The beach ball, again.
You click and wait. Something is eating memory, and Activity Monitor shows 400 rows of helpers.
RAM RescueDownloadFor Macs that keep beach-balling
Find the app freezing your Mac. Quit it.
RAM Rescue shows which apps eat your memory as big cards with a Quit button, cleans caches apps rebuild by themselves, and — with Pro — warns you before your Mac slows down.
Free & open source · Pro $9.99 once, 14-day free trial · macOS 11+, Apple silicon & Intel
20 seconds
The real app, start to finish.
Recorded from RAM Rescue 0.6 with sample data: quit Chrome, clean caches, open History, Guard settings.
Sound familiar?
Your Mac is slow. Something is to blame.
“Your system has run out of application memory.”
macOS asks you to force quit something. But which app is the real problem?
A browser that only grows.
Some apps never give memory back. You only notice when everything slows down.
A dev server from yesterday, still running.
You closed the terminal, the server stayed. Nothing will ever stop it.
How it works
Three steps. No setup.
- 1
Open RAM Rescue
It opens on the Memory tab: how much RAM is in use, and the apps using the most as big cards. Chrome with its 40 helpers counts as one app.
- 2
Quit what you don't need
Press Quit on an app. RAM Rescue tells you how much it frees and asks first. Dev processes left behind by closed terminals get their own Quit all.
- 3
Let it watch (Pro)
Turn on Guard. RAM Rescue stays in the menu bar and warns you before your Mac slows down, naming the app to quit.
What it does
Everything RAM Rescue does.
Memory
The heaviest apps, as big cards.
A ring shows how much RAM is in use and how tight it is. The apps using the most are cards with their own icon, the memory in large type and a Quit button you can actually see. Chrome with its 40 helpers counts as one app.
Clean · free
Caches apps rebuild, back in one click.
Xcode build files, iOS device support, npm, Yarn, Gradle, CocoaPods, Homebrew, pip and browser caches — measured on your Mac, moved to the Trash when you say so. Never cookies or history: you stay signed in everywhere.
History · Pro
See what slowed you down at 3 PM.
RAM Rescue keeps the last 24 hours of memory by app. Find the peak, the heaviest app, and the moment things went wrong.
For developers
Every localhost server, one Stop button.
The Localhost tab lists every open port with a health dot, memory and uptime. Projects starts and stops what you build, with a live log.
Memory ring + pressureNormal, Warning or Critical, as macOS sees it
Heaviest apps as cardsReal icons, helpers counted as one app
Quit and Force QuitAsks first, says how much it frees
OrphansDev processes left by closed terminals, Quit all
Clean cachesXcode, simulators, npm, Gradle, browsers… to the Trash
Menu barRAM in use and the 3 heaviest apps
Localhost + ProjectsEvery port, health check, start and stop
GuardPROWarns before your Mac slows down, names the app
Leak detectionPROFlags apps that keep growing for an hour
24-hour HistoryPROMemory by app, peak and heaviest app
Meeting modePROQuit heavy apps for a call, bring them back after
Quit when not usedPRORules for apps idle in the background
Short videos
Ten seconds each.
Safe by design
It quits apps. Carefully.
Never quits macOS itself
System processes are never quittable. Quit asks an app to close normally, like ⌘Q.
Trash, not delete
Clean moves caches to the Trash. Nothing is gone until you empty it.
Nothing leaves your Mac
No account, no analytics. The only network call checks a Pro key with Lemon Squeezy.
Signed, notarized, open source
Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, MIT code on GitHub.
Pricing
Free for good. Pro once.
Free
$0
See and quit what eats memory, clean caches, manage localhost servers. Free forever, open source.
Download free for MacPro
$9.99 once
RAM Rescue watches memory for you. The 14-day free trial starts when you open the app — no card, no account. When it ends, Pro turns off and Free keeps working.
Start the free trial| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Memory, Quit, orphans, menu bar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean caches | ✓ | ✓ |
| Localhost + Projects | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guard: warnings + leak detection | — | ✓ |
| 24-hour History | preview | ✓ |
| Meeting mode + idle rules | — | ✓ |
No subscription. A key works on 2 Macs. Sold through Lemon Squeezy.
Updates
One email when a big update ships.
New features and fixes, a few times a year. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Follow along
Built in the open.
FAQ
Good to know.
Is it safe? Can it break my Mac?
RAM Rescue never quits macOS system processes, and it asks before quitting anything. Quit asks an app to close normally, like ⌘Q. Clean only moves caches that apps rebuild by themselves to the Trash — never cookies, history, passwords or your files.
What is free and what is Pro?
Seeing and quitting what uses memory, orphans, Clean, the Localhost and Projects tabs and the menu bar are free, forever. Pro adds Guard (warnings before your Mac slows down, leak detection, auto-quitting orphans), a 24-hour memory history, Meeting mode and idle rules. $9.99 once, 2 Macs, 14-day free trial.
What happens when the trial ends?
Pro features turn off and everything free keeps working. There is no subscription and nothing renews.
Does it collect data?
No account, no analytics, no tracking. The only network call is checking a Pro license key with Lemon Squeezy, the store that sells it.
Which Macs does it run on?
macOS 11 Big Sur or later, Apple silicon and Intel. The download is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
Your Mac, unstuck.
Free download. Pro is $9.99 once if you want it to watch for you.
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