can you assign more memory to live in os x?

Zeljko · Post by **Zeljko** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:46 am

is it possible to reallocate more ram to live in os x, as you can some programs in os 9?

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Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:54 am

Think that a search on "ramdisk" might help you further

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 30, 2003 5:57 pm

You don't have to. OS X does it for you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 30, 2003 5:58 pm

there is no need to worry about memory allocation in OSX. the OS handles it by itself. if the app needs more memory, OSX will automatically allocate it.

Alex Reynolds · Post by **Alex Reynolds** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:19 pm

Live does not cache the files it accesses into memory, thus its memory footprint will be pretty low. In any case, you cannot directly manage memory allocation to applications in OS X -- a chunk of the kernel is dedicated to this.

What will help is a RAM disk utility that makes a virtual, HFS-formatted disk from a chunk of the system memory in your computer.

One example is Rambunctious. I've also written one for my own use, which I haven't updated in awhile and its interface is clumsy, but it works fine. If you'd like a copy, just send me your email address in a private message.

-Alex