nadeem@wam.umd.edu (Nadeem Malik) (04/10/91)
We are having trouble running a few applications like Illustrator, Pagemaker, and Freehand at the same time under Multifinder. The error we get is the Finder is out of memory. I have tried to make the Application Memory Size in the Get Info box of the Finder larger but without any luck as far as getting 3 pretty large applications going at the same time. This problem is on a IIfx with 20MB ram (only 14MB shows up in About the Finder (System 7?)) There are quite a few devices mounted. An internal hard disk, Apple external HD, GCC external HD, and a Mass Micro Syquest. Please help, it is depressing not to be able run Multifinder with a few applications. Was increasing the Finder Application Memory Size heading in the right direction? Thanks for any help and advice. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Nadeem Malik nadeem@wam.umd.edu 5906 Hubbard Drive voice: (301) 770-2290 Rockville, MD 20852 fax: (301) 881-6339
j1whalen@handel.helios.nd.edu (Jon Whalen) (04/11/91)
To the net.mac.gurus: My Mac recently crashed (due to OnCue, I think). After I rebooted, I noticed that the icon displayed by the MMInit at boot time was just garbage (it used to look like a little chip speeding away :-) ). Also, the desktop icon for MMInit was just a plain document icon. I tried rebuilding the desktop file, but nothing changed. I then removed MMInit, and replaced it with a fresh copy, but no dice. Finally, I removed MMInit, rebuilt the desktop file, and re-installed MMInit, and still nothing! Oh yeah, I checked MMInit with Resedit, and its personal copies of its icons look ok. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone tell me (in as much detail as you care to) exactly where the finder gets the icons it displays for a given file? I'm assuming that they are somehow extracted from the init/cdev/application document when it is first installed, and the icons are stored in the desktop file, yes? Can I fix this by hand (with Resedit, for example)? Does the fact that the finder icon is missing bear any relation to the weirdness with the startup icon? Just how does the startup icon get displayed? Whew! I better stop or I'll end up with one big, run-on question :-) Thanx in advance for any help! --jon P.S. Please reply by e-mail, unless you think this is of sufficiently general interest. Again, thanx! -- * Jon Whalen @ Notre Dame University Internet:j1whalen@handel.helios.nd.edu * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur," dit le renard.| This space * * "L'essentiel est invisible aux yeux." | for rent. *