Thanks for the link, it was a very interesting read, and explained a lot. Here's a link of my own, explaining more about compressed memory and how Activity Monitor displays it: http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/fl/Understanding-Compressed-Memory-in-OS-X.htm
I'll hopefully be able to get more information out of vm_stat and offer extra keywords for the ram script. > On Mar 5, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alex, > > Here is information about memory. Sorry, apparently this was a Mavericks > feature. > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/ > <http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/> > > This is the Arz Technica review of Mavericks which I read at the same time I > was reading the Yosemite review because there were cross references back. I > realized while reading this that I never red or at least understood his > description of the Swift Programming Language. It is fairly interesting if > you have ever study compiler design. > >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:33, Alex Hall <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Good idea, thanks. It's between vm_stat and sysctl, both of which seem like >> they'll work. I still don't really understand this memory compression thing, >> though. I'll keep looking into it, but if you have a grasp on it already, >> I'd love an explanation. Thanks. >>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Alex, >>> >>> >>> You mentioned you were having problems getting memory information in your >>> utilities scripts. I did a quick scan and it looks like you are parsing >>> information from the top command to get these statistics. Might I suggest >>> you look at the “vm-stat command? >>> >>> This lists things in terms of pages of memory that are swappable and >>> non-swappable. There is a new number for memory that has been compressed >>> because Yosemite will compress memory before swapping / paging it out. >>> >>> Also, can I talk to you at some point about success or lack there of for >>> using XCODE GUI creation with VoicerOver? >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
