My Mac has started freezing and Activity Monitor shows that most of the RAM is "wired" (5.3 GB out of 8 GB). There are no CPU processes listed that are using that much memory.
As of now I can only boot in safe mode, and unfortunately, booting is not clearing the RAM. After safe boot, Activity Monitor always shows that 5.3 GB of memory is still wired.
Up until yesterday cleaning the caches seemed to allow a normal restart with cleared RAM, but now that doesn't work. I've downloaded and run a couple of "memory cleaner" apps but they don't help either. I probably need to do a clean restore of my Mac to get it back to normal, but would like to update my backups before doing so. However to do that, I will need to clear the RAM so that I can restart the Mac normally.
Am I going to have to do the best I can in safe mode, or does anyone know of a way that I can force the RAM to clear?
Thanks
As of now I can only boot in safe mode, and unfortunately, booting is not clearing the RAM. After safe boot, Activity Monitor always shows that 5.3 GB of memory is still wired.
Up until yesterday cleaning the caches seemed to allow a normal restart with cleared RAM, but now that doesn't work. I've downloaded and run a couple of "memory cleaner" apps but they don't help either. I probably need to do a clean restore of my Mac to get it back to normal, but would like to update my backups before doing so. However to do that, I will need to clear the RAM so that I can restart the Mac normally.
Am I going to have to do the best I can in safe mode, or does anyone know of a way that I can force the RAM to clear?
Thanks