Q: how to reduce the usage of memory?
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Mar 7, 2015 6:25 AMby Grant Bennet-Alder,I am trying to close some unnecessary program
To see more available memory, you need to get in the habit of QUIT-ing unnecessary Applications. If you simply close their windows, they stay active in the background, waiting to be re-activated.
Mavericks and later use RAM Memory differently, and it is expected behavior to see all memory in use. Use the Activity Monitor > Memory display to check your memory pressure. Green is good.
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Mar 7, 2015 6:53 AMby The hatter,This explains memory use
How to use Activity Monitor - Apple Support
This is not MacBook Pro forum, and knowing which model year might help. Having that can know if it can take more memory, whether it has an SSD also.
And if closing windows meant Quit or Exiting and still an issue, then run Etrecheck and post results
