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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 eunicekhong,

    eunicekhong eunicekhong Jul 11, 2014 6:57 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 11, 2014 6:57 AM in response to Csound1

    Thanks, so I ended with an empty list. Nothing seem to happen - does it re-index in the background?

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Jul 11, 2014 10:53 AM in response to eunicekhong
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    Jul 11, 2014 10:53 AM in response to eunicekhong

    Yes, by adding the Macintosh HD then removing it simply toggling Spotlight on/off. This is the most user friendly way to toggle Spotlight. You can also do this in the Terminal, but that scares some users.

     

    How to reset Spotlight using the Terminal

     

    Copy the text below and open Terminal (in /Application/Utilities). Paste the code into the Terminal window at the prompt.

     

    sudo mdutil -E /

     

    You will be asked for your administrator password (and if you've never used the sudo command you'll need to accept the warning presented). When you type your password, it will look like nothing is being typed. That's normal. Once you've typed your administrator password, press Return.

     

    This will completely remove the Spotlight index and force a new one to be created. Probably not necessary, but I would immediately quit Terminal and restart your Mac.

     

    SUMMARY:

     

    Depending on your Mac and the contents of it's hard disk, re-indexing may take several hours. Doing this overnight is a good option if you have a large drive.

     

    You can tell if it's still in progress by simply looking at the Spotlight menu: There's a blinking dot in the middle of the magnifying glass while indexing is occurring. You can also open Activity Monitor in Applications/Utilities and type in md in the search filter. You should mdworker. If you have Microsoft Outlook you'll also see mdworker32.

     

    Until this process is finished, Spotlight won’t know the contents of your disks and neither will Mail.

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Jul 11, 2014 11:02 AM in response to eunicekhong
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    Jul 11, 2014 11:02 AM in response to eunicekhong

    Yes, it runs in the background.

     

    You can tell if it's still in progress by simply looking at the Spotlight menu: There's a blinking dot in the middle of the magnifying glass while indexing is occurring. (I find this diffucult to see YMMV) 

     

    You can also open Activity Monitor in Applications/Utilities and type in md in the search filter. You should mdworker. If you have Microsoft Outlook you'll also see mdworker32.

  • by eunicekhong,

    eunicekhong eunicekhong Jul 11, 2014 7:38 PM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Jul 11, 2014 7:38 PM in response to dianeoforegon

    Thanks Diane, can't see the red dot but several mdworker are running in the Activity Monitor, totalling some 150-200MB of memory.

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Jul 11, 2014 7:49 PM in response to eunicekhong
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    Jul 11, 2014 7:49 PM in response to eunicekhong

    The dot is black not red, but regardless, using the Activity Monitor is easier to read. I'm never sure I actually see it or I'm imaging I see it. :-)

  • by stedder,

    stedder stedder Jul 12, 2014 5:13 AM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Jul 12, 2014 5:13 AM in response to dianeoforegon

    I think the dot has gone away entirely in Mavericks.

  • by eunicekhong,

    eunicekhong eunicekhong Jul 12, 2014 5:35 AM in response to stedder
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    Jul 12, 2014 5:35 AM in response to stedder

    AAh, so it wasn't my specs then 

  • by Act4Tibet,

    Act4Tibet Act4Tibet Jul 28, 2014 2:35 PM in response to REPG
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    Jul 28, 2014 2:35 PM in response to REPG

    I have been having the same issue since i received my new Mac Pro, the hot black cylinder, 32GB of memory, very fast and efficient, yet i get this horrifying message, and then everything goes wrong, and i have to reboot. Not good. I had a very old machine before and I never had this problem. If this is Maverick's bug, I hope it gets fixed quickly. It's so disheartening to have to deal with this when i am almost certain my machine can handle ten times that work flow... HELP!!!! It's killing me, and it repeats daily ...

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Jul 28, 2014 2:50 PM in response to Act4Tibet
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    Jul 28, 2014 2:50 PM in response to Act4Tibet

    Use Activity Monitor in Applications/Utilities to monitor Memory. This should shed some light on what process is out of control.

     

    See this link to understand Memory Pressure in Mavericks.

     

    www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/osx/understanding-memory-pressure-in-os-x-maver icks/

  • by LePineapple,

    LePineapple LePineapple Aug 1, 2014 12:37 PM in response to REPG
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    Aug 1, 2014 12:37 PM in response to REPG

    Same Problem

    I run into this problem while running some python scripts

    Please find a solution for this soon! Very frastrusted

  • by CT,

    CT CT Aug 3, 2014 8:17 AM in response to LePineapple
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    Aug 3, 2014 8:17 AM in response to LePineapple

    At this point most people just concede and get a new computer.

  • by Lorenxo22,

    Lorenxo22 Lorenxo22 Aug 14, 2014 11:00 PM in response to REPG
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    Aug 14, 2014 11:00 PM in response to REPG

    I have been having the same problem, then further down this feed I saw a comment to download the free app Memory Clean from the App Store (created by FIPLAB) - since it is on the App Store and apparently endorsed by Apple, I gave it a shot. It worked fantastically well. I have 8GB of installed memory and 7.99GB were reportedly tied up. The trick is to keep running Memory Clean and each time it apparently finds more cache files and who knows what else and it cleared out over 5GB of memory - it currently stands at 2.33GB used, 5.7GB available. Pretty amazing. I ran it quite a few times and each time it somehow found more caches to delete.

     

    FIPLAB also provides Disk Doctor for $2.99, which promised to free up hard drive space - it also gets good reviews and is endorsed by Apple, so I gave that a try too. It finds downloads, application caches, etc. - it cleared out 4.2GB from my 500GB hard drive. Not a great amount, but every little bit helps.

     

    So I strongly recommend Memory Clean for "out of application memory" issues and also Disk Doctor to free up hard drive space.

  • by hvidsten15,

    hvidsten15 hvidsten15 Aug 29, 2014 5:33 AM in response to REPG
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    Aug 29, 2014 5:33 AM in response to REPG

    I´m having the same issue, 2013 macbookpro, I´m not using mail, but mailplane, firefox, lightroom, photoshopCC2014...

  • by greg sahli,

    greg sahli greg sahli Aug 29, 2014 5:49 AM in response to hvidsten15
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    Aug 29, 2014 5:49 AM in response to hvidsten15

    Remember that this is a user-to-user forum!

    Apple employees rarely participate here!

    If you want Apple to know about your issue, you have to report it on apple.com/feedback.

  • by jdien,

    jdien jdien Sep 8, 2014 7:20 PM in response to Lorenxo22
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    Sep 8, 2014 7:20 PM in response to Lorenxo22

    I agree that Memory Clean is a godsend!  The problem with Mavericks memory management is that it is trying to apply a method that works great on iPhones (where apps tend to be small and the need is to be able to switch between them quickly) to desktops where many of us at least are running very large programs and the need is to have them run as quickly as possible and not needing to switch between programs very often.  In my case (I am a scientist who runs large analysis sessions with Matlab), the Mavericks memory management seems to have the effect of making my 32GB Mac Pro act as though it only has a few hundred MB, often causing it to grind to a halt or even crash.  The RAM is stuffed full of archived obsolete content that is being held onto like a mentally ill hoarder who is holding onto everything "just in case" to the extent that there is no room to move around and all the computer's CPU cycles are being tied up moving around the little bit that is left open just so I can read some e-mail let alone run a big analysis run.  It's ludicrous!

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