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From: Johan W. Elzenga on 19 Jul 2010 19:43
John Young <myoung(a)cavtel.net> wrote:
>
> I do have a bootable SuperDuper backup but it runs
> automatically each morning so it was corrupted also.

That means it's not a backup, but a clone. A clone is useful to have as
an alternative startup disk, but it cannot replace a backup. As you just
found out the hard way.

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Johan W. Elzenga, Editor/Photographer, www.johanfoto.com
From: David Empson on 19 Jul 2010 19:59
dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> What about aliases on the desktop, do they too take up as much
> RAM as other icons of the same size? I expect yes, but just
> asking.

Yes. Every file or folder in the Desktop folder appears as an icon on
the desktop (along with icons for hard drives, servers, mounted disks,
according to your preferences).

Every icon on the desktop is a window as far as Mac OS X is concerned.

(Files and folders _inside_ folders on the desktop are not a problem -
it is just the ones directly on the desktop.)

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David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: dorayme on 19 Jul 2010 20:39
In article <1jlxe2s.3rk97pqyofcfN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > What about aliases on the desktop, do they too take up as much
> > RAM as other icons of the same size? I expect yes, but just
> > asking.
>
> Yes. Every file or folder in the Desktop folder appears as an icon on
> the desktop (along with icons for hard drives, servers, mounted disks,
> according to your preferences).
>
> Every icon on the desktop is a window as far as Mac OS X is concerned.
>
> (Files and folders _inside_ folders on the desktop are not a problem -
> it is just the ones directly on the desktop.)

OK, thxs.

I have never consciously experienced problems with 1 and 1.5 MB
of Ram and from 40 to 80 icons but I will now try to keep the
icons to the minimum I need for day to day, it is true there are
lots I rarely use, these are now in a folder of their own, the
folder being on the DT.

One problem is that now all the blue on the desktop is lonely. It
looks ... well.. sort of blue. I might change the colour to
something more cheery if it is going to have to be by itself from
now on for such long periods.

--
dorayme
From: David Empson on 20 Jul 2010 01:08
dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> In article <1jlxe2s.3rk97pqyofcfN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>,
> dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>
> > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > What about aliases on the desktop, do they too take up as much
> > > RAM as other icons of the same size? I expect yes, but just
> > > asking.
> >
> > Yes. Every file or folder in the Desktop folder appears as an icon on
> > the desktop (along with icons for hard drives, servers, mounted disks,
> > according to your preferences).
> >
> > Every icon on the desktop is a window as far as Mac OS X is concerned.
> >
> > (Files and folders _inside_ folders on the desktop are not a problem -
> > it is just the ones directly on the desktop.)
>
> OK, thxs.
>
> I have never consciously experienced problems with 1 and 1.5 MB
> of Ram and from 40 to 80 icons but I will now try to keep the
> icons to the minimum I need for day to day, it is true there are
> lots I rarely use, these are now in a folder of their own, the
> folder being on the DT.

40 to 80 icons shouldn't be an issue for a modern Mac. It is when you
are getting into hundreds of icons that it starts to add up.

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
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