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Mac Mini RAM issue

Hi all,


I've recently replaced my MBP with a late 2012 Mac Mini (2.5GHz i5). I migrated a Time Machine backup of the MBP straight on to the Mac Mini after unboxing and this worked a treat.


The Mac Mini has 4GB of RAM but seems to use half of it just sitting idle with no apps running. Is this normal? I had 4GB in the MBP but never experienced this kind of issue. For instance, I'm typing this into Firefox whilst listening to a podcast in iTunes and there's only 1.3GB of RAM free.


Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 2.5GHz i5, 4GB RAM

Posted on Apr 3, 2014 12:12 PM

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User profile for user: lllaass
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Posted on Apr 3, 2014 1:30 PM

Yes that is normal since if memory is available it tends to be used. For more info on how to interpret memory usage in Mavericks see:

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

OS X Mavericks: About Activity Monitor

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Apr 4, 2014 7:33 AM in response to lllaass

Thanks lllaass.


That makes sense but it's obvious to me that 4GB isn't going to be enough for anything more than light use, particularly if I open the likes of Photoshop. I've been using Memory Clean in an attempt to free up RAM when required but it never really makes available more than 2GB of the 4GB total.


I'm going to upgrade the Mac Mini gradually, starting with a RAM increase to 8GB (and possibly 16GB) and then an SSD replacement.

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