Technical information

Problems with application programs, documents, and memory
You can’t start an application program; you see a message that not enough memory
is available.
All the memory in your Macintosh is in use by other application programs, system software, and system
resources.
m Quit other open applications to free up memory, then open the application you want to use.
m Follow these steps to allocate more memory to the application:
1 Choose About This Macintosh from the Apple (K) menu. Take note of the number in the Largest
Unused Block section. This number tells you how much memory is available to
open applications.
2 Quit the application if it’s open, select its icon, and choose Get Info from the File menu. Take
note of the numbers in the Minimum Size and Preferred Size boxes.
3 If the number in the Minimum Size box is larger than the largest unused block, not enough
memory is available to use this application. To free memory, quit open applications or restart
the computer. You can also type a smaller number in the Minimum Size box if you want to open
the application using less memory. But some applications don’t work well if you assign them
less memory.
4 If the number in the Preferred Size box is smaller than the largest unused block, you may need
to assign more memory to the application. (An application may need more memory if you are
working with complex documents.) Type a larger number in the Preferred Size box.
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