NJan23
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Q: Activity monitor

My activity monitor shows that I've used about 7GB of the 8GB. I'm not using my macbook pro that much, so I'm wondering: is this normal? Or can it be some sort of virus? Because my telephone also says that storage is low and I'm using WiFi here at home.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS 9.2.x, OS X 10.9.2

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 5:31 AM

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Q: Activity monitor

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  • by clintonfrombirmingham,

    clintonfrombirmingham clintonfrombirmingham Mar 28, 2014 5:46 AM in response to NJan23
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    Mac OS X
    Mar 28, 2014 5:46 AM in response to NJan23

    Quite normal for Mavericks - just as long as your Memory Pressure stays in the green, you're good to go.

     

    Clinton

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 28, 2014 5:46 AM in response to NJan23
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    Mar 28, 2014 5:46 AM in response to NJan23

    Mavericks has a different method of utilizing RAM than prior OSX's.  If you see green in the 'pressure' field, your MBP is functioning efficiently.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5890

     

    Ciao.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Mar 28, 2014 6:30 AM in response to NJan23
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    Mar 28, 2014 6:30 AM in response to NJan23

    Free RAM is wasted RAM. It's RAM you have paid for, but that isn't being used in any way to make your machine run faster. Mavericks, more so than previous versions of Mac OS X, will attempt to fill RAM as much as possible. It will fill it completely if it can. This is normal, and does not cause performance problems. It is most definitely not a virus.

     

    As for your phone and the fact that you're using wifi... those are not relevant. If your phone's storage is getting low, that is an issue specific to your phone, and you will probably need to delete some apps or data. I'm not sure why you mention wifi...

  • by UofMgrad01,

    UofMgrad01 UofMgrad01 Nov 29, 2014 12:15 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham
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    Nov 29, 2014 12:15 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

    Funny.... Apple Store employee told me to buy more ram (I upgraded from 4gb to 8gb)... Still had an issue, so was told to buy a new machine.

     

    Adjusting Activity Monitor to properly show RAM usage does not lead to sales or continues to misguid clients into thinking their machines are obsolete...

     

    How many customers/staff even have the technical acumen to understand memory pressure is the new relevant output not "ram available"???