How to fix "your system has run out of application memory"?

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I've recently been encountering the above error message that reads "your system has run out of application memory". This error "pauses" certain applications like Chrome and Adobe Acrobat Reader. I recently upgraded to Sierra... before Sierra I had never encountered this error. How do I fix it? Thank you!


EtreCheck Report:


EtreCheck version: 3.1.3 (337)

Report generated 2016-12-02 08:41:50

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Runtime 2:55

Performance: Excellent



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Problem: No problem - just checking



Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro12,1

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-5257U) CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 272



Video Information: ⓘ

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Color LCD 3360 x 2100



System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2657) - Time since boot: about 16 days



Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM0128G disk0 : (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 120.11 GB (28.14 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online



USB Information: ⓘ

Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller



Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus



Configuration files: ⓘ

System Integrity Protection status: disabled



Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers



Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.20 - 2015-09-04) [Support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.20 - 2015-09-04) [Support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.20 - 2015-09-04) [Support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.20 - 2015-09-04) [Support]



/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.2.4 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-11-16) [Support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d15 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-11-16) [Support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d15 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-11-16) [Support]

[loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-11-16) [Support]



/Library/Extensions/ControllerMate.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-09-05) [Support]

[not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBKeyboard (1.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-09-05) [Support]

[not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBPointer (1.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-09-05) [Support]



/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] au.com.glassechidna.heimdall_usb_shield (6.0 - 2016-11-13) [Support]

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Xbox360Controller (1.0.0d15 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-11-13) [Support]



~/Desktop/InsomniaX.app

[not loaded] net.semaja2.kext.insomnia (2.1.7 - SDK 10.9 - 2014-10-11) [Support]



System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 167 Apple tasks

[running] 80 Apple tasks

[killed] 24 Apple tasks

24 processes killed due to insufficient RAM



System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 157 Apple tasks

[running] 89 Apple tasks

[killed] 23 Apple tasks

23 processes killed due to insufficient RAM



Launch Agents: ⓘ

[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a 23d420d.plist (2016-10-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.general.agent.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.gjallarhorn.plist (2016-11-15) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.notifications.agent.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[running] com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.update.default.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[running] com.avira.helper.avstats.plist (2016-11-16) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2016-10-26) [Support]

[loaded] com.orderedbytes.ControllerMateHelper.plist (2016-07-15) [Support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (2015-10-16) [Support]



Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[running] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2016-10-11) [Support]

[running] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2016-10-11) [Support]

[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-15) [Support]

[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[running] com.avira.helper.watchdox.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (2016-11-13) [Support]

[running] com.mice.360Daemon.plist (2015-11-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2014-05-09) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2016-09-22) [Support]

[running] com.palm.novacomd.plist (2011-06-24) [Support]

[loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist (2014-06-06) [Support]

[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist (2016-05-30) [Support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (2015-10-16) [Support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist (2015-07-23) [Support]



User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2014-04-05) [Support] - /Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist (2016-11-13)

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-08-24) [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-12-01) [Support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist (2016-11-16) [Support]



User Login Items: ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (2016-11-12)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Flux Application (2016-10-08)

(/Applications/Flux.app)

Jumpcut Application

(~/Desktop/Jumpcut.app)



Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-10-21)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.020.20042 - SDK 10.11 (2016-11-26) [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: 15.020.20042 - SDK 10.11 (2016-11-26) [Support]

Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) Outdated! Update

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 (2015-04-02) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 (2014-06-10) [Support]

MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2015-04-02) [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 111 build 14 (2016-10-26) Check version



User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

BlueStacks Install Detector: Unknown

WebEx64: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-09-11) [Support]



Safari Extensions: ⓘ

WasteNoTime - Bumblebee Systems, Inc. - http://www.bumblebeesystems.com/ (2016-07-18)



3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Flash Player (2016-04-15) [Support]

Java (2016-10-26) [Support]

SwitchResX (2015-09-29) [Support]

XBox 360 Controllers (2015-09-15) [Support]



Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 91.96 GB

Destinations:

My Book [Local]

Total size: 0 B

Total number of backups: 1

Oldest backup: 9/4/15, 10:31 AM

Last backup: 9/4/15, 10:31 AM

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 91.96 GB X 3)



Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

7% kernel_task

3% hidd

2% WindowServer

2% fontd

0% Google Chrome



Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

1.31 GB kernel_task

590 MB Google Chrome Helper(10)

270 MB Google Chrome

205 MB Franz Helper(3)

131 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(9)



Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

1.58 GB Available RAM

46 MB Free RAM

6.42 GB Used RAM

1.54 GB Cached files

1.01 GB Swap Used



Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Dec 1, 2016, 10:46:45 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/QuickLookSatellite_2016-12-01-224645_[redacted ].crash

/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/quicklookd. app/Contents/XPCServices/QuickLookSatellite.xpc/Contents/MacOS/QuickLookSatellit e

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1), null

Posted on Dec 2, 2016 5:51 AM

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Dec 2, 2016 6:20 AM in response to duttarightthing

First get rid of the avira AV application that is not needed and may corrupt your system:


https://www.avira.com/en/support-for-home-knowledgebase-detail/kbid/1242


Second, I would urge you to use another browser than Chrome. It is the resource glutton of browsers. Firefox, Safari and Opera are good alternatives.


If performance has not improved, read Linc Davis' comments in this discussion:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7138513?start=0&tstart=0


Ciao.

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