Quick Question

[parai11]

I just purchased a Macbook and wanted to know something regarding its memory. If I were to download or install a game on the Macbook and put the file in the trash can and emptied it, would that part of the memory that was taken up be fully restored or would it be lost forever?

 

[swiftaw]

One you erase a file from the HD, the space it took will be made available for future files.

 

[Eidorian]

Are you talking about the disk image (.dmg) or what you actually installed?

I'm still unsure what your definition for "memory" is.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

Memory (RAM) != HD space.

If you're talking about deleting an application or any other type of file, once you trash it, it's technically gone. (You can restore the file with various programs, we're excluding Time Machine in this case)

If you're talking about RAM, OS X automatically re-allocates the newly freed RAM.

 

[parai11]

Im reffering to the memory metioned at the bottom of opened folders. What I'm trying to get at is that if I have 30 gigs left amd I put something in worth 1 gig then delete it would i go back to 30?

 

[swiftaw]

Im reffering to the memory metioned at the bottom of opened folders. What I'm trying to get at is that if I have 30 gigs left amd I put something in worth 1 gig then delete it would i go back to 30?

That's not memory, that's Hard Drive space. And yes, once you delete a file, you get the space back.