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This How.com.vn teaches you to check how much of your Mac computer's memory is currently being used.
Steps
Open a new Finder window. It's the blue and white face icon in the dock at the bottom of your Mac desktop.
Click Applications. It's in the left pane of the Finder window.
Open the Utilities folder. It's a blue folder with a screwdriver and wrench icon near the bottom of the Applications folder.
Double-click Activity Monitor. It's the app with the icon that resembles a heart rate monitor.
Click the Memory tab. It's at the top of the window next to the "CPU" tab.
Check the "Memory Pressure" graph. It's at the bottom-left of the Activity Monitor window.- If memory pressure graph is green, you have plenty of memory.
- If memory pressure graph is yellow, your Mac is starting to use a lot of memory.
- If memory pressure graph is red, your memory is being depleted. Close one or more apps. You may need to consider upgrading the memory on your Mac.
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Community Q&A
- QuestionHow do I upgrade memory in a Mac?
Community AnswerFor any recent Mac other than the 27-inch iMac, you cannot upgrade the memory. However, for older Macs and newer 27-inch Macs, check out the article tiled "Install Memory in an iMac" or "Macbook Pro: How to install memory on a Macbook Pro" on Apple's support page. Note that Apple will not give you the memory and you can't buy it from them. You have to buy it from another company. Check out the link for specifications on which memory you should buy.
Tips
Some helpful terms for understanding the Activity Monitor:
- Physical Memory: the total amount of memory installed on your Mac.Thanks
- Memory Used: the total amount of memory currently being used.Thanks
- Cached Files: memory that was recently used by apps that is now available.Thanks
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