![]() ![]() It's only passive to be able to quickly activate that memory without having to allocate it again, when opening frequent apps. Passive memory is the same as free memory other applications can use that memory. So in the end of the day, when you'd have tons of apps running, "free memory" might show a small number, but take a look at how much the passive memory uses. ![]() If you have 16GB RAM, and have 3GB active, and 10GB passive, activity monitor would only say you have 3GB free memory, even though you have a total of 13GB to take from. ![]() if you open a VM that uses 4GB, and then close it, that memory will still be allocated, but as passive memory (so that other applications can "eat" that space). Many people make a mistake not taking passive memory into the consideration.
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