/memtest

memtest osx utility version 4.23. Repo contains all files included in dmg that is downloaded from official site.

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

memtest

Utility for testing RAM on your mac system. Supports OS X 10.7 and above. This is a contents of dmg image obtained from http://www.memtestosx.org

Site above requires a small fee to be paid in order to download, but this software is licensed under GPLv2 and provided here for free.

Usage

Just run ./memtest

In order to test as much memory as possible, it is advised to run memtest in single user mode:

  1. To boot into single user mode, reboot you mac and hold command-S
  2. Mount filesystem /sbin/mount -uw /
  3. Go to directory where you cloned the repo cd /Users/user/this_repo_path/memtest
  4. Run memtest ./memtest all 3 -l - this command will run test 3 times, using all available memory and saving output to log file