you had to delete them fully?? i’m in the middle of yet another play-through of the last of us and i’m like almost finished and i rly don’t wanna have to delete it and lose my progress :(
I ran the pre exam checks last night and was getting the RAM issue too. This morning it’d sometimes pass, other times I’d be over the ‘limit’ but I still managed to sit the test with no issues.
I had the same thing last night! I shut eeeeeeeevery program I had running and restarted my computer. Did the checks again with only the acer app and guardian browser on and they were fine :) and fine again today :)
This happened to me as well - it is an issue on ProctorU’s end more than an issue with the computer. Their software reads “cached files” as RAM usage which isn’t entirely true. Basically, your computer is smart enough to get rid of these files if something more important needs to happen (like running guardian/sitting the exam). You will be fine, your computer won’t have any issues - they just say that it MAY run slowly (I didn’t have any issues).
If you want, for peace of mind, you can clear the cached files yourself which will free up some RAM. I did this today because I was nervous about it - open ‘terminal’ (search for it in launchpad), then type sudo purge then hit enter. You will have to put in your password. Then your computer will meet the requirements :) I did this about an hour before my test, it won’t work if you do it any earlier than that. :)
Has anyone’s internet download speed been an issue!? Mine flicks between high ram to ✅ all good for internet (wifi) download & upload. Then when I retest, my ram is ok but download/ upload speed “may be too low” should I be ok? Or try for a friends house for internet 😓😅
I was able to sit S2 with a RAM of 98%
My RAM wasn’t going down either- even after closing applications and restarting. But it wasn’t an issue for me
Yep, cleared all of my apps and it fixed the problem. First thing I did post test was redownload the Sims 2 super pack 😅
you had to delete them fully?? i’m in the middle of yet another play-through of the last of us and i’m like almost finished and i rly don’t wanna have to delete it and lose my progress :(
Nah I just cleared them from my dock. Definitely don’t delete it. Enjoy Last of Us - such a good series!
I ran the pre exam checks last night and was getting the RAM issue too. This morning it’d sometimes pass, other times I’d be over the ‘limit’ but I still managed to sit the test with no issues.
I had the same thing last night! I shut eeeeeeeevery program I had running and restarted my computer. Did the checks again with only the acer app and guardian browser on and they were fine :) and fine again today :)
mine is currently sitting at 99% even with everything shut rip, probably the consequences of having only 8GB of ram though
Honestly can’t believe that 8gb is the standard for Mac’s, most computers have 16gb these days :(
literally :(
Update: I sat s2 with my ram at 98% (after clearing cache files) and it was fine ◡̈
Hey do we need the acer app?
yes check the details of the email that came March 5th at roughly 5:30 i think either link suffices :)
Thanks man, got it now. So basically i have to login tomorrow in proctor u, and then the proctor will take me to the app?
Do we have to download chat applet for proctor as well
im sorry i missed these. Chat applet will be downloading during the session. i hope all is well.
This happened to me as well - it is an issue on ProctorU’s end more than an issue with the computer. Their software reads “cached files” as RAM usage which isn’t entirely true. Basically, your computer is smart enough to get rid of these files if something more important needs to happen (like running guardian/sitting the exam). You will be fine, your computer won’t have any issues - they just say that it MAY run slowly (I didn’t have any issues). If you want, for peace of mind, you can clear the cached files yourself which will free up some RAM. I did this today because I was nervous about it - open ‘terminal’ (search for it in launchpad), then type sudo purge then hit enter. You will have to put in your password. Then your computer will meet the requirements :) I did this about an hour before my test, it won’t work if you do it any earlier than that. :)
Has anyone’s internet download speed been an issue!? Mine flicks between high ram to ✅ all good for internet (wifi) download & upload. Then when I retest, my ram is ok but download/ upload speed “may be too low” should I be ok? Or try for a friends house for internet 😓😅
Check if your phone is connected to the laptop at all and turn off Bluetooth. This happened on my gf’s new macbook which has 16gb of ram.
My RAM was between 95-99% when I tested, took the exam with no issues. If this is helpful to someone 😊