Q: High RAM usage
I just bought an imac 27 i7 3TB fusion drive. It came with 8gb of RAM. I run both Aperture and Final Cut Pro X and things went along pretty well. I noticed that the activity monitor often showed RAM usage at close to the max 8gb. I did not notice any performance lags.
I recently upgraded to 24gb RAM. With only Chrome and Mail running my RAM usage is more than 15. If Aperture or FCP X is open, the RAM usage approaches 24, which is the max, even if I am not doing any editing.
What gives? If I maxed out at 32GB RAM, would the computer always be approaching the max? I'm not troubled by this, but I am curious. Why does the RAM usage always seem to approach the max available?
Thanks!
Steve
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), i7, 3TB fusion drive
Posted on Dec 18, 2013 8:10 PM