At 5:38 PM -0500 12/24/2009, Erik Hancock wrote: >Anyone having an issue with Safari consuming large volumes of HD space?
Mac? Speed? RAM? OS? Safari vers? >I was given messages that I was out of HD space - in finder I was >down to 300 MB but when I quit safari I found that I immediately >had 3 GB then I was back to 5GB. Safari 4, on faster Macs, can suck up quite a bit of disk space for it's page previews. That's in addition to the normal cache and xtra virtual memory space (if you have a lot of windows & tabs open). But I've never seen it use gigs... What else do you have loaded? Plug-ins, InputManagers, etc.... >In the old days you could tell an app how much space to use. Is >there anything I can do - I don't do a lot of video but I've seen >comments on Flash bloat and wonder if all the stupid active ads and >other junk is contributing. Activity Monitor will let you watch things. Flash is piggy and has memory leaks. A blocker such as ClickToFlash will make your browsing experience so much better.... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
