"purge" Command

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I have noticed that the "purge" command doesn't work in 10.9. Does anyone know what command does work to purge inactive memory???

 

[w0lf]

I have noticed that the "purge" command doesn't work in 10.9. Does anyone know what command does work to purge inactive memory???

sudo purge

then enter your password

 

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I tried that, but it did not work

 

[slide023]

I tried that, but it did not work

Did you first set your root password with this command? : sudo passwd
After doing so; sudo purge will work fine.

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What I am doing

I am trying to create a AppeScript that can run on OS X 10.9. The old "purge" command worked on 10.8 without a root password

 

[w0lf]

I am trying to create a AppeScript that can run on OS X 10.9. The old "purge" command worked on 10.8 without a root password

And now it requires sudo. There is no alternative afaik. What is the purpose of the script you're trying to make?

 

[benwiggy]

Memory management is COMPLETELY different in 10.9.

The grounds for running "purge" on earlier OS versions are dubious at best.

Even if purge was a fix for some "problem", there is no reason to assume that you will need to run the same fix on Mavx. Activity Monitor doesn't even report a value for Inactive Memory -- most likely to stop people freaking out over it. ;-)

 

[Macman45]

As above.. I stopped using it a while back....shouldn't be required in normal use now.

 

[jafingi]

Activity Monitor doesn't even report a value for Inactive Memory -- most likely to stop people freaking out over it. ;-)

Actually, it does. Inactive Memory is called App Memory now.

However, I agree with you. RAM management in Mavericks is much improved, so I don't think anyone needs to care about purge or such things.

 

[maflynn]

I thought I read somewhere that the purge command doesn't work in 10.9. I could be wrong, but I vaguely recall something like this.

As for the use of it. I'd agree the benefits were dubious at best.

 

[Bear]

Memory management is COMPLETELY different in 10.9.

The grounds for running "purge" on earlier OS versions are dubious at best.

Even if purge was a fix for some "problem", there is no reason to assume that you will need to run the same fix on Mavx. Activity Monitor doesn't even report a value for Inactive Memory -- most likely to stop people freaking out over it. ;-)

Pretty much this. There were some memory management issues that existed in 10.7.x before the first security patch after 10.7.5 that could require the use of purge for some people. OS X 10.8.4 memory management seems to work similar to 10.7.5 plus the security patch. I haven't needed to use the purge command at all since 10.7.5 plus security patch. I went from 10.7.5 to 10.8.4 on the system in question.

I suspect that purge will not be needed in Mavericks except for some developers running certain tests on their applications.