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RAM Charger 8 HTML Manual


Contents

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Late Breaking "Read Me First" Info

Legal

Jump Start


Quick tour

Installation


Files installed on startup disk
Detailed steps to install RAM Charger
General system configuration issues
System requirements
Removing or de-installing RAM Charger
Registration
Updates posted for free downloading

Synopsis


What RAM Charger does
What RAM Charger doesn't do

Background


Memory used by application software


Memory requirements of open applications
Applications slow to release unused memory
Applications that take memory before needed

Memory used by system software


Blocking expansion of system memory
Reducing memory used by system software

Running out of memory


Operation

Feedback


RAM Charger Pull-down Menu


Essential Info
More Available to System
Application Memory Info

Heads-up information window
Additional Feedback


Notify When System/Finder is Blocked
Low memory early warning

More About This Mac


What happened to my About this Macintosh ?
Disabling More About This Mac
Memory Bars
Application Switcher
What If No RAM Charger?


Customization


Enhanced Get Info Window
RAM Charger Settings for individual applications


Application selection and Operation
Basic RAM Charger settings
RAM Charger Settings Wizard
Fine Tuning Applications


Greedy Applications
Shy Applications

Advanced RAM Charger settings


UnCharged memory needs
Starting memory size
RAM Charged method
Squeeze
Exaggerate size
Reserved memory

Breaking in new applications
Clear RAM Charger Settings
Restore RAM Charger Settings
Importing and Exporting RAM Charger Settings


RAM Charger General Settings



RAM Charger On
Revert to Defaults

System


Pause for Shift Key
Auto-Open Heads-up
Auto-Stretch System/Finder

Application


Automatically Open New Applications in Minimum or Preferred Size
Notify When First RAM Charging Applications
Shortcut keys to switch RAM Charging on or off
Access RAM Charger Settings in Get Info Windows

Feedback


Notify When System/Finder is Blocked
Low memory early warning level
Optional information update rate

Menu


Menu Bar Entry
Megabyte Sizes in RAM Charger Menu
Apple Menu Item


Troubleshooting


Questions & Answers
Getting help
Bugs? What bugs?
Disabling RAM Charger
Technical support
RAM Charger updates

(RContentsA -- 03/17/98)



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