[muglo] Re: 2 questions

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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