>Off or on doesn't make any difference,
> they are still in your system folder taking up space!
>
>If you want to cut down the amount of Ram that your system uses,
>you must *remove* the control panels and extensions from the system folder.
Sorry, but this is completely false. The only files whose INIT code
will run at boot time (potentially using up memory after boot time)
are those in the Extensions folder, the Control Panels folder, the
Fonts folder (which in a weird only-on-the-Mac-OS sense is a sort of
extension of the System file), or at the root of the System Folder.
Stuff in the various " (disabled)" folders (just as in any other
randomly-named folder you might create) doesn't ever get looked at.
It still takes up *disk* space, of course, but that's not at issue
here.
>I usually just throw the ones I know that I don't need in the trash but if
>you aren't sure you can remove them from the system folder and just put
>them into a new folder anywhere else on your drive.
Or, you could put them in "Extensions (disabled)" - or, you could let
the Extensions Manager do that for you. Note that if a file doesn't
appear in the Extensions Manager list, it doesn't have any INIT code
and generally won't occupy any memory.
There are however some files that extend some other feature, so it is
occasionally worth manually moving files to the disabled folders.
Some other folders contain items that act the same way: Control Strip
modules (but these only really consume memory in the control strip's
partition as of OS 8.5), contextual menu extensions, and the active
Appearance theme file. Many of these will only load if needed,
however (Text Encodings and Scripting Additions fall into that
category too).
>Try taking all of those extensions and CP's that you had shut off and move
>them, then restart your Duo and check again.
This is a waste of time, but, whatever turns your crank. ;)
As to why the original poster's system partition appeared to use more
memory with less extensions loaded, the 200KB difference probably
wasn't significant and might just be a reporting artifact. It's
likely that none of the additional files removed made any difference
at all. One tip: running "Mac OS Purge" one time before checking may
give a better indication, since it cleans up any memory temporarily
allocated at boot time.
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