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Where did my RAM go (7.6GB on startup) (alien.top)
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[-] homomemeboi@alien.top 2 points 2 years ago

Unused RAM is wasted RAM. macOS (and Windows for that matter) allocate a set amount of RAM to itself in order to run smoothly. Windows usually allocates half, whilst macOS 2-8GB depending on the amount of available RAM.

If your usage needs the 24GB, macOS will notice and allocate less RAM for itself.

Again, unused RAM is wasted RAM.

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