While observing the Activity Monitor, I am trying to check the Total memory usage. It shows "Memory Used:4.18 GB, and Cache: 2.79 GB" My question is, The total memory consumed, is it 4.18 GB or (4.18 +2.79) GB? Thank you

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While observing the Activity Monitor, I am trying to check the Total memory usage. It shows "Memory Used:4.18 GB, and Cache: 2.79 GB" My question is, The total memory consumed, is it 4.18 GB or (4.18 +2.79) GB? Thank you

While observing the Activity Monitor, I am trying to check the Total memory usage. It shows "Memory Used:4.18 GB, and Cache: 2.79 GB"

My question is, the total memory consumed, is it 4.18 GB or (4.18 +2.79) GB?

Thank you

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 22, 2015 9:32 AM

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Allan Jones

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Sep 22, 2015 11:19 AM in response to success1975

Use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support

That should explain what is showing. Click on "Memory under the article's "Overview" section or scroll to the section on Memory. "Physical Memory" is the total hardware RAM installed.

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