I pay a lot of attention to the activity monitor but it really doesnt make enough sense. Something in regards to memory usage really appears to be non-linear. It doesnt seem to add up and I havent figured out why. W. ________________________________________ From: Pete Beaumont [furbies@...] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:38 PM To: futurebasic@... Subject: Re: [FB] off topic: memory usage in my Mac What about Activity Monitor ? It can be useful for find the memory pigs... Pete... On 19/12/2009, at 4:04 AM, Edwards, Waverly wrote: > > Thanks Deep. > > I didn't think about the frameworks and I didn't know about Rosetta. > From time-to-time, I open a PPC app and so your saying that once I > launch a PPC app, Rosetta loads and stays loaded. Hmmm. > > Sometimes it gets a bit frustrating. So frustrating that I've on a few > occasions thought of writing a program that gives me information about > the processes running. I don't know if the process manager is still good > for that kind of thing. I know that I could get most of the information > that I want from the terminal but that's not a controllable as a home > grown program. > > Thanks for the information. > > > W. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deep [mailto:Info@...] > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:26 AM > To: futurebasic@... > Subject: Re: [FB] off topic: memory usage in my Mac > > > Assuming you have an Intel Mac, one of the big memory hogs is Rosetta which > remains loaded using memory even after you have quit the PPC program that > caused Rosetta to be loaded. > > Best to open one of the other programs, check the memory, quit the program, > check the memory again. Then repeat with your other programs, which will > help you identify which program is holding onto the memory rather than > releasing it. > > The MacOS X memory manager is usually quite efficient. So, when an app is > quit, all its memory requirements are released. However, some apps also load > a "framework" for example, which is necessary for that app to operate. But, > since the "framework" is independent of the app, the "framework" is not > normally closed down when the app closes down unless specifically instructed > which is rare. > > Examples of common "frameworks" or memory resident elements include some of > the MS programs, some of the Apple iApps, Rosetta, certain print drivers > with corresponding "utility" apps, possibly some fonts, etc. > > >> From: "Edwards, Waverly" <Waverly.Edwards@...> >> Reply-To: <futurebasic@...> >> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:00:52 -0600 >> To: FBList <futurebasic@...> >> Subject: [FB] off topic: memory usage in my Mac >> >> >> I seems to have the weirdest Mac on the planet in regards to memory. >> I have the default 2G of memory. After a restart, I'll have 1.2G of available >> memory but after opening a few programs I will *quickly* loose my available >> memory to Wired and Inactive memory. The processes, on glance never seem >> to add up to amount of memory that is in use. I can close all programs and >> never get back to the 1.2G free memory. It seems like an insane memory >> model. The virtual memory usage also seems odd. Anyone else experience >> this? >> >> >> W. >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: futurebasic-unsubscribe@... >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: futurebasic-unsubscribe@... > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: futurebasic-unsubscribe@... > -- To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: futurebasic-unsubscribe@...