today I was using Chrome, Excel, Word and Finder.

Can someone help me?

I would appreciate it

Your "activity monitor" information is much more useful in this case than the info you supplied. Have you tried removing EVERYTHING from your "dashboard", as I describe in my post, to see if that helps?

Harris Miller wrote:

Your "activity monitor" information is much more useful in this case than the info you supplied. Have you tried removing EVERYTHING from your "dashboard", as I describe in my post, to see if that helps?

Hi Harris,

Already did it. The only thing that pops-up in my Activity Monityr is the Finder Web Content. I already read some threads, did as listed, but still having some issues.

It appears that the problem is solved differently for each of us which is really stange. Since mine was solved as I described I can only suggest you contact Apple Support & see how they can help you.

Sorry

Your report may not be relevant to this issue, however there are some items installed that could cause concern…

Google Drive has caused issues on early 10.9 releases - ensure it is up to date, or remove it (via Googles instructions) to see if the issue re-appears.

natie wrote:

Configuration files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 52

Do you know why you have 52 'redirections' set in your hosts file? They can be altering any request to an IP address or domain. Ask for help removing these if you don't know why these are there.

natie wrote:

Kernel Extensions:

com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun (1.0)

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

These are all 'system level items'. Are they up to date? They have the ability to hook into the whole OS so if they are outdated or not supported on 10.9 who knows what they could do…

CleanMyMac has a reputation around here - search the forums read for yourself to see if you want it installed. I think it encourages you to do things that the OS should take care of itself. Once again uninstalling it is the safest way to see if it causing problems.

You should also check the user items listed under User Launch Agents and User Login Items. They can also modify the things that happen inside your account (update or remove them). Using another user account will indicate if the issue lies in one of these items.

I can't guarantee any of this will alter the low memory warning, however it's a good idea to be sure that all the installed apps are up to date & supported on 10.9, specifically the ones that run background jobs.

I left my machine on with my apps running all night

here's what happened

it def seems line a memory leak.... even with no iCal open....

I have 24 gigs of memory

now please note this is a work computer at a new job...I just upgraded to Mavericks 10 days ago...(why they didnt do the free upgrade I don't know)

I have a ton of free space pon hard drive too

here is my report if anyone can help...this is AFTER the major memory fail...AND A VERY HARD CRASH THIS MORNING...music started to stutter then reboot on its own... gray sceen with warning that compurter failed. Havent sen that in a while...since my old iMac

Hardware Information:

Mac Pro (Early 2009)

Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1

1 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4 cores

24 GB RAM

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:23:46

Disk Information:

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N

WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 639.28 GB (217.42 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Western Digital External HDD 250.06 GB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

iFreelance (disk1s2) /Volumes/iFreelance: 249.72 GB (84.06 GB free)

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB

disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB

FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (disk2s3) /Volumes/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive: 1 TB (466.44 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:

Configuration files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 1

Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:

[kext loaded] com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) Support

[kext loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.2 - SDK 10.4) Support

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.2 - SDK 10.4) Support

[kext loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.2 - SDK 10.4) Support

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.1.6) Support

[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support

[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support

[kext loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

Startup Items:

AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue

AdobeVersionCueCS2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCueCS2

ProTecVb: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTecVb

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[running] com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist Support

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support

[running] com.continuum.keepalive.plist Support

[running] com.continuum.mac.plist Support

[running] com.continuum.watchprocess.plist Support

[running] com.continuum.xmpp.plist Support

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist Support

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist Support

[loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist Support

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

[failed] com.softraid.softraidd.plist Support

[running] com.starfield.backupservice.plist Support

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support

[running] com.extensis.FMCore.plist Support

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist Support

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist Support

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist Support

[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support

[failed] com.softraid.SoftRAID_Monitor.plist Support

[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[running] com.memeo.Memeod.plist Support

[running] com.vladalexa.MagicPrefs.plist Support

User Login Items:

WorkspaceUpdate

Vehicle Line Art and Photos

Brandtailers

Design Server

VersionCueCS2Status

Internet Plug-ins:

WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 Support

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 5.1 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support

WacomSafari: Version: 1.1.1-1 Support

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.3 Support

LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 Support

ContentUploaderPlugin: Version: 1.1 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071303000004 Support

Google Earth Plugin: Version: 5.0 Support

WbeTools64_14: Version: 1.0.23.53 © 2013 - SDK 10.6 Support

WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support

Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support

fileEditTool64_15: Version: 1.0.35.65 © 2013 - SDK 10.6 Support

SlingPlayer: Version: (null) Support

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Adobe Version Cue CS2 Support

Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support

BDSPrefPane Support

Akamai NetSession Preferences Support

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

Growl Support

MagicPrefs Support

StuffIt AVR Support

WacomTablet Support

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

4% mds

4% WindowServer

2% Creative Cloud

1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

1% Adobe InDesign CS6

Top Processes by Memory:

319 MB Adobe InDesign CS6

295 MB Adobe Illustrator

221 MB mds_stores

172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

172 MB iTunes

Virtual Memory Information:

18.81 GB Free RAM

3.22 GB Active RAM

562 MB Inactive RAM

1.41 GB Wired RAM

885 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Reboot to Safe Mode, run the Machine for long enough to see whether this is still happening, post back.

It is possible for hardware to fail, so you should probably look at Apple hardware test to see if the Mac's own tests thinks it is is OK.

Using Apple Hardware Test

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509

rember will also test RAM in ways that people claim is more thorough than AHT.

http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember/

You also have a lot installed that is running at the 'system level'. I would look at the following…

Kernel Extensions:

Startup Items: < These have been 'deprecated' by Apple since 10.4, are you sure they all work in 10.9?!

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

NB: 'not loaded' means at the moment - certain jobs will load on a schedule or via another trigger, so you can't ignore 'not loaded' jobs.

Softraid is failing to run inside 2 launchd jobs, how about uninstalling stuff that isn't working?

com.wdc.driver appears to be a 'western digital disk driver'. Have you seen the insanely long threads that discusses WD software that can erase/damage/ruin external HD's through WD 'software drivers'? Now could be a good time to purge these drivers.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475611?start=465&tstart=0 (there are other threads too).

Basically any item that is running in the kernel or as system level launchd job has the ability to modify the entire OS. It can cause instability if that code was never meant to run on 10.9. Update or remove it (following any uninstall instructions).

Once the system level jobs are correctly uninstalled (or updated to the 10.9 versions) you would then need to move on to user level jobs…

You could spend time cleaning up this or you could backup the disk erase it & reinstall only the apps you use & know are 10.9 compatible (look on http://roaringapps.com for indications). It's probably easier than trying to weed out the old apps, frameworks & other installed code (especially if you have upgraded every OS & not clean installed for some time).

PS: Create your own issue if you want the best help, piggybacking onto an issue that may not be related helps no one, it also means you can't assign points to the correct answer and some folks are in it for the points 😟

So I hope Apple is reading this thread. I have a brand new Macbook Pro with 16GB of Ram that I got a few weeks ago. Have downloaded almost nothing so my system is pristine. Trying to downloas Fusion 6.0 from VMware and I keep getting my system locked up with the "your system has run out of application memory" error.

It ain't a loaded hard drive. Mine is 500 GB with only the system on it that the laptop came with. OS is the issue but I only seem to have this problem (so far) trying to download Fusion 6.0 from VMware. I called aApple support and they had me download a free game from the apple store that was about the same size as the fusion download (about 500 MB) and I had no issues but I have tried the fusion download more than a dozen times and quite a few with the VMware tech support people on the line. Dead in the water.

Apple - this is a problem. Do you have a solution? My email is **********. Please send me the solution. This is my first mac after many decades of PC's. I'm not impressed so far and it's only been three weeks. Please give me the solution that I know you have been diligently working on for the many, many people that are reporting this problem!!

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SPM-1, the solution is simple, Mountain Lion, NOT Mavericks! worked for all our systems, it looks like there is a VERY BIG problem with this software...

I am a home user with an Airport Extreme, an ethernet switch, three desktops, three laptops, three telephones, two network printers, a Synology NAS connected to the router, and a partridge in a pear tree. Just kidding about the tree part. The iMac and the NAS have been running 24 hours a day since I acquired them. My connection is 125Mbps with Cox. I have seen this problem occasionally, linked to Mail, and on only one occasion, the problem was linked to all running applications at the same time. In each case, force quitting the application was enough to fix it. This never happens on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 16GB) but only on the iMac (32 GB). It used to happen every week or so, but it hasn't happened at all in the last couple months.

My theory is that it has something to do with Mavericks' new memory management scheme. If so, it's going to be hard to fix and it will take a long time.

Just to give you guys a kind of baseline.