Is my MBP memory okay?

[BigBuns]

Hey there,

So I noticed that I have a high amount of virtual memory used and the memory is an amber colour now. I installed an SSD into my MBP recently and I was wondering if the swaps/high virtual memory will have any negative impacts on the life of the SSD?

At the time I took the photo I had safari open with about 6 tabs, mail, finder, Microsoft word, and the activity monitor itself, so nothing too memory intensive.

Just wanted some thoughts on it? Maybe a RAM upgrade needed? There is 4GB in it.

Thanks

 

[jimmyco2008]

The RAM could do with an upgrade...

Swapping isn't good for the SSD.

 

[Potatochobit]

restart your computer and check again
web browsers have memory leaks and you may have been using other programs in the past

 

[maflynn]

Given what you're running and you only have 4GB of ram, I think what you are showing is ok. Yeah, your memory pressure will be in the green if you upgrade your ram but I think at this point its not inhibiting you too much.

 

[BigBuns]

restart your computer and check again
web browsers have memory leaks and you may have been using other programs in the past

Hmm, interesting to know. I restarted it and opened all of the same programs and number of tabs in safari as the last screenshot and now things look good...

I wonder how much of a memory leak there is. Maybe a build up of cache in safari was consuming the memory? Seems the computer just needed a fresh start. And yes I had been using other programs in the past, but were closed at the time.

Thanks for the replies.