Mac OS X memory

Posted by naoki irie on Oct 29, 2007; 9:24am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-reconstruction-of-volume-tp3698102p3698104.html

I am running ImageJ 1.38 on Mac OS X (10.4.10), having
a memory setting problem.

When I tried to allocate more memory by going to
Edit / Options / Memory&Threads..
The dialog appears, but when I type in a larger memory size and
click OK, a warning appears..

"imagej is unable to change memory limit. For
  more information refer to the installation notes"

I've found a similar problem discussed on the LIST ARCHIVE
but I couldn't  understand it well.

 >> To set the memory limit using Edit>Options>Memory you need to be
 >>running the Mac OS X application or the Windows application
 >>(ImageJ.exe), and you must have downloaded the full 1.32 or later
 >>distribution. Both applications use a microscope icon. You can set  
the
 >>limit using the -Xmx option if you run ImageJ from the command  
line or
 >>a script. As far as I know,  there is no way to increase the memory
 >>limit when running ImageJ by double-clicking on ij.jar.

I am not running imageJ from ij.jar. I am running the ImageJ program
by double clicking ImageJ1.38.app icon.
Does this also mean that I can't change the memory from  
Edit>Options>Memory &Threads...??

Naoki Irie