Once again, Good luck, and remember, if in doubt, leave it in! Frank.
2009/4/24 anna churchill <[email protected]> > very cool. get the diff tween Ram and disc space. I had extra ram installed > when i bought it. I need to have a spring disc cleaning. > > cant do Hazel as I am still on 10.3 OS X-- though sounds like a great app. > > will just have a jolly trash fest. > > by the way: you all know about Magic Sponges? cleans the grunge off the > white cases and most everything else. worth their weight in gold. get them > at the supermarket and i suspect the One Pound shops have a cheap version. > > --- On *Fri, 24/4/09, Frank Kennedy <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Frank Kennedy <[email protected]> > Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Mac attack > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 24 April, 2009, 7:46 PM > > > There you go, Anna, this man knows what he's talking about, question is, do > you? > To try to clear things up a bit, RAM or memory, is a chip that the > processor uses to store and access frequently used data that is useful in > running software. It usually comes in multiples of 128 Megabytes (MBs) i.e. > 128, 256, 512, 768, etc. RAM loses everything it has on it when the power is > switched off. The hard drive is used to semi-permanently store data, and is > usually measured in Gigabytes (1024 Megabytes). I say > semi-permanently because you can delete the data at will or replace it with > other data, but it doesn't lose anything when the MAC is switched off. > Itsagroup is quite right, you can view your disk size and usage that way, > but if you want to tidy the disk up it's a good idea to repair permissions > and repair the disk using Disk Utility. This won't free up mush space, you > need to plod through the different directories and remove files you don't > use (but be very careful you don't remove something vital just because you > don't recognise the file name) to do that. > > There are two easy(ish) "safe" ways to clean your hard drive, there may be > more, but these are the most straight forward, I think. One is to re-install > your operating system and applications from scratch, but you must be very > sure you back-up any files you don't want to lose onto a CD or DVD or USB > stick. You then choose the "clean install" option from the installation menu > that appears when you click on "options" in the window that appears when you > insert your MAC OS disk and follow instructions from there. The second is to > download and install an application called "Hazel" which will sense when you > delete an application and prompt you to also remove any separate files that > are associated with that app and no others. Then you just go through your > applications folder and move any apps you don't need or use/want to the > trash, and Hazel will open a window asking if you want to delete any > associated file also. Hazel also costs $21.95 from Noodlesoft here: > http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php but the good news is, you can download > and use it for free for 14 days if you like. Please note it has several > other functions, but "App Sweep" is the one that does what I'm describing. > Also, please note that it's only compatible with Tiger (10.4), or Leopard > (10.5) > > Well, I think that's probably more than enough for you to digest for now, > good luck again, > Frank. > > > 2009/4/24 <[email protected]> > >> Apple > 'About This Mac' tells you total installed physical memory >> Click on your hard disk in the Finder and select File > Get Info from the >> Finder menu to see Total Capacity, Available & Used. >> >> Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor will show you how much of your >> hardware's RAM (memory) is available, how much in use and so on. It also >> shows how much memory is being used by each individual application. >> >> As I mentioned in another post, a handy little application like iPulse >> will tell you all of this just by moving your mouse over various areas of >> its window - neat. Find it here: http://iconfactory.com/software/ipulse >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Stephen >> >> On 24 Apr 2009, at 16:16, anna churchill wrote: >> >> Lord. this all just reminded me i need to check how much memory i have >> left. >> >> i forgot where i click to get current available memory status! >> >> i see the about this Mac; it says Processor 1.2 Ghz, Memory 768 MB DDR >> SDRAM, L2 Cache 512. >> >> But i cant find my way to where it gives you current available memory. >> last time i checked a couple years ago i had used about half. >> >> >> >> --- On *Fri, 24/4/09, tcrooks <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> From: tcrooks <[email protected]> >> Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Mac attack >> To: "Sussex Mac User Group" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, 24 April, 2009, 8:59 AM >> >> >> >> On 23 Apr, 19:44, anna churchill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > My iBook G4 >> is nowt 4 years old and I havent upgraded a thing and still >> runs like a top! >> > >> > Of course we know I do nothing extravagant >> >> Anna, As it should be! >> >> We have 2 iBook G4s and they continue to give faultless service to the >> >> family for email, web browsing, IM'ing, and other basic usage. Falling >> behind on things like TV programme streaming as streaming bandwidth >> deployed increases. I'm intending to use one of the iBooks as a server >> >> when my twins push off to uni for as long as it, as you say, runs like >> a top! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> When the oil runs out, they're all bike lanes. - Anonymous >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
