Thanks Godders. I still use an old version of Word, so I may have to hold off on the 64-bit kernel. But thanks for the info. Paul On Mar 18, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> CS4 on Mac OS X is only 32-bit. CS5 is fully 64-bit. > > Also, if you're running more than 4G RAM and all your other > applications are 64-bit compatible, you should set up the system to > operate with the 64-bit kernel too. Information on this topic is > available from Apple: > > Mac OS X v10.6: Macs that use the 64-bit kernel > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3770 > > Mac OS X v10.6: Starting up with the 32-bit or 64-bit kernel > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773 > > I found that configuring my system (8G RAM) to use the 64-bit kernel > improved performance by a noticeable increment. > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> >> On Mar 18, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> On 11-03-18 3:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> I upgraded the memory on my iMac 27 to 12 gigs. I did it mainly to get >>>> more memory for PhotoShop for things like noise reduction, which can be >>>> poky, due (I think) to scratch disk involvement. The computer reports 12 >>>> meg of memory and says its okay, but PhotoShop still sees only 4 megs -- >>>> what I had before. Do I have to reinstall PhotoShop to get it to see the >>>> new memory? I've tried restarting both computer and PhotoShop to no avail. >>>> >>>> Paul >>> >>> Which version of PS? I believe you need CS5 running under Snow Leopard to >>> see that much RAM. You also *may* have to tweak a startup setting to >>> convince PS to run in 64-bit mode by default, though I don't recall having >>> to do that. >>> >> I have CS4. At least I can dial it up to use the full 4 gig. And I'll >> probably upgrade to CS5 soon. >> Thanks, >> Paul >> >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
