Sunday, August 30, 2009

STORAGE AND MEMORY Lecture 1

About your Mac Memory and Storage: (Menu: AboutYourMac/MoreInfo)

Your processor (Menu: AboutYourMac/MoreInfo)
  • The processor is set up to process all the functions of the computer.
  • Your processor will determine the speed of your applications.

Harddrive Storage: (HD/Command/i)

  • • Harddrive memory is set up to store files.
  • • The larger your HD memory the more files you can hold.
  • • Some HD memory must be set aside for spill over of RAM.
  • • Using your HD memory for RAM processing will slow down your MAC.
  • • Mac HD does not fragment, like PCs.


RAM-Random Access Memory: (Finder:HD/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor)

  • • RAM functions to allocate memory to process software.
  • • More RAM will allow you to open and use more programs at one time.
  • • More RAM will not make your computer faster.
  • • CS3 needs at least 3G of RAM to function fully.
  • • Turning off your MAC will flush your RAM.

Search Function
  • Search your Mac on the right of the Menu Bar
  • Search a Folder on the right of the Finder window
  • Find the Location of a file: On the Bottom of the Finder Window


Storage and Ports:
  • Computer HD
  • Servers Online and Networks
  • EXT HD and thumbdrives

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seeing these kind of posts reminds me of just how technology truly is everywhere in this day and age, and I am fairly certain that we have passed the point of no return in our relationship with technology.


I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Societal concerns aside... I just hope that as the price of memory falls, the possibility of downloading our brains onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I daydream about all the time.


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