How do you free up memory?

How do you free up memory on an iPad? My iPad won't open any application until I free up memory.

Carolyn, I don't think you are correct. System memory will run out much sooner than storage space. I also seek to free system memory on my iPad since apps run much more reliably when I clear out any other resident programs from the background.
Of great personal concern is the fact that Apple has apparently barred system information utilities from offering "memory clear" buttons. I really despise having to go into Springboard and manually delete apps one by one. And, if the rumors are correct, then I despise the App Store policies even more.
Usually, when I have to kill background apps, it's because I need system memory cleared RIGHT NOW. Instead of barring Clear buttons outright, why not issue guidelines on which processes are considered vital, thus leaving them intact in case of Clear?

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HT201364 How do you free up startup disk space on mac book pro 2013 model its not letting me update anything at all

how do you free up disk space on macbook pro 2013 model to upgrade and update software

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

How do you free space on the startup disk

how do you free space on the startup disk

If your disk is 80% full that is normal. Time Machine uses up to 80% of the disk space for local snapshots. To get rid of these snapshots simply plug in your Time Machine backup drive and run a backup.
If you have less than 20% disk space then it is time to roll up your sleeves and search for what you can delete and what you can offload to another disk.
If you have less than 10 GB you definitely need to delete or offload some files. You may want to maintain at least 20 GB of free space so when your disk starts filling again it will have some room before it hits that 10 GB mark again. More headroom is better. If you let the space fall much below 9 GB you might not be able to boot your machine.
Initial easy steps to gain disk space:
- Delete all files in the Downloads folder.
- Empty the trash.
- Start iPhoto, empty its trash and restart the computer.
Deleting files:
Run a Time Machine (or other) backup since you are about to delete and move files and you may need to recover from any inadvertent mistakes or decisions. You will need one external hard drive for your Time Machine (or other) backup and a second one onto which you will offload some files.
Then use the free application OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more to explore your volume in descending order by size so you can attack the problem from the top down, deleting the largest unwanted files first. Delete with caution and do not delete any system files. Remember to empty the trash after trashing the files.
Moving files:
Consider moving some of the no-often-used large files or directories to an external disk. Use ODS again to find them.
As noted above this will be at least your second hard drive. Your first one(s) is/are for your Time Machine (or other) backup(s). Do not offload files onto a Time Machine disk.
Format the second drive as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Using OWS to find large files/folders and copy them from the system drive to the external hard drive and delete them from your internal drive.
Then  > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options… > Remove the offload HD name from the exclusions list.
Now both your system disk and your external offload disk will be backed up onto your Time Machine disk.
For more about backups:
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
From: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
To move your iTunes Music folder to another disk or partition:
To change the location of your iTunes Music folder, carefully follow the instructions in the AppleCare® Knowledge Base document "iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Music folder."Additional information can be found in iTunes Help.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.thexlab.com/105/ 00000849.html
Laptop users may want to consider having two iTunes libraries: a small library of current favorites on their computer, while their complete library resides on an external hard drive. Utilities like iTunes Library Manager enable you to easily have multiple iTunes libraries you can use with your account. https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7689/itunes-library-manager
To move your iPhoto Library folder to another disk or partition:
To move the iPhoto Library folder to a new location, employ the instructions in the AppleCare Knowledge Base document from http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506 corresponding to the version of iPhoto you are using. Additional information can be found in iPhoto Help.
Laptop users may want to consider having two iPhoto libraries: a small library of current, favorite photographs on their computer, while their complete library, or archives of older photos are saved on an external hard drive. Utilities such as iPhoto Buddy and iPhoto Library Managerenable you to have multiple iPhoto libraries that you can use with your account.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12175/iphoto-buddy
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7158/iphoto-library-manager

How to clear/free SAP memory

Hi All,
How can i make sap memory free.
Actually i am doing a BDC program where i am generating personnel no through PA40.
My requrirement is to clear personnel no in each loop pass of the BDC transaction so
that a fresh personnel no gets generated automatically in each loop pass. Pls help me
resolving this issue.
Pls reply asap as it is very urgent.
Thanks,
Rupesh

Hey,
if you dont mind can you please explain me in detail what effect this will have.
i am attaching a snippet of my code, where i am performing call BDC.
FORM sub_bdc_sessions .
*> Local Constants
DATA: l_ctumode LIKE ctu_params-dismode VALUE 'A',
         l_cupdate LIKE ctu_params-updmode VALUE 'S',
         l_tcode(4) TYPE c VALUE 'PA40',
         l_sdate(10) TYPE c,
         l_edate(10) TYPE c.
LOOP AT i_itab INTO wa_itab.
**> change the start date format to mm/dd/yyyy
    CONCATENATE wa_itab-begda0(2) '/' wa_itab-begda3(2) '/'
     wa_itab-begda+6(4) INTO l_sdate.
**> change the start date format to mm/dd/yyyy
    CONCATENATE wa_itab-endda0(2) '/' wa_itab-endda3(2) '/'
     wa_itab-endda+6(4) INTO l_edate.
**> change the start date format to mm/dd/yyyy
    CONCATENATE wa_itab-gbdat0(2) '/' wa_itab-gbdat3(2) '/'
     wa_itab-gbdat+6(4) INTO wa_itab-gbdat.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'SAPMP50A' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'RP50G-EINDA'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '/00'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'RP50G-PERNR'
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'RP50G-EINDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'SAPMP50A' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'T529T-MNTXT(12)'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=PICK'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'RP50G-EINDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'RP50G-SELEC(12)'
                                  'X'.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000000' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'PSPAR-WERKS'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '/00'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-MASSN'
                                  'CA'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-MASSG' wa_itab-massg.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PLANS' wa_itab-plans.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-WERKS' wa_itab-werks.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PERSG' wa_itab-persg.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PERSK' wa_itab-persk.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000000' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'PSPAR-PERNR'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=UPD'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PERNR'
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-MASSN'
                                  'CA'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0000-MASSG' wa_itab-massg.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PLANS' wa_itab-plans.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-WERKS' wa_itab-werks.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PERSG' wa_itab-persg.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'PSPAR-PERSK' wa_itab-persk.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000100' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'P0001-BTRTL'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '/00'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-BTRTL' wa_itab-btrtl.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-ABKRS' wa_itab-abkrs.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-PLANS' wa_itab-plans.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000100' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'P0001-BEGDA'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=UPD'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-BTRTL' wa_itab-btrtl.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-ABKRS' wa_itab-abkrs.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-PLANS' wa_itab-plans.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0001-VDSK1'
                                  '2001'.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000200' '2025'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'P0002-ANZKD'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '/00'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-ANREX' wa_itab-anrex.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-VORNA' wa_itab-vorna.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-NACHN' wa_itab-nachn.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-GESC2' wa_itab-gesc2.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-GESC1'
                                  'X'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-GBDAT' wa_itab-gbdat.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-SPRSL'
                                  'EN'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-NATIO' wa_itab-natio.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-FATXT' wa_itab-fatxt.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-ANZKD' wa_itab-anzkd.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP000200' '2025'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'P0002-BEGDA'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '=UPD'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-BEGDA' wa_itab-gbdat.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-ANREX' wa_itab-anrex.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-VORNA' wa_itab-vorna.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-NACHN' wa_itab-nachn.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-GESC1' wa_itab-gesc2.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-GBDAT' wa_itab-gbdat.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-SPRSL'
                                  'EN'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0002-NATIO' wa_itab-natio.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'Q0002-FATXT' wa_itab-fatxt.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'MP010500' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'P0105-USRID'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  'UPD'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0105-BEGDA' l_sdate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0105-ENDDA' l_edate.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'P0105-USRID' wa_itab-usrid.
    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'SAPMP50A' '2000'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_OKCODE'
                                  '/EBCK'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'RP50G-PERNR'.
REFRESH i_bdcmsgcoll.
    CALL TRANSACTION l_tcode USING i_bdcitab
                     MODE   l_ctumode
                     UPDATE l_cupdate
                     MESSAGES INTO i_bdcmsgcoll.
*> refresh the bdc data tab
    REFRESH i_bdcitab.

How do you add more memory to a macbook circa 2007

how do you add memory to a macbook mid-2007?

>If you have a Mid 2007 MacBook, that can use up to 3GB RAM.
Since that model can use an odd number RAM capacity upgrade, with
a total of 3GB between two memory slot locations, you could put one
piece of RAM of 1-GB in a slot, and in the other, a 2-GB RAM chip...
Maximum Memory:    3.0 GB (Actual) 2.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots:    2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM
•MacBook: How to remove or install memory
>If you have a Late 2007 MacBook, that can use up to 6GB RAM:
Maximum Memory:    6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots:    2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM
Recommendations have been to check the spec and model computer
against the on-site parts suggestions for the computer model identifier
at OWC macsales.com, or check into Crucial.com for specific match
based on their information. OWC tends to be an easier way if you know
the MacBook model identifier, and if yours actually is the Mid-2007 vs
another different one. The Late-2007 can use up to 6GB RAM.
•The identifiers for Mid-2007 MacBook 13-inch:
Introduced    May 2007
Discontinued    November 2007
Model Identifier    MacBook2,1
Model Number    A1181
EMC    2139
Order Number    MB061LL/A (White), MB062LL/A (White), MB063LL/A (Black)
•The identifiers for Late-2007 MacBook 13-inch:
Introduced    November 2007
Discontinued    February 2008
Model Identifier    MacBook3,1
Model Number    A1181
EMC    2200
Order Number    MB061LL/B (White), MB062LL/B (White), MB063LL/B (Black)
{as you may notice, some identification numbers are recycled; for confusion sake}
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck & happy computing!
edited

How do you install unmatched memory in macbooks?

I have a early 2008 Black Mack Book. I am currently running 2X2 ddr2 sdram 667 for a total of 4g memory.
Ready through it the apple blogs say it will can actually use 6g? How do you install this in a mac and were can I find that memory?

For a how to, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1651
For ram for your computer I would advise using http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade

HT4433 How do you stop the memory utility message?

How do you get rid of the memory utility message received upon startup regarding memory is in the correct slots?

You have to log in as a user named "root." Here's how to turn on the root user account...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528
While you're at it, turn of auto login, if you have it enabled. You can turn it back on later, if you want. Once you've done that, reboot your Mac, log in as "root" with the password that you entered earlier. Once it finishes rebooting, just click on OK when the Memory Slot Utility pops up again.
Now reboot again, and log in under your usual username. The Memory Slot Utility should be gone now. It's a good idea to go back like you did to "Enable Root User" and choose Disable this time. You can do lots of really bad things as root if you don't know what you're doing.
I had the same thing happen to me after upgrading my RAM from 3G to 16G.

How can we free the memory of array

how can we refresh the memory of an array every time......if we want new values or fresh values each time.........becuase array index out of exception error is coming up and i want to deallocate the memory at the end of iteration or in the starting

how can we refresh the memory of an array every
time......if we want new values or fresh values each
time.........becuase array index out of exception
error is coming up and i want to deallocate the
memory at the end of iteration or in the startingThis post consist of 95% gibberish. The only part that is not gibberish is "array index out of bounds exception" and that has nothing to do with memory at all.
Please attempt to learn some basic Java before injuring yourself permanently.
Sun's basic Java tutorial
Sun's New To Java Center. Includes an overview of what Java is, instructions for setting up Java, an intro to programming (that includes links to the above tutorial or to parts of it), quizzes, a list of resources, and info on certification and courses.
http://javaalmanac.com . A couple dozen code examples that supplement The Java Developers Almanac.
jGuru. A general Java resource site. Includes FAQs, forums, courses, more.
JavaRanch. To quote the tagline on their homepage: "a friendly place for Java greenhorns." FAQs, forums (moderated, I believe), sample code, all kinds of goodies for newbies. From what I've heard, they live up to the "friendly" claim.
Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java (Available online.)
Joshua Bloch's Effective Java
Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra's Head First Java.
James Gosling's The Java Programming Language. Gosling is
the creator of Java. It doesn't get much more authoritative than this.

How do you free memory when applet ends?

I have an applet that uses 4 jframes. Any of the frames are set to call both stop() and destroy() whenever user clicks "Exit" or "X" in upper right corner of a frame.
The applet destroy() method does the following:
myAOS32001Frame = null;
myAOS32002Frame = null;
myAOS32003Frame = null;
myAOS32004Frame = null;
myMemoryChangeThread.stop();
try {
URL endedURL = new URL(this.getCodeBase(), "AOS320acEnded.html");
this.getAppletContext().showDocument(endedURL);
} // try
catch (MalformedURLException urlexc) {
urlexc.printStackTrace();
} // catch
This doesn't free up any memory at all. Only when the user closes the browser altogether does the memory free up.
Do I have to set EVERY object (those within frames) to null? How do I set the main applet object (the JApplet class instance) to null (not just its child frames)? Should the garbage collector be run one last time? In what order should all these things occur?
If every object needs to be set to null, anybody have a nice tidbit of code that loops through array of components (and properties) or something and sets them to null?
Thanks.

Thank you both for the tips. They were helpful.
Now my mission is to make the applet as small as possible. It appears the base JVM occupies about 18MB of memory initially, and then my applet uses 12MB more (at times), and the JVM "reserves" about 10MB more.
The only part under my control is the 12MB, it appears, and I'd be interested in general tips to make that as small as possible (maybe by using certain variable types instead of ones currently used, etc.). But I'll ask that in a different thread.

Java Card Memory Managament: How do you free-up allocated memory?

I have a problem with java card memory management, that causes the applet to hang. I think the java card runs out of RAM when my applet runs for several iterations or process() calls. My program requires significant size of bytes for each APDU command to be sent. (around 100-250 bytes, for each apdu.sendBytes() call).
I use a temporary byte array buffer that will contain the APDU command to be sent, declared as:
private byte [] tmpBuff;Before each process() call, the tmBuff is initialized and contains a new byte array containing the APDU command to be sent. (array size around 100-250 bytes).
tmpBuff = new byte[] {0x00, ... } On the process() call, the tmpBuff is copied to APDU and sendBytes() function is called. The tmpBuff byte array is reinitialized after every process() call to contain the next command. After about 20 successful commands by the process() call, the applet seems to ran out of RAM and hangs.
I suspect, that when tmpBuff is reinitialized before each process() call, the Java Card garbage collector does now free-up the memory that was used for the previous tmpBuff byte array initialization.
Is there a way to reclaim the memory allocated for tmpBuff after it has been initialized?
Or maybe call the Java card garbage collector?

Cenon,
Generally speaking, the new keywork is a bad idea outside the install method or constructors as the JCRE is not guarenteed to have a garbage collector (and if it does, has to be called explicitly by JCSystem.requestObjectDeletion(); This however is slow.
A better option may be to use memory more efficiently than to rely on garbage collection. A way of doing this would be to have an instance variable that is initialised once and reused. This allows you to use either a transient or persistent array.
public class TestApplet extends Applet {
    private final static short BUFFER_SIZE = (short) 300;
    private final byte[] buffer;
    private TestApplet() {
        // only have one of the following not commented out
        /* persistent buffer */
        // buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
        /* transient buffer (much faster) */
        buffer = JCSystem.makeTransientByteArray(BUFFER_SIZE, JCSystem.CLEAR_ON_DESELECT);
    public static void install(byte[] bArray, short bOffset, byte bLength) {
        // GP-compliant JavaCard applet registration
        new TestApplet().register(bArray, (short) (bOffset + 1), bArray[bOffset]);
    public void process(APDU apdu) {
        // Good practice: Return 9000 on SELECT
        if (selectingApplet()) {
            return;
        // do some work here with buffer
}In the above code you would be able to use the buffer to build the command and you will not have a memory leak.
Cheers,
Shane
Edited by: safarmer on Jul 8, 2008 12:25 PM

How to decrease "Free (freelist)" memory and allow the ARC cache to use it?

Hello,
I have a solaris express server that will be primarily used for storage. As such cache usage maximization is important. It appears however that a big chunk of the memory is not been consumed, and remains "Free Free". There must be a tunable to allow this memory to be consumed, and grow the Arc Cache.
Currently it shows (via arc_summary.pl and arcstat.pl) that it's however arround 39GB. It won't grow beyond that point. Here's memstat
root@storage1:~# mdb -k
Loading modules: [ unix genunix specfs dtrace mac cpu.generic uppc pcplusmp scsi_vhci zfs sata sd ip hook neti arp usba uhci stmf stmf_sbd fctl sockfs md lofs random idm mpt_sas crypto fcp cpc smbsrv nfs fcip sppp nsmb ufs logindmux ptm ipc ]
::memstatPage Summary                Pages                MB %Tot
Kernel                    2042997              7980   16%
ZFS File Data             8679483             33904   69%
Anon                       179051               699    1%
Exec and libs                4623                18    0%
Page cache                  19172                74    0%
Free (cachelist)             6730                26    0%
Free (freelist)           1646526              6431   13%
Total                    12578582             49135
Physical                 12578581             49135
>

Hello Abrante,
These values are their default:
$ arc_summary.pl
System Memory:
         Physical RAM: 49135 MB
         Free Memory : 7052 MB
         LotsFree:      767 MB
ZFS Tunables (/etc/system):
ARC Size:
         Current Size:             36408 MB (arcsize)
         Target Size (Adaptive):   36408 MB (c)
         Min Size (Hard Limit):    6013 MB (zfs_arc_min)
         Max Size (Hard Limit):    48111 MB (zfs_arc_max)
ARC Size Breakdown:
         Most Recently Used Cache Size:           6%    2275 MB (p)
         Most Frequently Used Cache Size:        93%    34132 MB (c-p)
...But as you can see, The server refuses to "consume" the last 7000 MB.

Os lion says you need 2 gb of memory i have 1gb how to you get more memory

i have 1gb of memory you need 2 gb to download lion what should i do

antoniofromarlington wrote:
thank you i can buy at apple store correct
Your computer sounds like it's a few years old, Apple would NOT stock RAM for it. I'd recommend OWC (www.macsales.com) or Crucial. Both are reputable, have good service and very competitive prices. OWC has great support, you can do an online chat with them and they can answer any questions you may have.

How do you free up memories?

I was dumbfounded when I learned that you cannot uninstall programs from Mac. Which means even if you delete unwanted programs, you are still leaving registry files and temp files associated with the program. I bought this mac 3 days ago and have not installed anything other than Office 2004 for Mac. I currently have 35 gigs free which means 60-35 = 25. 25 gigs are being used. ON WHAT????????

HD space is reported differently by the system than the HD manufacturers report it. The manufacturers say 1GB is 1 billion bytes while a GB is actually 1,073,741,824 bytes. Multiply those "missing" bytes by the number of GB on the HD and you will see the "lost" capacity. This is about 4.5GB.
It is the same with PCs so this is not a Mac issue.
Seondly, you have about 14GB of stuff pre-installed on your Mac by Apple. You can remove anything that is there without issue.
There is no registry like in Windows, and whoever told you that you cannot uninstall anything was just plain wrong. If the app comes with an uninstaller, use it. If not, then drag and drop the app icon to the trash and empty it. If you want to use Spotlight to find the pref files that may be left behind, you can get everything.
I see that you are a new Mac user and have poste several questions. Switching from Windows can be a little unnerving, but don't worry - it will get easier as you become more familiar with it. In the meantime, we are here for any questions that you might have.

How do you use a memory card reader on a Macbook?

I have a Finepix camera and put the memory card into a memory card reader, which I then plugged into my Macbook. A little red light is flashing on the memory card reader but no icon or anything has come up on my Mac screen. Help!?

oh ok. Open finder, click on preferences, and make sure external disks is checked under "general"

How do i free up memory from my startup disc

I keep getting the message that my start up disc is full - system will not me delete any files etc

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