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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: DIMM memory order |
| Date | 2014-04-19 17:15 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnll5bq5.1209.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <5350a93f$0$7149$c3e8da3$76a7c58f@news.astraweb.com> <bsOdnacFnNTMrszOnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <wPKdnWYXNNZ8xMzOnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <53524368$0$47834$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> <yMWdnTCto8S64s_OnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
In message <yMWdnTCto8S64s_OnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews.com> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote: > On 2014.04.19, 05:35 , JF Mezei wrote: >> Interesting event tonight in wee hours. While in a pause for work on >> photoshop, the Activity Monitor which showed almost no free memory >> (24GB), all of a sudden showed a huge chunk of free memory. >> >> Suspect some daily batch job that does system maintenance that purged >> the disk cache behind the scenes. > Console doesn't log that AFAICT, but there is a Widget called > "Maintidget" that will show when maintenance scripts were last run. By > default they go at about 3 or 4 in the morning. (Daily, weekly and > monthly). > I changed mine to run about 5 minutes after the morning start time (eg: > after the computer wakes, but before I get to the computer). Maintenance scripts, unlike cron jobs, run opportunistically. If your computer is off at 3am, and one at 7am, the scripts will run shortly after 7am without changing them. -- Up the airy mountains, down the rushy glen... From ghosties and bogles and long-leggity beasties... My mother said I never should... We dare not go a-hunting for fear... And things that go bump... Play with the fairies in the wood... --Lords and Ladies
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DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-10 02:11 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:12 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:15 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-11 00:27 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-11 01:26 -0700
Re: DIMM memory order dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-11 19:59 +1000
Re: DIMM memory order Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-04-11 07:32 -0700
Re: DIMM memory order dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-12 08:34 +1000
Re: DIMM memory order Dorian Grey <oscar@wild.net> - 2014-04-11 07:25 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-11 14:35 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-04-11 22:32 +0200
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-11 17:06 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-16 22:17 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-18 00:25 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 10:14 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-18 12:59 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-19 05:35 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 09:50 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-19 17:15 +0000
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 13:27 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-19 16:02 -0400
Re: DIMM memory order Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-19 20:33 -0400
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