June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
526 pages
16h 29m
English
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Chapter 29. Memory and Mouse Control Panels
If you are a programmer who likes to tinker with various memory settings, such as turning virtual memory on and off or adjusting the disk-cache size, then the scriptable Memory control panel is right up your alley. This control panel (see Figure 29-1) controls three aspects of computer memory usage, all of which are scriptable:
- Disk cache
The operating system reserves a certain amount of Random Access Memory (RAM) for the storage of frequently used bits of data. This repository is called a disk cache. By default, your disk cache is set to 32 KB times the amount of megabytes of physical RAM you have. My disk cache is set to 6656 KB, or 32 KB times 208 MB. This size is adjustable via AppleScript (see the
applicationclass description later in this chapter).
- Virtual memory
A portion of your hard disk the operating system uses as if it were RAM is called virtual memory (VM). This increases the computer system’s available memory; however, VM slows down the use of some programs and uses up space that could be used to store files. AppleScript can turn on and off or adjust the size of VM.
- RAM disk
A RAM disk is a part of memory that can be used like a disk for storing files. It is the opposite of virtual memory, which uses a disk to act like memory. An icon for the RAM disk shows up on your desktop, and you can drag folders and files onto it. A RAM disk persists through a computer restart, but its contents are erased on some Mac systems if the ...
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