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Re: Mac OS X memory

Posted by naoki irie on Nov 01, 2007; 5:29am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-reconstruction-of-volume-tp3698102p3698106.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".

Thank you.
This was just the cause of my memory problem.

Renaming the file name (ImageJ1.38.app) back to ImageJ.app solved the  
problem.


Naoki Irie



> -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
>>
>