"Not enough RAM" Error Message

[Deniice]

So while i was using the 3D tool in Illustrator, and it said "not enough RAM to do this". I updated evreything (illustrator and my MAC book to the latest version so everything is up-to-date). What is the problem here and how do is solve this?

[Monika Gause]

Maybe it's really just not enough RAM. How much RAM is installed?

[Deniice]

My macbook has 245,11 GB, so i don't think that the problem 🤷‍:female_sign:

[Monika Gause]

That is your harddrive and not the RAM.

[michelew83603738]

While to system requirements for AI is 8GB, 16 GB of RAM is suggested. Perhaps you are not allocating enough RAM to AI?

[Monika Gause]

You can't allocate RAM on Mac OS

[Alkisti263313167u9j]

Hi Monica,

Did you manage to fix this? Same hapenned to me in Windows even though I have plenty of harddrive and 16GB Ram.

[Monika Gause]

16 GB of RAM is not "plenty". It's just the recommended minimum. It's not sufficient for working with complex files or 3D.

[Ton Frederiks]

It is not the recommended minimum, 16 gig is recommended, 8 is the minimum.

If that is not correct, this page should be updated.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html#ai-on-the-desktop

[Monika Gause]

8 GB is the bare minimum, 16 GB is the recommended minimum. 

More is more.

[Ton Frederiks]

Then it should say so, recommended  minimum instead of just recommended.

[Anubhav M · Accepted solution]

Hello @Deniice,

We understand encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/not-enough-memory-illustrator-cc.html) and checking if it helps?

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,

Anubhav

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