How To Disable the Dynamic Memory Pager in MacOSX

Author: , September 14th, 2012

To deactivate the dynamic pager: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist followed by a reboot. You can turn it on again with sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist

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How To Disable Swap On MacOSX

Author: , July 25th, 2012

DON’T DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERT LEVEL SYSADMIN!! YMMV… As root: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist rm /private/var/vm/swapfile* BONUS LINKS: How to move your swapfile: http://superuser.com/questions/28414/moving-the-swapfiles-to-a-dedicated-partition-in-snow-leopard Apple Memory Docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html

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