On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 05:04 PM, Duane A. De Vries wrote: > Hi out there in 'Unix' land <grin>. > Not being one of those initiated into the internals of OSX and the > like, perhaps someone can explain something for me. > > I've been experimenting with some of the 'free' memory display > programs that I found on Version Tracker. The one that seems to tell > the most is one called "System Manager" by a Jeff Parsons. It shows > that I have 512 mb on my computer running OSX 10.2.3. It shows I > currently have 7mb free, 160mb inactive, 293 active and 53 wired and > then some misc small numbers. If I close a program or two, then I get > 94mb free, 85 inactive, and 279 active. I guess my questions are > these: what's the difference between free and inactive? While I can > guess that 'active' means it's being used right now but then what is > 'wired'? > I've noticed that 'some' programs give back memory as soon as they > close a file (Graphic Converter for instance) while others don't seem > to ever release it. > Any light that anyone can shed would be much appreciated. > Duane De Vries (retired) > Wyoming, MI > > > --
Duane, Since we're not suppose to make references to apple's manuals on these list, I can't possibly let you know that the answer to your question(s) takes up the first 40 pages of the first of several Internal apple osx support / training manuals that I absolutely do not have. And I can't confirm or deny that they're in PDF format. I can surmise however, that information of this caliber would probably make for great reading with any meal. but then again, what do I know? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is an automated message from the MichiMac mailing list manager. You are subscribed to MichiMac as <^A>. ** Make a note of that -- you can only post, change mode (between digest and feed), and unsubscribe from <^A>. If you have more than one email address, please keep this email handy in case you ever have problems posting, changing mode, or unsubscribing. ** Also note that this list only accepts plain text email. The list server is set to reject styled text and any type of attachment. Anything other than plain text will be bounced. To post to the list, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to feed mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; All questions about this mailing list not covered in the FAQ (linked at <http://lowendmac.com/lists/>) or netiquette page <http://lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml> should be sent to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
