01-27-2016, 08:34 PM
Im running an app called Memory Monitor, and its often pegged near the top
I use the MM with the same results, but with less RAM.
Activity Monitor no longer has a GUI for memory, and because of the way Yosi and El Cap use memory, only swap is display, not page ins or page outs. The latter is all I'd care about.
Safari sucks up a lot of memory, and I use it constantly, with two or three windows open, and several tabs per window. After a while I have to cull tabs and a window or two.
My next Mac will be a 27" iMac, one because I like the screen size, two because a Retina version is available, and three because I can stuff it full of memory, in that order.
When that happens, I'll go from 8G or whatever the base is to 24G asap. That will leave a slot open, just in case.
I use the MM with the same results, but with less RAM.
Activity Monitor no longer has a GUI for memory, and because of the way Yosi and El Cap use memory, only swap is display, not page ins or page outs. The latter is all I'd care about.
Safari sucks up a lot of memory, and I use it constantly, with two or three windows open, and several tabs per window. After a while I have to cull tabs and a window or two.
My next Mac will be a 27" iMac, one because I like the screen size, two because a Retina version is available, and three because I can stuff it full of memory, in that order.
When that happens, I'll go from 8G or whatever the base is to 24G asap. That will leave a slot open, just in case.