Any one ever try/use IFreeMem?
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From: Tom Harrington on 14 Feb 2007 15:11 In article <k-udncwuSYHv-07YnZ2dnUVZ_hninZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Tim Lance <see.sig(a)bottom.com> wrote: > Just started trying it and while I haven't yet attempted some decent > evaluation I am interested in others' experiences. My initial (less than 10 > mins. moderate use) was that it immediately added a swap (3 to 4) and > dramatic improvements shown in the app's window and likewise MemoryStick. > > Now I have 8 apps open, including Parallels and Safari. The meter was showing > ziltch free memory but only 4 swaps. I just ran the routiine again and I have > almost a GB free but 6 swaps. > > Next will be to watch VM in Terminal. I just wanted to go ahead and get this > posted. > > http://www.activata.co.uk/products/ifreemem.html Sounds like a crock to me. Maybe they're just trying not to give away their secrets, but the description on the web page just doesn't make any sense. Reclaiming memory so that your Mac will run like it did when it was new? But all memory is "reclaimed" every time the Mac reboots, it's not like your RAM fills up as your Mac gets older. Macs don't lose memory as they get older, and since this application claims to fix that nonexistent problem, it's hard to take it seriously. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/
From: Tom Stiller on 14 Feb 2007 17:30 In article <f6qdnZB5z4TKFk7YnZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Tim Lance <see.sig(a)bottom.com> wrote: > And this from the last "Optimize Memory" run (taking it to 7 swap files but > getting me back to almost a GB free memory. Even I can see that's a bunch of > pageouts - just not sure what it means. > I think it just means that the application forced a bunch of stale pages to be written out now, instead of later, if at all. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Clever Monkey on 14 Feb 2007 17:46 Tim Lance wrote: > Just started trying it and while I haven't yet attempted some decent > evaluation I am interested in others' experiences. My initial (less than 10 > mins. moderate use) was that it immediately added a swap (3 to 4) and > dramatic improvements shown in the app's window and likewise MemoryStick. > > Now I have 8 apps open, including Parallels and Safari. The meter was showing > ziltch free memory but only 4 swaps. I just ran the routiine again and I have > almost a GB free but 6 swaps. > > Next will be to watch VM in Terminal. I just wanted to go ahead and get this > posted. > Sounds like snake-oil to me.
From: Tom Harrington on 14 Feb 2007 17:51 In article <f6qdnZB5z4TKFk7YnZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Tim Lance <see.sig(a)bottom.com> wrote: > And this from the last "Optimize Memory" run (taking it to 7 swap files but > getting me back to almost a GB free memory. Even I can see that's a bunch of > pageouts - just not sure what it means. What are you trying to accomplish here? What symptom or problem are you hoping to fix? -- Tom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/
From: Paul Sture on 15 Feb 2007 02:36
In article <tph-0ABCE7.13113814022007(a)localhost>, Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > > http://www.activata.co.uk/products/ifreemem.html > > Sounds like a crock to me. Try http://www.activata.co.uk/products/ and explore a little... :-) -- Paul Sture |