Using up all my RAM?
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Avoid installing that kind of crappy software like CleanMyMac.
They don't do much at all, and they are just simply more garbage you have to store on your hard drive making your system even slower. Some of them even have malware and files you won't be able to delete even if if you think you completely removed them.The only software I would recommend is Onyx. It's just for basic maintenance. Doesn't slow down the OS. A lot of the things it does can also be done in Utilities (Disk utility, etc...).
Check "Activity Monitor". You might see what is using a lot of ram.
I'd do 2 things...
1) Make sure you have a backup of all your files. You never know if this is sign that the hard drive is starting to fail.
2) Download "Tidy Up!" and start by cleaning your hard drives. It'll find duplicates of files, empty folders, empty files... Get rid of all the crap you don't need. You might gain a few GB by deleting duplicates and empty files. I would then Repair disk permissions and execute maintenance scripts and I would also install Onyx to get delete Cache, logs, etc... You'd free a couple of GB after doing this.
See how the system performs after this for a couple of days.
If your system is still slow, I'd would just do a clean install and start fresh again.
- Don't install clean my mac. i thought it's a malware isn't it?pango
- go to your terminal and type in "sudo purge" it's the same thing. and safer.pango
- well not exctly the same thing but same as "FreeMyRam" apppango
- If you hold down D while your mac is booting it will go into diagnostic mode and you can tell if your hard drive if failing.zarkonite