Re: Mac OS X memory

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Oct 31, 2007; 4:42pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-reconstruction-of-volume-tp3698102p3698105.html

On Mac OS X, the Edit>Options>Memory & Threads command is not able to
change the memory allocation if the name of the ImageJ application has
been changed. For example, it will not work if you change the name from
"ImageJ" to "ImageJ1.38".

-wayne

On Oct 29, 2007, at 3:24 AM, Naoki Irie wrote:

> 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
>