[Mac] RAM Cleaner

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  1. StrayanPenguin
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    Mac App Store - Memory Clean

    I find this REALLY helpful if you own a mac (coz dey suck :oops:), it tells you how much RAM you have spare in the status bar.
    you can clear in-active memory to speed up your comp, Surprisingly it actually works XD

    wired memory- memory used by the system
    active memory- memory used by currently running applications
    inactive memory- memory was used by recently closed applications, which allows them to reopen quickly
    free memory - Not being used by anything
     
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    Thanks for the tip, although just as an interesting aside, having "free RAM" is a thing of the past - modern operating systems try to "predict" the applications you'll be using, and thus "preload" them into RAM for better performance. Afterall, the permise is if you have so much sitting around, why let it stay free when it can be used to speed up performance?
     
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    Macs do suck
     
  5. StrayanPenguin
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    I doubt macs will do this well anyways XD
     
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    I'll tell you how it works.
     
  7. ShiningNova06
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    Thats why i dont plan on getting macs
     
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    The underlying OS is Unix, which is a rocksolid, gold standard OS. Can't speak for the cr** they throw on top. But the basic OS kernel level RAM management is sound.
     

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