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Q: Your System has Run out of Application memory

I upgraded to Mavericks from Mountain Lion, and I have been getting the error message "Your System has Run out of Application memory", and I am forced to restart the computer to be able to keep working.

 

I have been monitoring the Activity Monitor and I have not found a process that is increasing the amount of memory used. I have seen a proliferation of processes.

 

I have an iMac 27-inch, Late 2012 with a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 and 24 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.


iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 27-inch Late 2012; 3.4 GHz i7; 24GB

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 7:33 PM

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  • by Paul Conaway,

    Paul Conaway Paul Conaway Oct 27, 2013 4:34 PM in response to yutsao
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    Oct 27, 2013 4:34 PM in response to yutsao

    Try not loading Teamviewer and splashtop stream and see if that solves the issue. Also do you have the latest version of dropbox? 2.4.4

  • by yutsao,

    yutsao yutsao Oct 27, 2013 4:35 PM in response to Paul Conaway
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    Oct 27, 2013 4:35 PM in response to Paul Conaway

    Yes I have the latest Dropbox. Let me check if I turn off those two apps.

  • by mkummer82,

    mkummer82 mkummer82 Oct 27, 2013 4:53 PM in response to rubenmera
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    Oct 27, 2013 4:53 PM in response to rubenmera

    I can confirm devicemgrd to be the issue on my Mac Mini running OS X 10.9 and OS X Server 3. Screenshots are available here.

  • by yutsao,

    yutsao yutsao Oct 27, 2013 6:10 PM in response to Paul Conaway
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    Oct 27, 2013 6:10 PM in response to Paul Conaway

    It turns out to be the same even if I turn off them

     

     

  • by davidkelly,

    davidkelly davidkelly Oct 27, 2013 6:33 PM in response to REPG
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    Oct 27, 2013 6:33 PM in response to REPG

    I had the "out of app memory" problem earlier today. I found some old junk startup apps (e.g. "tap" and "tun" from an old Wireshark release, plus other stuff) in /Library/StartupItems and /System/Library/StartupItems, and I removed them.

     

    I also disabled CrossOver's CD/DVD helper app that checks for new optical disks being inserted.

     

    And I removed RB Checker Lite that had some helper process running in the background.

     

    And I disabled Air Server from running at startup.

     

    Something APPEARS to have made a difference, because I've just thrashed my Mac for 2 hours running everything from VMWare Fusion with 2GB VMs + iTunes + Maps + a whole bunch of other stuff simultaneously, and I can't get the "out of app memory" error ro recur. Activity Monitor still says my memory pressure is OK (green).

     

    This is  bug-fixing by superstition at its worst, but so far my system seems OK now. Fingers crossed...

    (Of course, it probably means there's still some other app that's really the cause, that I haven't happened to run yet.)

  • by mkummer82,

    mkummer82 mkummer82 Oct 28, 2013 2:21 PM in response to mkummer82
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    Oct 28, 2013 2:21 PM in response to mkummer82

    The following command solved for me the problem related to devicemgrd and OS X Server under Mavericks:

     

    sudo -u _devicemgr /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/psql -d devicemgr_v2m0 -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL -c “DELETE FROM db_notifications WHERE message LIKE ‘[DMDevicemgrd updateAllProfilesForID:%';"

     

    More info at http://www.michaelkummer.com/2013/10/27/mavericks-your-system-has-run-out-of-app lication-memory/

  • by AlexPower1,

    AlexPower1 AlexPower1 Oct 30, 2013 11:16 AM in response to REPG
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    Oct 30, 2013 11:16 AM in response to REPG

    Same problem. 16GB of ram on a mid-2012 macbook pro and nothing but mail running and stuck with no windows open. Mail and kernal_task are together maxing out my ram in a matter of minutes after rebooting. The two will swap with mail sometimes running between 5 and 10 GB and kernal_task going between 1.5 and 12GB.

    At times com.apple.internetacounts is using 99% of the CPU and mail is using 80+ precent for between 2 and 7 threads.

    My google account is turned off but my iCloud mail dates back to 2002. I suspect that it's trying to index my mail folder or something.

     

    The only relief that I've had was when I tried to reboot and then let my machine sit while it tried to quit mail. It eventually gave up since mail was unreponsive but that cleared up the kernal_task memory usage to almost nothing and so I let it sit again hoping that it will finish indexing or something. I tried that trick a second time with no luck.

    Apple better fix this bug soon since I'm not sure how long I can run my machine without using email.

  • by fgail,

    fgail fgail Oct 30, 2013 11:42 AM in response to REPG
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    Oct 30, 2013 11:42 AM in response to REPG

    I have got excatly the same problem with my MB Pro Retina 3Ghz / 8 GB Ram

    Never had that type of problem with a mac since 4-5 years

    I get stuck anytime, even just 1 application is running

    That's very annoying. I had to reboot 10 times today

  • by ranger21,

    ranger21 ranger21 Oct 30, 2013 12:08 PM in response to REPG
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    Oct 30, 2013 12:08 PM in response to REPG

    Same problem here with:

     

    MBP Retina 2.6Ghz i5

    8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

    OS X 10.9

     

    Tried command-r-option-p at restart and repairing permission but problem remains.

  • by fgail,

    fgail fgail Oct 30, 2013 12:11 PM in response to REPG
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    Oct 30, 2013 12:11 PM in response to REPG

    I have "forced quit" "CalendarAgent" in activity monitor and it worked fine, but after 3 min. "CalendarAgent" was eating back my memory (up to 4 GB)

  • by holmesj,

    holmesj holmesj Oct 30, 2013 3:23 PM in response to REPG
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    Oct 30, 2013 3:23 PM in response to REPG

    Exact same problem on mid-2012 MacBook Air, 4GB RAM 256GB SSD, I had to reboot just to read and post on this discussion.

     

    There is a temporary fix and that is to revert back to Mountain Lion which worked a **** of a lot better than Mavericks! Sort it out Apple.

  • by Reddperc,

    Reddperc Reddperc Oct 31, 2013 2:29 PM in response to REPG
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    Oct 31, 2013 2:29 PM in response to REPG

    EXACT same thing happening to me on my Retina 16gb MBP.  As soon as I upgraded to Mavericks, I'm getting the "Your system has run out of application memory" popup every couple of hours.  On Activity Monitor, I'm seeing a "kernel_task" hitting close to 10 GB of memory, and pressure skyrocketing.  Anyone else seeing that?  Looks like I see the same thing in some of the previously-posted screenshots.  So frustrating...

  • by liane826,

    liane826 liane826 Nov 2, 2013 3:39 PM in response to REPG
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    Nov 2, 2013 3:39 PM in response to REPG

    Same problem here with a 2013 MB Air, 256GB HD, 8GB Ram. Added problem that once or twice a day the computer won't wake up from sleep and requires a force restart. Went to the Genius Bar today. They were unable to replicate the problem and said it was definitely not a hardware issue. They think it must be an issue with third-party software and there was nothing they could do about it except do a clean install to see if that would help. (It didn't.)

  • by Rlynn68,

    Rlynn68 Rlynn68 Nov 3, 2013 7:52 AM in response to liane826
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    Nov 3, 2013 7:52 AM in response to liane826

    Hello Everyone, I found this and it worked for me on Mavericks, hope this helps.

     

    " Your system has run out of apllication memory "

    CalendarAgent process is out of control - delegation may be causing problems?

     

    Thank you bonzabuy

     

    I've had the same problem,

    I spent over an hour on the phone with Apple support. They tried a number of things - from disk permissions, disk repair, start up items, login items, new user account.

     

    The thing that seemed to do the trick instantly:

     

    Delete the Calendar cache.

     

    A rough procedure:

    Open iCal

    Full back up all calendars (full archive I think it's called)

    Close iCal.

     

     

    Go to Finder

    'Go" menu

    Hold down option key

    Go to Library

    In Library go to Calendar.

    Delete Calendar Cache.

     

    Restart machine.

    Start iCal.

     

    If all is well & all reminders / appointments restored then you can delete the backup.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Ron

  • by holmesj,

    holmesj holmesj Nov 4, 2013 9:07 AM in response to Rlynn68
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    Nov 4, 2013 9:07 AM in response to Rlynn68

    Whilst I've not had the running out of application memory, in addition to all other problems including Mail just not working at all, having fully charged my Macbook Air (Mid-2012) it is now telling me I have no battery. BUG FIXES PLEASE APPLE.

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