On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 12:22 AM, Matt Reiff wrote: > Someone else, can't remember who, said this would not be the case > because > the desktop is just another folder. Not true--the desktop is on > display all > of the time, meaning that all of the icons constantly have to be loaded > in > memory. Different, from, say, /applications, which only loads into > memory > when you access /applications. My machine just crashes a lot period, > don't > know whether it has anything to do with icons. Every couple of months I > just do a select all and dump everything (except for disks and the > trash) > into a folder. Doing the job with a shotgun, or however the saying > goes. > That does bring up an interesting quesiton though--when I had macsbug > installed on here, one of the most frequent causes of crashing appeared > to > be a call to SetIconDevice. Anyone have any ideas? I have plenty of > stdlogs around, if anyone has any theories.
In OS 9, Icons take up so little memory that this is moot point if you have more than ~24MB RAM. Not only that, but ALL icons are constantly loaded in memory, even if they aren't currently being displayed. Rather, all icons that existed at the time of your last desktop database rebuild are always in memory; most of the balance are, too. I haven't started porting any of my Applications to OS X yet, so I don't know if this holds true in OS X or not. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
