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"Inactive" RAM

Thread starter iAAPL
Start date Feb 13, 2011
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iAAPL

macrumors regular

Original poster

Feb 13, 2011

#1

What the heck is inactive ram?

Is this normal? My i7 iMac slows to a crawl. Xcode 4's been getting on my nerves lately...

Do I just need to get some more RAM?

Intell

macrumors P6

Feb 13, 2011

#2

All normal, nothing to worry about.

C

csixty4

macrumors regular

Feb 13, 2011

#3

iAAPL said:
What the heck is inactive ram?

Apple's support site has a breakdown of the four types of RAM in Activity Monitor: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342

iAAPL

macrumors regular

Original poster

Feb 13, 2011

#4

csixty4 said:
Apple's support site has a breakdown of the four types of RAM in Activity Monitor: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342

Thanks.

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