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Always close unused apps on docks. When noticed, i empty the trash can ASAP. When my desktop gets too many, I clear as much as I can.
 
Free memory is wasted memory.

Unless your system is doing funny things with RAM, obsessing over free RAM is pretty counterproductive.
 
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