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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 621828" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>If that is all you typically run app-wise, then more RAM won't really solve anything. You likely aren't using all of your current RAM, so adding more won't make a difference. You can check your system RAM usage in the Activity Monitor. If you see a large percentage of blue and green, then you won't really benefit from more RAM.</p><p>Instead, try the steps listed in <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93819" target="_blank">this thread</a>.</p><p>Those simple things usually clear up most Mac maladies.</p><p>I would also recommend keeping your Mac running. Shutting down is fairly unnecessary, plus you are not letting OS X run its daily, weekly and monthly maintenance on its own. Yes, there are 3rd party tools that will do this as well, but you may see some improvement by simply allowing the computer to remain powered on.</p><p>You could, but....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 621828, member: 2960"] If that is all you typically run app-wise, then more RAM won't really solve anything. You likely aren't using all of your current RAM, so adding more won't make a difference. You can check your system RAM usage in the Activity Monitor. If you see a large percentage of blue and green, then you won't really benefit from more RAM. Instead, try the steps listed in [url=http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93819]this thread[/url]. Those simple things usually clear up most Mac maladies. I would also recommend keeping your Mac running. Shutting down is fairly unnecessary, plus you are not letting OS X run its daily, weekly and monthly maintenance on its own. Yes, there are 3rd party tools that will do this as well, but you may see some improvement by simply allowing the computer to remain powered on. You could, but....;):D [/QUOTE]
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