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Why isn't Mojave using swap despite high memory pressure?
I regularly receive the "your system has run out of application memory" alert, then the dialog box pops up to quickly kill any offending application before the OS crashes.
However, unlike ...
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Swap memory usage with 64GB RAM installed
Newbie to macOS and I was wondering if it's normal to have swap usage when the system has more than 6 times of available RAM than being used. I have 64GB of RAM installed and the most memory I've seen ...
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Slow performance of MacBook Air 2017
I am using MacBook Air (MBA) 2017 model. Everything was very fine till 8th Aug 2022. Suddenly, my MBA started to perform very slow. Everything is working, but performance is soo slow that it is ...
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What are my hardware upgrade options for a late 2009 iMac?
It is now July 2019 and I have this Late-2009 iMac.
macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD ...
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Why my 2009 macbook pro is faster than my 2017 retina iMac?
A couple of years ago I bought a used macbook pro from a friend of mine, I knew it was a good deal cause the mbp was modified and had very good response and performance, the specs of this mbp are the ...
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Less RAM and an SSD vs. more RAM and an HDD?
This isn't a question about which part of my computer to upgrade. It's a question about what I should buy in my eventual new computer.
I have an early 2011 13" MBP with a 500GB hard drive and an ...
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Fully upgraded MBA or MBP (13")? [closed]
I'm looking to buy my first macbook and I am unsure which one to buy. I will use my laptop while travelling mostly next year on my working holiday visa for general purposes (web browsing, watching ...
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Ridiculously slow MacBook Pro
I have a MacBook Pro (I think mid 2012). About three months ago it started running really slow, so I renstalled the OS with a recovery partition. For a few weeks it ran very well with an overall very ...
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Upgrading my Mac: Will it increase performance?
I have a macbook pro 13" 5,5 late 2009 edition, I use it all the time for taking notes and research at college etc. but I also use it to record music for my band and occasionally I play games on it. I ...
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Why is my late 2013 iMac so slow?
For the last three months I have been more or less enjoying my new late 2013 21" iMac. I already have an early 2011 MBP, which is pretty maxed out with a 512GB SSD and 8 GB of RAM, and still feels ...
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Does RAM Disk Improve OS X Performance?
I stumbled this article explaining how mounting RAM disk can improve OS X performance up to 40× which of course is just a a hyperbole.
My question is whether the suggestion made by them valid for ...
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How is swap on mid-2013 MacBook Air w/ PCIe SSD?
There appears to be confusing and incomplete information about the PCIe SSDs in mid-2013 MacBook Air 11" and 13" (especially the 128GB models), where a different queue depth may result in different ...
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Tool for determining performance bottleneck
I am using my early 2011 MacBook Pro for iOS development, Photoshop work, and the like, and it is at times quite sluggish. Is there a tool that I can just run for a day, and then look at the ...
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Replacing hard disk with SSD or increasing RAM in MacBook Pro
I am using MacBook Pro for the last 1.5 years. Here is my configuration.
13" MacBook Pro, min-2010
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
OS X Lion 10.7.4
Would you recommend upgrading to SSD for fast ...
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