Apple Power Macintosh 9600 - Manual (Page 138)

Problems with application programs, documents, and memory
You can’t start an application program; you see a message that not enough memory is
available.
All the memory in your Macintosh is in use by other application programs,
system software, and system resources.
m Quit other open programs to free up memory, then open the program you
want to use.
m Follow these steps to allocate more memory to the program:
1. Choose About This Macintosh from the Apple (K) menu. Take note of
the number in the Largest Unused Block section. This number tells you
how much memory is available to open programs.
2. Quit the program if it’s open, select its icon, and choose Get Info from
the File menu. Take note of the numbers in the Minimum Size and
Preferred Size boxes.
3. If the number in the Minimum Size box is larger than the largest unused
block, not enough memory is available to use this program. To free
memory, quit open programs or restart the computer. You can also type
a smaller number in the Minimum Size box if you want to open the
program using less memory. But some programs don’t work well if you
assign them less memory.
4. If the number in the Preferred Size box is smaller than the largest
unused block, you may need to assign more memory to the program. (A
program may need more memory if you are working with complex
documents.) Type a larger number in the Preferred Size box.
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