Start up disk doesn’t have enough memory for applications error message with FCPX

[tshtshtsh]

Problem description:
Start up disk doesn’t have enough memory for applications error message with FCPX. I have over 400 GB available and 16 GB of RAM.

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 13, 2015 9:37:22 AM MDT
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 414

Video Information:
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Time since boot: 1:14:8

Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (465.76 GB)
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.76 GB (428.94 GB free)

MAT****ADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information:
Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

Problem System Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]

User Login Items:
None

Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7

Audio Plug-ins:
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.2
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6

3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player [Click for support]

Time Machine:
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.

Top Processes by CPU:
5% WindowServer
0% activitymonitord
0% Activity Monitor
0% fontd
0% coreservicesd

Top Processes by Memory:
189 MB Finder
172 MB Safari
155 MB WebProcess
69 MB DashboardClient
69 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:
13.70 GB Free RAM
1.03 GB Active RAM
774 MB Inactive RAM
1.67 GB Wired RAM
371 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Diagnostics Information:
Mar 13, 2015, 08:23:02 AM Self test - passed

 

[cradom]

The error cant say that because drives don't have memory, they have space.
What exactly is the error message?

 

[tshtshtsh]

That's what I thought too. Very strange. The error message says: Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory.
The only time I've seen it so far is when I'm working with FCPX. If I go to duplicate a project to another HD, it will process forever and then that message pops up. What's really strange is that it will duplicate the project to the new HD anyway. FCPX will have to be "Force Quit" from there. I don't have a clue. Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[harryb2448]

OK that means the hard drive bis full. Go to About this Mac (undet the apple icon top left), and after selecting More Information go to SATA, and sroll down to the hard drive and see how much free space is available. As a rule of thumb it takes 20% free space to work anywhere near efficiently.

So a 500GB drive will require a minimum of 100GB free space.

 

[tshtshtsh]

Hmmm... well this is what it says. ???
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 499.76 GB (499,763,888,128 bytes)
Available: 428.89 GB (428,887,314,432 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

 

[cradom]

If he's been using Final Cut is it possible it's extremely fragmented?
Or even going bad?