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.

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 ...

Memory Clean for Mac is a small utility program that will keep you updated on how much free memory you have to work with and reclaim more for you. It's especially effective after you close a ...

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 every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. RAM (Random Access Memory) is your computer’s thinking space: as ...

Is your Mac slowing down, frequently freezing, regularly running out of RAM or just not behaving like it used to? Are you short of space on your Mac? Have you spotted the immense amount of room taken ...

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 ...

Every time you open a file on your hard drive, you Mac uses some memory. That makes things operate quickly, but, over time, residual files (think junk) can just lounge around in the RAM, making your ...

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 ...