[muglo] Re: 2 questions
- From: Chris Hannon <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:38:54 -0400
Hi Theresa,
One thing you should do is rebuild your Entourage database. A large database
with lots of messages and attachments and calendar events and contacts to keep
track of can cause severe slowing-down of Entourage's responsiveness. See the
instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268322
Hope that helps a bit.
You also want to make sure that your Startup Disk is set to "Macintosh HD
(10.x)" [or whatever your main hard drive in your Mac is called, with the OS X
version in parentheses] and NOT Network.
How much RAM have you got in your Mac? If you can let me know what model it is,
I may have some extra sticks floating around here somewhere that you could pop
in there.
Chris
On Sep 7, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Dave Knight wrote:
>
> On 2011-09-07, at 7:40 AM, Theresa Roth wrote:
>
>> I got an error message in Entourage saying something like “start up memory
>> low” and telling me to delete some files.
>>
>> I used spotlight to find startup but couldn’t find anything to do with
>> memory BUT after clicking on “Network Startup” in “Startup Disk” in System
>> Prefs, I do not know if that is what was selected prior to me clicking on it
>> or if OS/X needs to be selected.
>>
>> • I need to re-boot but want to ensure it reboots so need to know which
>> I need to select.
>> • How so I delete files to free up startup memory (email is very slow
>> to send or move to another folder)?
>
> You are conflating the terminology a bit :) Don't worry, this is common.
>
> When Entourage is complaining about 'low memory' it's talking about RAM
> (which comes on sticks bristling with chips), which is most appropriately
> called "Memory".
> You are confusing this with the hard drive (which is a shiny metal box,
> shaped like a pack of smokes, but smaller), which is more appropriately
> called "Storage", or "Disk".
>
> Files live on the Disk, deleting any number of files is not going to give you
> more Memory.
>
> There are two ways to solve your problem:
>
> 1. Buy more RAM (this is the best way, RAM is cheap)
> 2. Quit some applications (every application uses some RAM while it is
> running, if you Quit applications with Apple+Q it will free up some memory)
>
> You can find out how much RAM your Mac currently has by looking at
>
> Apple Menu (at the very top left of the screen)
> -> About This Mac
>
>
> Whatever you do don't change the 'Startup Disk' settings, this has nothing
> whatsoever to do with your problem and will likely render your Mac unbootable.
>
>
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