Mac vram usage and monitoring

richardamckeand · September 25, 2020, 10:05am

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone knows the best way to clear vram on a mac running flame? Always used to just log out and in again on linux once the resources bar went orange.

And a supplementary question for Randy, I think you recommended istat pro on your tech talk on logik-live (thanks by the way). I can’t see it but there are tonnes of similar sounding apps on the app store. Could you just confirm exactly which one you recommended please?

Thanks all,

Rich

randy · September 25, 2020, 10:13am

BJANGO! No, thats not some kind of expression, thats the name of the company that does the iState pro I love.

All you have to do for the vram thingy is restart flame.

richardamckeand · September 25, 2020, 10:31am

Thanks Randy

randy · September 25, 2020, 10:34am

Also, controversial tip, but I prefer to keep the Mac Menu Bar on all the time. It never occurred to me that it could be very helpful until I had to monitor my system resources so closely. By turning it on, it gives you great insight as to what Flame is doing when its doing stuff.

richardamckeand · September 25, 2020, 10:39am

Thanks, I’ll have a look