Corrosive vinyl macrumors 6502 Original poster Jun 26, 2007 #1 I was looking at iSTAT and was wondering what the difference between active, inactive and free RAM is. is inactive RAM similar to free RAM? According to my app is says that I have only 12 mb of free RAM, is there a way to free up more?
I was looking at iSTAT and was wondering what the difference between active, inactive and free RAM is. is inactive RAM similar to free RAM? According to my app is says that I have only 12 mb of free RAM, is there a way to free up more?
Corrosive vinyl macrumors 6502 Original poster Jun 26, 2007 #3 awesomeness! thanks for the useful link. yay for apple for providing useful information also.
mad jew Moderator emeritus Jun 26, 2007 #4 No worries mate. OSX is brilliant at handling RAM so don't let the figures worry you. It knows what it's doing. 🙂
No worries mate. OSX is brilliant at handling RAM so don't let the figures worry you. It knows what it's doing. 🙂
U uMac macrumors 6502 Jun 27, 2007 #5 mad jew said: Check this page of Apple's out. 🙂 Click to expand... Interesting... so only used & wired ram is actually being used. Neat.
mad jew said: Check this page of Apple's out. 🙂 Click to expand... Interesting... so only used & wired ram is actually being used. Neat.