Free app Memory Clean lets you monitor your Mac’s memory usage and will clean it automatically or when asked. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services.

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a ...

Memory-cleaner programs may appear to free up system memory, but they usually don't do much to cure low system-memory problems. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

OS X: Your Mac likes to cache things in your "free" RAM so if you need them later you can load them quickly. This might be nice sometimes, but if you need to free up a lot of memory for a particular ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. RAM (Random Access Memory) is your computer’s thinking space: as ...

When your computer slows to a crawl and struggles with even basic tasks, like switching between apps, it’s often a sign that your system is running low on RAM. A lack of free memory on Windows or Mac ...

When your computer freezes occasionally, web pages refuse to load, and some programs fail to startup, chances are your system is losing out on memory. Under such situations, Memory Optimizers may help ...

Is your Mac running painfully slowly? Has an application just hung? Did you see a “Your system has run out of application memory” message or the dreaded spinning beach ball? All of these can be signs ...

Here's why your computer keeps freezing and how you can fix it without replacing the RAM When your computer slows to a crawl and struggles with even basic tasks, like switching between apps, it’s ...