I tried parsing a gigantic XML file and I ended up running out of virtual memory. The OS put all my applications on pause and gave me a screen to shutdown applications to free more space. I killed the XML parsing application and now have tons of space but I can't resume my paused applications anymore. What should I do?
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much related: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/226201/… – cregox Feb 4 '16 at 12:04
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Find your paused app's process ID (using either Activity Monitor or ps -ax | grep ), then issue it the CONT signal using "kill" in the terminal (don't worry, "kill" is misnamed, it just sends a signal to an app - it's called kill because the default signal is QUIT)
% ps -ax | grep Safari
461 ?? 61:22.30 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari -psn_0_180268
% kill -CONT 461
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6thanks for the hint! but it lead me into this similar solution: simply using
killall -CONT Safari- feel free to add this to your answer! ;) – cregox Apr 13 '11 at 15:46 -
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@Jawa - open iterm if you have it, or X11, to get at the terminal some other way. Alternatively, ssh in from another machine. But these are workarounds, I'd love a better solution – keflavich Dec 23 '12 at 19:40
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To un-pause all applications, run this command in Terminal:
pkill -CONT -u $UID
or (as suggested here):
kill -CONT -1
To un-pause the specific app (such as Chrome), try:
kill -CONT $(pgrep Chrome)
Consider adding the following alias into your rc files (such as ~/.bashrc):
alias unpause="pkill -CONT -u $UID"
So next time you may just run: unpause.
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3or just use
kill -CONT -1as explained here: superuser.com/questions/1076932/… – cregox May 9 '17 at 10:43
