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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1932053" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>No Mac in good working order should be giving you an out-of-memory error message under the circumstances you describe. If anything, it should automatically use your hard drive as virtual memory. This might slow performance down a bit, but there should be no error messages.</p><p></p><p>My experience is that when a Mac gives you an out-of-memory error message, what it's usually telling you isn't that you are out of real RAM, what it is telling you is that your hard drive is too full (or too fragmented in the case of a rotating disk hard drive) for it to use as virtual memory. Usually you start seeing such an error message when a rotating disk hard drive is approaching 80% full, or when an SSD is around 70% full.</p><p></p><p>A 2020 Mac mini would be an M1 Mac. Apple Silicon Macs all have SSD's and are extremely good with memory. Though some folks purchased mini's with too small an SSD, which led to them filling it up too quickly. Once your SSD has hit about 70% full, your Apple Silicon Mac has reached the end of its life.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://pureinfotech.com/why-solid-state-drive-ssd-performance-slows-down/" target="_blank">https://pureinfotech.com/why-solid-state-drive-ssd-performance-slows-down/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it isn't. Apple Silicon Macs with 8GB of RAM should be good for just about anything. See:</p><p></p><p>Opinion: Is the base MacBook Air M1/8GB powerful enough for you?</p><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/opinion-is-the-base-macbook-air-m1-8gb-powerful-enough-for-you/" target="_blank">https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/opinion-is-the-base-macbook-air-m1-8gb-powerful-enough-for-you/</a> </p><p></p><p>8GB vs 16GB M1 MacBook Pro - How much RAM do you NEED?!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP1_4wek4nI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP1_4wek4nI</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Neither. 8GB of RAM is plenty to open any size Excel spreadsheet you'd like as long as your Mac is in good working order. The only folks who really need more are those folks who work on astronomically large files, such as folks who do video editing. It's much more important that you invest in a much larger SSD than you might suspect that you would ever need, so that your Mac will last longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1932053, member: 190607"] No Mac in good working order should be giving you an out-of-memory error message under the circumstances you describe. If anything, it should automatically use your hard drive as virtual memory. This might slow performance down a bit, but there should be no error messages. My experience is that when a Mac gives you an out-of-memory error message, what it's usually telling you isn't that you are out of real RAM, what it is telling you is that your hard drive is too full (or too fragmented in the case of a rotating disk hard drive) for it to use as virtual memory. Usually you start seeing such an error message when a rotating disk hard drive is approaching 80% full, or when an SSD is around 70% full. A 2020 Mac mini would be an M1 Mac. Apple Silicon Macs all have SSD's and are extremely good with memory. Though some folks purchased mini's with too small an SSD, which led to them filling it up too quickly. Once your SSD has hit about 70% full, your Apple Silicon Mac has reached the end of its life. [URL code="true"]https://pureinfotech.com/why-solid-state-drive-ssd-performance-slows-down/[/URL] No, it isn't. Apple Silicon Macs with 8GB of RAM should be good for just about anything. See: Opinion: Is the base MacBook Air M1/8GB powerful enough for you? [URL code="true"]https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/opinion-is-the-base-macbook-air-m1-8gb-powerful-enough-for-you/[/URL] 8GB vs 16GB M1 MacBook Pro - How much RAM do you NEED?! [URL code="true"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP1_4wek4nI[/URL] Neither. 8GB of RAM is plenty to open any size Excel spreadsheet you'd like as long as your Mac is in good working order. The only folks who really need more are those folks who work on astronomically large files, such as folks who do video editing. It's much more important that you invest in a much larger SSD than you might suspect that you would ever need, so that your Mac will last longer. [/QUOTE]
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