My G5 iMac is getting a new harddrive, meanwhile I had to fire up my older front, slotload IMac (G3), it has 10.3.9 installed and 250GB external harddrive. Unfortunately, this little iMac only has 30GB on board memory.
Here is one of two questions:
After the 10.3.9 install/upgrade I only had 4GB of available memory. I have looked through just about every file/folder to delete duplicate/unnecessary files but cannot find what has used up the memory. Any help? Suggestions?
I have a LaCie 250GB external drive, partitioned in three sections at 78GB each; can I install OS X on one of the partitions and work from that for my Photoshop, Illustrator and other graphics software projects?
A few minutes ago a message came up saying that my memory is close getting full and should clear some files to make room. If there is a good answer to the first question then I am home free, otherwise???
This iMac (slotload) is only rated for 512MB RAM max at 133-333 speed, two 256MB boards (max). Is there a way to get around this and add more RAM, a way to boost it to768MB RAM or even 1GB RAM and still have the system work and utilize the extra memory?
Any help is greatly appreciated. A fourth question comes to mind. DO i need the adapter to run a mirror monitor on the slotload (a 17" flat panel, mac compatible, ViewSonic brand. I have the software to set up the mirror)?
Thanks for any help. I love this site, it has been a great help from time to time when I am stuck on some problem. And Macs are the only way to go (as far as I am concerned).
John Q.
Here is one of two questions:
After the 10.3.9 install/upgrade I only had 4GB of available memory. I have looked through just about every file/folder to delete duplicate/unnecessary files but cannot find what has used up the memory. Any help? Suggestions?
I have a LaCie 250GB external drive, partitioned in three sections at 78GB each; can I install OS X on one of the partitions and work from that for my Photoshop, Illustrator and other graphics software projects?
A few minutes ago a message came up saying that my memory is close getting full and should clear some files to make room. If there is a good answer to the first question then I am home free, otherwise???
This iMac (slotload) is only rated for 512MB RAM max at 133-333 speed, two 256MB boards (max). Is there a way to get around this and add more RAM, a way to boost it to768MB RAM or even 1GB RAM and still have the system work and utilize the extra memory?
Any help is greatly appreciated. A fourth question comes to mind. DO i need the adapter to run a mirror monitor on the slotload (a 17" flat panel, mac compatible, ViewSonic brand. I have the software to set up the mirror)?
Thanks for any help. I love this site, it has been a great help from time to time when I am stuck on some problem. And Macs are the only way to go (as far as I am concerned).
John Q.
