Startup disk memory?

[jmiller]

My computer is saying "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory" meanwhile I have 317.45 GB available (out of 499.76 GB capacity). What gives?

 

[Kaveman]

In Word??? its a bug in Word.

 

[jmiller]

Hmm, It happens even if the only programs open are finder and safari. I haven't had word open in a while.

 

[alsadr]

let me ask you .. if you create new user .. is the same msg. come or not?

 

[alsadr]

try to create new user.. is the same problem there?

 

[Kaveman]

Have you given it a Restart? Apple Menu.

for application memory

Thats not the standard Out of HD message, strange.

What Mac? What OS version?

 

[jmiller]

Yep, tried all the standard stuff - restart, freeing up space, updates, etc it's OS X (10.5). I didn't realize that isn't the standard message. That's odd. It hasn't done it as much today (only twice so far) so hopefully it will go away. Thanks again.

 

[Kaveman]

I'd ensure you have a current backup!

Utilities > Disk Utility > Permissions
And reset your P-RAM, Command - Option - P and R, after startup and before chimes, hold for 3 chimes.

And System Preference > Security > Use Secure Virtual Memory unTicked