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Memory under memory monitor

Posted by on November 11, 2005

OSXFAQ – Technical News and Support for Mac OS X

Memory Monitor show the memory usage under Mac OS X. There are 4 main components to memory usage based on the total amount of memory installed:

* Free Memory: This is memory available for use immediately by an application or the system.
* InActive Memory: This is memory that has been used, and could be used again if needed. Swappable.
* Active Memory: This is memory currently in use. Swappable.
* Wired Memory: This is memory currently in use. UnSwappable.

I was wondering what the difference was between free and inactive memory under OS X.