Hi all,
A customer's office iMac (Early 2008, c2d with 4Gb DDR2) slowly grinds to a halt throughout the day. A restart of the machine returns it to good health.
I believe it's due to the user simply never closing programs and using some memory intense stuff like Photoshop and Illustrator.
Could you check over the below snapped during a slow-period.
Many thanks for your help,
Chris
EDIT - Is it correct that 4Gb is the memory limit for an early 2008 24"?
A customer's office iMac (Early 2008, c2d with 4Gb DDR2) slowly grinds to a halt throughout the day. A restart of the machine returns it to good health.
I believe it's due to the user simply never closing programs and using some memory intense stuff like Photoshop and Illustrator.
Could you check over the below snapped during a slow-period.
Code:
Active Memory: 2.33 GB
Free Memory: 6.81 MB
Wired Memory: 519.98 MB
Used Memory: 4.00 GB
Inactive Memory: 1.16 GB
Total VM: 54.35 GB
Number of processes: 61
ID Process Name User CPU RSIZE VSIZE
0 kernel_task root 1.9 122.78 MB 2.00 GB
1 launchd root 0.1 420.00 KB 586.74 MB
10 kextd root 0.0 720.00 KB 586.19 MB
11 notifyd root 0.0 280.00 KB 586.17 MB
12 syslogd root 0.1 328.00 KB 588.24 MB
14 ntpd root 0.0 304.00 KB 586.12 MB
15 usbmuxd _usbmuxd 0.0 172.00 KB 588.23 MB
16 update root 0.0 104.00 KB 585.57 MB
17 SystemStarter root 0.0 152.00 KB 585.61 MB
20 securityd root 0.0 1.11 MB 587.39 MB
22 mds root 0.0 9.40 MB 714.97 MB
23 mDNSResponder _mdnsrespo 0.0 708.00 KB 587.49 MB
24 loginwindow lydia 0.0 1.36 MB 1.10 GB
25 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 124.00 KB 585.68 MB
27 hidd root 0.0 124.00 KB 586.12 MB
28 fseventsd root 0.0 704.00 KB 595.20 MB
30 dynamic_pager root 0.0 240.00 KB 585.61 MB
32 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 504.00 KB 585.69 MB
33 DirectoryService root 0.0 1.99 MB 588.94 MB
35 configd root 0.0 684.00 KB 587.71 MB
38 autofsd root 0.0 164.00 KB 585.62 MB
39 socketfilterfw root 0.0 460.00 KB 585.93 MB
42 distnoted daemon 0.0 436.00 KB 585.59 MB
45 coreservicesd root 0.0 7.80 MB 626.55 MB
47 blued root 0.0 716.00 KB 597.00 MB
55 WindowServer _windowser 13.7 184.37 MB 1.55 GB
120 launchd lydia 0.0 404.00 KB 585.74 MB
127 AirPort Base Station Agen lydia 0.0 700.00 KB 1.12 GB
131 Spotlight lydia 0.0 2.18 MB 1.15 GB
132 UserEventAgent lydia 0.0 728.00 KB 589.60 MB
134 pboard lydia 0.0 112.00 KB 586.63 MB
135 ATSServer lydia 0.0 3.06 MB 647.14 MB
136 Dock lydia 0.0 13.20 MB 1.17 GB
138 coreaudiod root 0.0 196.00 KB 590.25 MB
139 SystemUIServer lydia 0.0 1.95 MB 1.15 GB
140 Finder lydia 0.0 38.77 MB 1.28 GB
163 Dropbox lydia 0.0 9.78 MB 1.26 GB
197 Image Capture Extension lydia 0.0 1.05 MB 1.09 GB
199 Photoshop lydia 1.1 1.67 GB 3.61 GB
201 AdobeCrashDaemon lydia 0.0 360.00 KB 586.64 MB
207 FNPLicensingServ root 0.0 552.00 KB 587.35 MB
231 Firefox lydia 36.3 301.47 MB 1.72 GB
1557 AppleSpell.service lydia 0.0 224.00 KB 601.73 MB
1937 SketchUp lydia 0.0 174.40 MB 1.62 GB
3351 dbfseventsd root 0.0 104.00 KB 582.64 MB
3352 dbfseventsd root 0.0 4.15 MB 590.64 MB
3353 dbfseventsd lydia 0.0 88.00 KB 582.64 MB
3539 Preview lydia 0.0 3.53 MB 1.20 GB
3567 Lydia: MFC-6490CW lydia 0.0 4.61 MB 1.16 GB
5139 InDesign lydia 4.2 208.59 MB 2.18 GB
5140 AdobeCrashDaemon lydia 0.0 364.00 KB 586.64 MB
9931 DashboardClient lydia 1.4 6.35 MB 1.14 GB
12892 cupsd root 0.0 1.73 MB 586.87 MB
12940 mdworker lydia 0.0 3.54 MB 600.52 MB
12986 Acrobat lydia 0.2 141.43 MB 1.39 GB
13248 TeamViewer QuickSupport lydia 1.8 22.39 MB 1.18 GB
13260 TeamViewer_DesktopQS lydia 54.2 100.22 MB 1.28 GB
13282 mdworker _spotlight 0.0 2.20 MB 599.22 MB
13352 Quick Look Server lydia 0.0 2.64 MB 1.09 GB
13365 Activity Monitor lydia 12.0 22.18 MB 1.25 GB
13366 pmTool root 0.8 1.70 MB 595.73 MBMany thanks for your help,
Chris
EDIT - Is it correct that 4Gb is the memory limit for an early 2008 24"?
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