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What's difference between "Free" and "inactive"
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<blockquote data-quote="giulio" data-source="post: 389064" data-attributes="member: 28677"><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Wired memory</strong></p><p>This information can't be cached to disk, so it must stay in RAM. The amount depends on what applications you are using. </p><p></p><p><strong>Active memory</strong></p><p>This information is currently in RAM and actively being used. </p><p></p><p><strong>Inactive memory</strong></p><p>This information is no longer being used and has been cached to disk, but it will remain in RAM until another application needs the space. Leaving this information in RAM is to your advantage if you (or a client of your computer) come back to it later. </p><p></p><p><strong>Free memory</strong></p><p>This memory is not being used.</p><p></p><p>(For most purposes, FREE and INACTIVE are sorta the same thing)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="giulio, post: 389064, member: 28677"] [URL]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918[/URL][B] Wired memory[/B] This information can't be cached to disk, so it must stay in RAM. The amount depends on what applications you are using. [B]Active memory[/B] This information is currently in RAM and actively being used. [B]Inactive memory[/B] This information is no longer being used and has been cached to disk, but it will remain in RAM until another application needs the space. Leaving this information in RAM is to your advantage if you (or a client of your computer) come back to it later. [B]Free memory[/B] This memory is not being used. (For most purposes, FREE and INACTIVE are sorta the same thing) [/QUOTE]
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