Your System has Run out of Application memory

I had the same problem with my previous iMac - ended up having to put in more ram chips, which did fix the problem, but at a cost.

My new iMac which has 8GB of ram on board is now suffering from the same problem and in spite of having been through a series of 'fixes' with Apple support, including reinstalling the OS X operating system, the problem persists.

While speaking to the help desk at my ISP about an unrelated issue, I asked if they'd had any similar queries and he pointed out that there were 116,000+ posts just here on the Apple support site and that while we were on the phone, several hundred more posts appeared, so it's not as if this is an unusual problem.

Isn't it time Apple actually did something about this? If this was a car I'd just bought, I'd ask for my money back. Because it's a computer glitch, does Apple just assume that we'll just put up with it?

I have a similar issue.

My Macbook Air runs out of memory all the time.

When it boots up I have about 25Gb available but if I leave it on for a while it quickly goes down and eventually completely runs out of memory in a few hours.

I have no idea what process is doing this and I tried force quitting everything that was open at the time but it still runs out of memory quickly.

If it was a windows PC I would think virus but this is a mac and I have Symantec installed and updated daily.

Uninstall Symantec.

Thanks for your Reply CT.

Does that not put my Mac into danger?

I was advised to install Symantec when I bought it

Bad advice, remove it.

Are you sure. Paid for Symantec and not sure if I can reinstall it once removed?

You should not have installed it in the first place.

It's your choice.

Yes, I concur with Csound1. That was extremely bad advice.

The directions to remove Symantec are at http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH103489

Okay thanks.

Just checked several forums and some say you need antivirus on a mac and others say I don't.

Doesn't removing Symantec mean I'm open to viruses and malware.

Also, Symantec wouldn't be the reason I run out of memory that quickly would it?

I mean, no antivirus program should use 20Gb in a day?

Symantec now removed but memory is still eating away.

Any other suggestions as to what could be the problem?

And is my Mac not less protected now against such things?

You can think of Symantec on your Mac as a black hole for computer resources. It uses an inordinate amount of system resources just a black hole

draws everything into itself. And like a black home it returns nothing for those resources.

No. Symantec was in fact protecting your Mac from nothing.

Please read http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg-antivirus/

Install Etrecheck and run it, post the report here

I have been using a variety of Mac systems for over 10 years without an antivirus system.

MacOS is extremely sturdy. At present, as far as I know, the easiest way to install malware of any sort on a Mac is via social engineering, which basically means you help the guys in black hats subvert your own system.

I have many friends who I have converted to Mac from Windows. None of them runs antivirus. This is because MacOS is very secure indeed. One day someone may work out a way to subvert the hundreds of millions of Macs but until that day antivirus is a waste of time and resources (and a possible source of errors itself)

Problem description:

running out of memory

EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)

Report generated 6 January 2015 19:23:42 GMT

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Air (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000

Color LCD 1440 x 900

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 3:36:26

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 120.11 GB (12.98 GB free) (Low!)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver_10_9.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBACMData (5.01.05 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBActivateDriver (5.01.03 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBEthernetData (5.01.09 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.makemkv.kext.daspi (1) [Support]

Startup Items: ℹ️

Squeezebox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Squeezebox

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

6 processes killed due to memory pressure

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist

[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist

[killed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[killed] org.cups.cupsd.plist

9 processes killed due to memory pressure

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]

[running] HWPortCfg.plist [Support]

[loaded] ouc.plist [Support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

[failed] com.crashplan.engine.plist [Support] [Details]

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

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]

[running] HWNetMgr.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Support]

[invalid?] com.crashplan.javacheck.plist [Support]

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

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.1.0.13 - SDK 10.5 [Support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]

Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 [Support]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

GooglePlus [Installed]

Add To Amazon Wish List [Installed]

Pin It Button [Installed]

WikiWand [Installed]

Tumblr+ [Installed]

Open in Internet Explorer [Installed]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Support]

Java [Support]

Squeezebox [Support]

MacFUSE [Support]

Perian [Support]

Symantec\nQuickMenu [Support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 107.13 GB

Destinations:

TOSHIBA EXT [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 31

Oldest backup: 2014-02-08 00:13:54 +0000

Last backup: 2014-03-08 14:27:58 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

23% Safari

19% WindowServer

5% coreaudiod

2% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

1% hidd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

172 MB Safari

60 MB Mail

58 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

41 MB iTunes

34 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

50 MB Free RAM

1.87 GB Active RAM

1.78 GB Inactive RAM

1.15 GB Wired RAM

17.20 GB Page-ins

560 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jan 6, 2015, 07:13:40 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/smclient_2015-01-06-191340_[redacted].crash

Jan 6, 2015, 03:47:50 PM Self test - passed

Jan 6, 2015, 12:19:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/QuickLookSatellite_2015-01-06- 121911_[redacted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 07:00:57 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CalendarAgent_2015-01-05-19005 7_[redacted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 03:21:48 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-152148_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 02:03:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-140302_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 02:02:22 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-140222_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 12:26:37 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/accountsd_2015-01-05-122637_[r edacted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 02:47:04 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CalendarAgent_2015-01-05-02470 4_[redacted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:21 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011921_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:17 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011917_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:14 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011914_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:09 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011909_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:32 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011832_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:29 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011829_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:22 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011822_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:18 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011818_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:12 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011812_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:03 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011803_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011800_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:17:55 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011755_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:17:50 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011750_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:39 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010739_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:38 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-010738_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:25 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010725_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:22 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010722_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:58 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010658_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:55 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010655_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:51 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010651_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:47 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010647_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 07:58:20 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-195820_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:36 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-172836_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:34 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172834_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:12 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172812_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 05:26:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172639_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 05:02:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-170250_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 04:57:29 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-165729_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 02:27:55 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/spindump_2015-01-04-142755_[redacted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 02:08:06 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-140806_[redact ed].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 02:08:05 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-140805_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:58:43 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135843_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:50:38 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135038_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:45:55 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134555_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:44:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134411_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:41:58 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134158_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:37:34 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133734_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:36:30 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133630_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:35:19 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133519_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:35:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133502_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:34:20 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133420_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:34:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133408_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:32 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133332_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:26 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133326_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:58 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133258_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:31 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133231_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:16 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133216_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:04:02 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-010402_[redact ed].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:03 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011903_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:31 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011831_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:38 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010738_[reda cted].crash

Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010700_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:53:06 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135306_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:39:33 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133933_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:38 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133338_[reda cted].crash

Jan 4, 2015, 01:12:42 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/recentsd_2015-01-04-011242_[re dacted].crash

Jan 3, 2015, 10:14:59 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-03-221459_[reda cted].crash