Re: was :iMac Good Practices now: winoze desktop and ram usage

2011-02-17 Thread Ronda Brown 

Hi Hugh,

Answer is Yes!
A lot of icons sitting on your desktop (even in Windoze) will slow up the 
computer. 
Having a clean desktop is important enough that back in Windows XP days it 
asked you to clean up unused desktop icons. 
If you ignored the prompt, you had to either clean them up manually by right 
clicking your mouse on them and selecting delete or you could access the 
Windows XP program by:
• Start
• Control Panel
• Double-click "Display".
• Click the "Desktop" tab.
• Click the "Customize Desktop" button at the bottom.
• Click the "General" tab.
• Click the "Clean Desktop Now" button at the bottom.

Over time, the amount of space that is required by these “desktop items” can 
really bog down the system that they are placed on. 
When Windoze loads, it must load all of these files on the desktop. 
If you have many, this will take a tremendous amount of time.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 18/02/2011, at 11:08 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:

> 
> Maybe a stupid question, but is this the same in windoze? Ie your desktop 
> clogs up ram?
> 
>  
> Best Regards
> Hugh Griffiths
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> -Original Message-
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> Ronda Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2011 3:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: iMac Good Practices
> 
> 
> 
> On 17/02/2011, at 3:24 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ronni and others
>> 
>> This is really interesting and thanks heaps for speaking about it. I wasnt 
>> aware that files, folders and aliases on the desktop would take up ram and 
>> system efficiency. I also wasnt aware that it would be most efficient to use 
>> the Mac's folder system like you say Ronni.
>> 
>> At the moment I have made a folder called Work (65000 items and 60gb of 
>> stuff) that sits with the Macs' folders; Applications, Documents, Library, 
>> Music etc etc. 
>> 
>> Would I be better off putting my 'Work' folder inside the Documents folder?
> 
> Yes, it should be filed in the Documents folder in your Home Folder.
>> 
>> I also can see the 'Documents' folder on the RH side of the Dock, and when I 
>> click it, it rapidly displays the folders with in Documents, on which I can 
>> click one and it opens in Finder, like normal. Is  that what you are 
>> referring to Ronni?
> 
> Your Documents folder shows in the Dock which points to the Documents folder 
> in your Home > Documents folder.
> 
> What I was referring to, and I'll use your "Work Folder" as an example (which 
> is similar to my "Work in Progress folder" which is filed in my Documents 
> folder and is sitting on my Dock for quick access.
> 
> 1. File your "Work" Folder into your Documents folder in your Home folder
> 
> 2. Then Drag your "Work" Folder down onto the Right Side of the Dock. If you 
> look closely at your dock there is a dividing line. (Applications go on the 
> left side of the divider, files and folders on the right ... Virtually using 
> the Dock as a launcher, a place for launching applications or accessing 
> commonly used folders)
> 
>> 
>> With this in mind, what is the optimum way to configure the filing/folder 
>> system?
> 
> Keep all Documents in Documents folder. Create folders 'and place documents 
> within folders' in your Documents Folder in your Home.
> I have numerous Folders in my Documents folder. Example, all documents 
> relating to Leopard are in a 'Leopard Folder', Snow Leopard Documents are in 
> a folder 'Snow Leopard' etc.
> Drag any folders you use everyday onto the dock .Drag your  'Work Folder' 
> onto the dock. Use the Dock for folders you access every day.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> 
>> Thanks heaps for any advice
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> (Im using a MBPro Intel Dual 2.2 with 4gb Ram) and it is running pretty 
>> slow!!)
>> 




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was :iMac Good Practices now: winoze desktop and ram usage

2011-02-17 Thread Hugh Griffiths 

Maybe a stupid question, but is this the same in windoze? Ie your desktop clogs 
up ram?

 
Best Regards
Hugh Griffiths

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-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2011 3:54 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: iMac Good Practices



On 17/02/2011, at 3:24 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

> Hi Ronni and others
> 
> This is really interesting and thanks heaps for speaking about it. I wasnt 
> aware that files, folders and aliases on the desktop would take up ram and 
> system efficiency. I also wasnt aware that it would be most efficient to use 
> the Mac's folder system like you say Ronni.
> 
> At the moment I have made a folder called Work (65000 items and 60gb of 
> stuff) that sits with the Macs' folders; Applications, Documents, Library, 
> Music etc etc. 
> 
> Would I be better off putting my 'Work' folder inside the Documents folder?

Yes, it should be filed in the Documents folder in your Home Folder.
> 
> I also can see the 'Documents' folder on the RH side of the Dock, and when I 
> click it, it rapidly displays the folders with in Documents, on which I can 
> click one and it opens in Finder, like normal. Is  that what you are 
> referring to Ronni?

Your Documents folder shows in the Dock which points to the Documents folder in 
your Home > Documents folder.

What I was referring to, and I'll use your "Work Folder" as an example (which 
is similar to my "Work in Progress folder" which is filed in my Documents 
folder and is sitting on my Dock for quick access.

1. File your "Work" Folder into your Documents folder in your Home folder

2. Then Drag your "Work" Folder down onto the Right Side of the Dock. If you 
look closely at your dock there is a dividing line. (Applications go on the 
left side of the divider, files and folders on the right ... Virtually using 
the Dock as a launcher, a place for launching applications or accessing 
commonly used folders)

> 
> With this in mind, what is the optimum way to configure the filing/folder 
> system?

Keep all Documents in Documents folder. Create folders 'and place documents 
within folders' in your Documents Folder in your Home.
I have numerous Folders in my Documents folder. Example, all documents relating 
to Leopard are in a 'Leopard Folder', Snow Leopard Documents are in a folder 
'Snow Leopard' etc.
Drag any folders you use everyday onto the dock .Drag your  'Work Folder' onto 
the dock. Use the Dock for folders you access every day.

Cheers,
Ronni

> 
> Thanks heaps for any advice
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Chris
> 
> (Im using a MBPro Intel Dual 2.2 with 4gb Ram) and it is running pretty 
> slow!!)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Ronni

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2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

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