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| 279890 | 2004-10-10 22:06:00 | A friend has a Mac which is about 6 years old. She has a new Kodak digital camera but has run into a problem: when trying to print a photo, an error message states that there is not enough memory. I am familiar with adding extra RAM to PCs, but not for Macs. Do PCs and Macs use the same type of RAM ? Recently my friend also updated her Mac's OS, to the newest possible for the type of Mac she has; cannot recall exactly but it may be OS 9. I wonder if using a newer OS consumes more RAM (like W98 and XP)? If more info is needed, I will get it from my friend but she is not technically minded. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 279891 | 2004-10-11 02:17:00 | Managing memory Mac systems are designed to operate with Virtual Memory turned on as this way programs use less memory for operation. To check or adjust Virtual Memory go to Apple menu/Control panels/Memory. It is normal on Power Macs to have Virtual Memory on and the amount selected in the box to be 1MB more then the built-in memory. If you need extra memory to run a particular program or run several programs at once it is quite acceptable to increase the number in the box to to make this Virtual Memory available for use as RAM Allocating more memory to a program. Unlike OS X, older Mac systems do not automatically manage memory requirements of a program and sometimes it is necessary to increase this especially if strange thing are happening or you are getting frequent Type 2 or 3 errors. To adjust the memory available to a program, first make sure the program is closed. Find the folder the program is in and then click on the program icon once to highlight it. Go to File/Get Info/Memory. Increase the preferred size by 2000k or whatever you think it may need. Of course it will all depend on how much RAM you have installed and how much is available for allocation. Close the screen by clicking in the top left corner and restart your program. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 279892 | 2004-10-11 11:32:00 | Thanks much Jim. I have printed your advice and will give it to my friend today, Tuesday, and will get back to you here when she has followed your info. Cheers - Steve |
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