Re: talking dashboard: the say ram script

There are several programs in usr bin that end in stat that are better for scripting and screen readers not sure what understands the current system. I used to use vmstat and memstat quite a bit. I would check but my computer resources are being used by others. Jonathan Cohn > On Sep 28,

Re: talking dashboard: the say ram script

from what I've read memory is very hard to measure in the new system. Not only do you have the usual virtual memory/swap but there is also now compressed memory so what's free and used is even more murky. About Tech has a brief explainer on compressed memory:

talking dashboard: the say ram script

This script seems to not work i gave it a key in the keyboard commander but it says nothing when i use that keystroke any thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: talking dashboard: the say ram script

That one has been broken since Yosemite. I meant to fix it, but other projects kept coming up. Plus, from what I've read, ram is handled so differently in Yosemite and onward that monitoring it isn't as important as it used to be. > On Sep 28, 2015, at 02:57, deedra waters

Re: talking dashboard: the say ram script

is there another way to see this info then? i could go the top route but unix and top and memory flat out confuse me. > On Sep 28, 2015, at 4:59 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > That one has been broken since Yosemite. I meant to fix it, but other > projects kept coming up. Plus,

Re: talking dashboard: the say ram script

Activity Monitor is a great app built into all Macs. Open it up, go to the toolbar and then into the view group, and choose the memory button. Get out of the toolbar and you can see not only a table of all your apps and how much memory each uses, but stats on your memory as a whole. > On Sep