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0 pointsstouset3mo ago0 comments

Caches are automatically released by the OS when demand for memory increases.

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bagels3mo ago· 3 in thread

You eventually run out of caches to evict.

stousetOP3mo ago

That is completely irrelevant to this discussion about using the RAM you’ve paid for.

winter_blue3mo ago

At that point you can still fall back onto swap on NVME.

kulahan3mo ago

Doesn’t Apple use pretty damn quick NVME? I wonder how much of a performance drop it actually is. Certainly not as bad as running a swap file on a 5400 rpm HDD…

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