Hi guys, I'm just checkin activity monitor and it says I have 9.1MB RAM free (I'm using 4GB BTW) but 2.23 inactive. How do I make this memory available? I'm confused.
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The "inactive" RAM will be available if Mac OS X needs it. No need to worry.
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/os-x-memory-usage.htm
http://www.forty4.com/mactips/archives/00193/index.html
http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/os-x/making-the-most-of-activity-monitor/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342?locale=en_GB