[thelist] tip: Macs and memory

[John Kershaw]

>IOW, if you opened:
>
>Eudora
>Browser of your choice
>WYSIWYG
>Image editor
>
>...you should close them in this order:
>
>Image editor
>WYSIWYG
>Browser of your choice
>Eudora

<tip type="Macs and memory">

Very true - this can make an enormous difference to how often you 
have to reboot your machine.  Also think carefully about the initial 
order you launch applications in - fire up your old trusty's first 
(BBEdit, Eudora, iTunes, Fetch, Browser?) that'll be running from now 
til shutdown - even if you're not planning to use them til later in 
the session.  *Then* run any 'temporary' applications (QuickTime 
Player to view that home video from Aunt Nelly).  That way you can be 
opening and closing 'temporary' applications in reverse order without 
leaving any 'memory gaps'.

I even wrote a little Applescript called 'Close Some Applications' 
which lists current application *in the order they were launched* and 
allows me to quit any/all, thereby ensuring I've not inadvertently 
closed apps in the wrong order.

</tip>
John.