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Virtual memory size
- Thread starter arkmannj
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I don't think there's any reason to worry about your virtual memory allocation then.
Thank you, sorry one more dumb question, would the "Swap used" be the actual amount of that allocation that is used then ?
I don't have any experience with the changes to Activity Monitor in Leopard but that does sound right.
This is going to be fun.Folks are going to find out soon the way Leopard uses virtual memory and swapping is "unique"..
Maybe I should just read the documentation instead of waiting for Leopard.
Folks are going to find out soon the way Leopard uses virtual memory and swapping is "unique"..
I think you are saying "unique" just like my mom used to say "special"
lolVirtual memory in Leopard
Same problem for me, Leopard allocates 32GB VM (just running Safari since reboot).
Upgraded, not a clean install though.
Same problem for me, Leopard allocates 32GB VM (just running Safari since reboot).
Upgraded, not a clean install though.
I wouldn't worry about it.It's not really using disk space like you *cough* *ZFS* *cough* think.
This post is *cough* *read-only* *cough*
Well my VM size was 5x my free disk space and currently it is only 2.5x
See this thread where some people have explained how it works
Thanks. That helped a lot. It is curious that Leopard is so much bigger than Tiger. It seems all apps have balloned in their allocations. Must be something in the system calls...