MemoryTamer
1.5.3Automatic memory-freeing app.
Overview
MemoryTamer is an automatic memory-freeing app that runs in your menu bar. It supports notifications with both Growl and Notification Center, and also lets you free memory whenever you want with the "Free memory now" menu item.
On OS X 10.9, it gets even better! By tapping into a system function introduced in OS X 10.9, MemoryTamer is able to automatically free your memory without slowing down your computer.
The FastSpring store (which provides a unlimited use license for the same price as the 3-use Paddle license and uses a more reliable licensing system) can be found at fastspring.com. FastSpring is a much more established payment system that is a lot more commonly used than Paddle. It also supports several additional payment methods that Paddle does not provide. Please note that the FastSpring license is only supported in MemoryTamer v1.4.0 and up, which requires OS X 10.9 or higher.
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- OS X 10.9.0 or later
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Shaun.
I used to use the purge command in Terminal to free up unused RAM, but that no longer works in Mavericks or Yosemite. So this app will request all of the free RAM and then release it. This gives an increase in performance.
Don't always listen to Apple. They also say you no longer need to defrag a hard drive, but that's not true either!
Plus you clearly didn't try it, so why are you giving it 2 stars? That's not how it works here. This isn't about your opinion.
I have used memory tamer for quite awhile (since version 0.9x, maybe longer since it used to be free). I have been very satisfied with its performance, and the developer continues to update the product in a transparent way.
Since he nows offers an unlimited use license , I decided to buy that license (just $2.49!) because I use this on every computer, and am sure that I would outgrow the 3-use limit with the Paddle license. One tip if you do this, you will need to deactivate the paddle license using the menu directly in MemoryTamer, and then use the activation method described in the FastSpring email. Unfortunately you cannot actually see the license number within MemoryTamer itself, unlike the case with the Paddle registration.
In terms of memory management, the menu now lists a number of parameters including Memory Pressure, so you can monitor that without going to Activity Monitor. There have been several times especially recently with the Yosemite 10.10.3 update where Memory Press has gone up to 51%; quitting applications helps to ease the pressure, and you can also relaunch MemoryTamer which helps in some cases.
Are you on the latest 1.4.1.1? I fixed a MemoryTamer crash in that version.
If you could start a conversation with me at eric@memorytamer.com, I might be figure out the information I need to allow me to get the problem solved so that you can use MemoryTamer without it causing trouble for you.
My main thing is the lack of any kind of documentation. At least some basic explanation of the functions would be helpful - for example, you did post a reply further down here regarding the trimming settings, but it would be better the know a bit more I think, such as why do we need to change these settings, and what would be a good setting to use, and why choose 'memory pressure' over 'plain allocation' - they have no meaning to us! And what on earth is 'auto escalate for?
I like the idea of the auto memory clearing, a feature that is indeed handy compared to other apps (I have one or two others that can do this manually, as indeed can a reboot or even a simple logout and login).
If I could understand better the meanings of the functions, and based on my trial so far, I wouldn't hesitate to pay the very reasonable price for this.
At one point, I had created some documentation located at https://github.com/henderea/MemoryTamer/blob/master/USING.md, but it is now quite a bit out of date. However, it may explain some of the things you are unsure about, such as the difference between "memory pressure" and "plain allocation", as well as what "auto-escalate" is.
I do hope to get the manual completed at some point, but until recently, MemoryTamer had been on the back burner, and even now, the time I spend on it is not as much as when I first started working on it. I do have some features planned, and I am working on them, but the progress is somewhat slow. The current feature I'm working on is the ability to run a purge from MemoryTamer, but I haven't managed to get it to work yet, mainly since it involves some complicated stuff that I haven't worked with before (specifically, inter-process communication and privileged helpers).
Now I'm trying to buy this, but the PayPal link seems broken.
All the best.
It is trying to go to; paddleapi.com, hockeyapp.net, and others.
If it fails to work at all without an internet connection, then it's a problem for laptop users.
Also, I installed it for the first time yesterday to try it, and it said it had 7 days, and now today, after installing the update, it says 0 days and the trial is expired.
With so many problems, how can it be trusted?
just getting the app to run shouldn't be so hard.
While hopefully not the case, it is possible that the demo version doesn't work without an internet connection.
As for the sudden expiration of the trial, I had to change an API value in the Paddle framework in the latest version, so it's possible that that messed up the trial. If you exit the app and delete /Users/<your username>/Library/Preferences/us.myepg.MemoryTamer.plist (you may need to hold down the option key and use the "go" menu in Finder to get to the Library folder), then re-run the app, it should hopefully reset the trial (although it will also reset any setting changes you have made).
If you continue having trouble running the demo without an internet connection, please contact me at eric@memorytamer.com and I'll give you a 100% off coupon to use for getting a license. I'd rather have one more satisfied customer than a couple of dollars.
My main reason for charging for MemoryTamer is because I do have costs related to services and tools I use for it. The payments for those services and tools initially come out of my personal funds, so I'm mainly just trying to at least break even.