on 10/11/01 2:10 PM, Ron Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > but I've brought both up, downloaded > photos into both and was able to work witout any stalls or freezes in either > one. That was a first! they would freeze even though I allotted more > memory to them. When you say to change my applications icon, is that the > memory link on the apple menu?
I'd have to say that I'm really surprised, I am almost positive there is something going on with your machine if you have that much ram and are getting freezes doing normal work in your applications. One thing that could be going wrong is one of your RAM dimms could be bad, when you have some freetime, try taking 2 of them out and using your apps and see if you have the freezes, then adding another in, doing the same, etc... Btw, make sur eyou have your computer off when doing anything to the inside... I"m sure you know that, but when I reccomended the above to someone they completely screwed up their system by not turning it off (they figured since the case could open while it was running it had to be ok). > When you say to change my applications icon, is that the > memory link on the apple menu? I believe you're talking about the "recent applications" item under the apple menu. Those are just alias files (scroll down u nder the apple menu, and let go on that folder (not choosing anyhing inside) and you'll see the applications icons in italics. They are basically short cuts to the application, or you can make them for files (using the apple key + option + m). Ie, if you moved one of those italicised files onto the desktop, you could double click it and it would open the file. What you want to do is go to the actual application's icon on your hard drive (inside its application folder). What might be easiest if you are't sure where it is to do the above step so you see all the application alias, click on the one you want (once) and hit the apple and "r" keys at the same time, and it will reveal the application. Then do get info under file, go to memory, and change the memory allocation. The memory allocation is in kilobytes, and 1024kilobytes equals a meg of ram. > I have the virtual memory turned on and > whenever I've installed new chips, it automatically recognizes it and it > shows up in the window. It says pesently I have 896mb of actual mem and 897 > mb of virtual mem. I don't really know what the virtual memory is for, but > everything seems to be working fine now so I hate to tinker with it. Should > I turn it off and just use the ram memory? Will that speed things up? Virtual memory on the mac is similar to what unix's do, ie if you run out of ram memory it will page data to the hard drive and pretend it is ram. With the advent of apple's newer operating systems, it has been expanded to work with the "modern memory manager" which can speed up certain applications if it is on and they support it (most do). Some apps don't want you to use it, but most are fine with it. What most people suggest is to leave it on, but just one megabyte if you hve that much ram. Nothing will get paged to memory, but you will get the benefits of the modern memory manager. > I did > notice a huge difference in the way games load and the speed they play at > and with my email. some of the html I ws getting took a while to open and > now it opens within a blink. My programs seem to load up much more quickly > as well. I really think there is/was something else going on with your system that was causing a lot of that, but I could be wrong. :) -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
