I thought I understood swap files (some)... - 11/20/10 06:06 AM
...but this doesn't ring any bells with me. (Early 2009 White MacBook/2.0GHz Core 2 Duo/4Gb RAM/OS X 10.6.5 (Build 10H574))
I went to sleep last night with Mail, Excel, Safari, iTunes, MemoryStick, VLC (streaming opera), and AudioHijack Pro (hijacking and recording) all running and hidden, and one swap file/-0- pageouts.
When I awoke, I had a 1.3Gb (and growing) .m4a file on my Desktop, 700Mb of free RAM (The screenshot was taken after I'd trashed and deleted the .m4a.) and this.
What's mystifying me is why the second swap file was created despite all that free RAM and still -0- pageouts?
Clarification will be much appreciated.
I went to sleep last night with Mail, Excel, Safari, iTunes, MemoryStick, VLC (streaming opera), and AudioHijack Pro (hijacking and recording) all running and hidden, and one swap file/-0- pageouts.
When I awoke, I had a 1.3Gb (and growing) .m4a file on my Desktop, 700Mb of free RAM (The screenshot was taken after I'd trashed and deleted the .m4a.) and this.
What's mystifying me is why the second swap file was created despite all that free RAM and still -0- pageouts?
Clarification will be much appreciated.