I am wondering whether the memory use I see is common to the Mac OS X - touted as the graphics pros choice - it's seems anything but to me.
I have a mid 2010 iMac 27"
3.2 GHz Intel Core i3
12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
That spec should be more than ample. No.
Pixelmator uses up to 5GB yes - GB) just opening the app. If I dare to open an actual image - let's say a 120mb jpg for editing - the memory usage is even higher - usually resulting in the image not opening at all.
GIMP is similar, but not as extreme - opening the file uses around 2GB.
Nevertheless, both of the above seem to me to be examples of excessive memory usage. Certainly, my machine slows to a crawl when doing anything related to images - pretty hopeless really.
Pixelmator developers ask for buckets of info (supplied) but no solution.
So, my question is, is this type of memory usage common for the Mac OS X?
If it is, it is, clearly, not the wonderful graphics solutions touted by Apple and it's followers.
NB. I am a very experienced user of PC's and fairly new to the disappointing world of Apple.
Any feedback welcome,
Cheers,
Mike
I have a mid 2010 iMac 27"
3.2 GHz Intel Core i3
12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
That spec should be more than ample. No.
Pixelmator uses up to 5GB yes - GB) just opening the app. If I dare to open an actual image - let's say a 120mb jpg for editing - the memory usage is even higher - usually resulting in the image not opening at all.
GIMP is similar, but not as extreme - opening the file uses around 2GB.
Nevertheless, both of the above seem to me to be examples of excessive memory usage. Certainly, my machine slows to a crawl when doing anything related to images - pretty hopeless really.
Pixelmator developers ask for buckets of info (supplied) but no solution.
So, my question is, is this type of memory usage common for the Mac OS X?
If it is, it is, clearly, not the wonderful graphics solutions touted by Apple and it's followers.
NB. I am a very experienced user of PC's and fairly new to the disappointing world of Apple.
Any feedback welcome,
Cheers,
Mike