swap management

[mulo]

there is a command called "purge" it cleans up your RAM
is there a command to move swap to RAM or clear it?

 

[GGJstudios]

Mac OS X manages RAM without any need for user intervention.

 

[mulo]

Mac OS X manages RAM without any need for user intervention.

although not very efficiently.

sitting here with 500MB swap and 4GB free memory, where's the logic?

 

[GGJstudios]

although not very efficiently.

sitting here with 500MB swap and 4GB free memory, where's the logic?

On the contrary, it's quite efficient, whether you understand how it works or not.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
About the Virtual Memory System

 

[Sun Baked]

If you wanted to, you can go into Unix underbelly and mess with it.

But likely mess something up at the same time.

 

[mulo]

If you wanted to, you can go into Unix underbelly and mess with it.

But likely mess something up at the same time.

do teach

 

[mulo]

On the contrary, it's quite efficient, whether you understand how it works or not.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
About the Virtual Memory System

wether you understand it or not a hard drive is slower then RAM, and I don't recall asking for a lesson on OS X memory management.

 

[GGJstudios]

wether you understand it or not a hard drive is slower then RAM, and I don't recall asking for a lesson on OS X memory management.

It doesn't matter what you asked. Your post indicated a lack of understanding of OS X memory management. I posted relevant information. If you don't choose to learn, that's completely up to you. 🙄

 

[mulo]

It doesn't matter what you asked. Your post indicated a lack of understanding of OS X memory management. I posted relevant information. If you don't choose to learn, that's completely up to you. 🙄

if it doesn't matter what I asked then go ahead, tell me everything I need to know in life.