I think just clearing the setting will revert to the default behavior 
(compressing memory):

sudo nvram -d boot-args

Then reboot.

-Carl



> On Apr 7, 2018, at 12:57 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So a while back, I disabled compressed virtual memory:
> 
> bash-3.2# nvram boot-args
> boot-args       -v -s vm_compressor=1
> bash-3.2# 
> 
> I tried to reenable it (removing the vm_compressor argument). Unfortunately, 
> all that did was give me a swap error as soon as physical memory filled up.
> 
> I'd like to know what I need to do to go back to compressing my virtual 
> memory.
> 
> At the time, my reason for disabling it was that it turned my 16 GB machine 
> into a 6 GB machine. The system would insist on using 10 GB for compressed 
> swap, and my working set at the time -- Minecraft client, Minecraft server, 
> recording software, voice chat software, etc. -- needed more memory than that.
> 
> 
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