Suggestions: 1 if you can run Snow Leopard, do so. SL doesn't eat anywhere near as much RAM, or VM, as Lion and Mountain Lion do.
2 don't leave Mail open. Mail eats a lot of RAM and VM, especially in Lion and ML. Quitting Mail and relaunching it 30-45 minutes later can free up some VM. 3 web browsers in general, and Safari and Chrome in particular, eat RAM and VM. Limit the number of open windows, and the number of tabs in open windows. On 08 Dec 2012, at 15:34 , [email protected] wrote: > In case the screenshot below doesn't get delivered, its showing that my MBA's > swap file is currently just over 18 GB in size. > > I have 4 GB RAM, but only 120 GB on the hard drive. (Its a 2011 MBA) > So a swap file at that size is noticeable. > > Does anyone have advice, short of upgrading the HD to a higher capacity? (SSD > drives are still $$$) > Right now I'm restarting every day, sometimes multiple times. > > <PastedGraphic-2.tiff> > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
