> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PCI] Virtual memory > > At 06:13 PM -0500 06/21/2004, Mike T. wrote: >> How do you assign more VM to the finder?????? > > There are basically two situations where you'd need to give Finder > more Preferred (initial) memory. > > 1) Using an older memory-sloppy print driver, with background printing > enabled. > > 2) Mounting/accessing lots of disk volumes and/or folders that have > excessive number of files in them. > > Note that for most tasks, the Finder gets temp memory from the System > itself. So giving it a lot of memory initially isn't worth the > effort.
and you go on to give excellent instructions Dan! I add two things: Drop�Info 2.0 is a free utility for changing such codes (I use an older simple version of Typeshuffler) And second, an anecdote told before: I bought some ram that had faults, the seller swore that increasing finder memory would fix. As suspected by me, it did not! And saw no other benefits... David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
