Has anyone else had Finder using more RAM (10MB more for me) than 10.4.4 or other previous versions?
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10.4.5 RAM issues? (finder)
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You actually noticed a RAM consumption difference of 10 MB? On a modern computer? Wow! 
I haven't noticed...and both of my Macs are on 10.4.5 now, so I can't test for you. Sorry.
But right at this moment, here is what I see in 10.4.5:
iMac G5 / 2.0 GHz / 1.5GB RAM: Finder has three threads and 32.5MB real memory and 252.5MB VM.
iBook G4 / 800 MHz / 640MB RAM: Four threads, 14MB real memory, 194.5MB VM.
So there's a lot of variability... are you sure you're seeing a change due to 10.4.5 and not variability?
I haven't noticed...and both of my Macs are on 10.4.5 now, so I can't test for you. Sorry.
But right at this moment, here is what I see in 10.4.5:
iMac G5 / 2.0 GHz / 1.5GB RAM: Finder has three threads and 32.5MB real memory and 252.5MB VM.
iBook G4 / 800 MHz / 640MB RAM: Four threads, 14MB real memory, 194.5MB VM.
So there's a lot of variability... are you sure you're seeing a change due to 10.4.5 and not variability?
rye9 said:
The finder uses a variable amount of virtual RAM depending on what it is doing and the system alocates physical RAM depending on some fairly complex criteria.
eXan said:
Well that's what I mean. Finder on 10.4.4 was using less than 25MB RAM, now it is using 35MB since the update.
mine Of finder in X.4.5 = 5 threads/7.07 MB real memory/ 140MB V. Memory
thats on 2.5 days of up-time too
thats on 2.5 days of up-time too
rye9 said:
I don't think it has anything to do with the update. I think you're just seeing normal fluctuations, that you never watched closely enough for long enough in 10.4.4 to notice. That's my theory.
mkrishnan said:I don't think it has anything to do with the update. I think you're just seeing normal fluctuations, that you never watched closely enough for long enough in 10.4.4 to notice. That's my theory.
That's very possible... just seemed unlikely to me because every time I went into activity monitor on both versions of Mac OS X, it would be 25 MB and 35 MB, respectively. But it doesnt matter, its not causing me any problems.