Find File Does Not Have Enough Memory

TECHINFO-0021057

TOPIC

When attempting to do a simple file name search with Find File I get a "not enough memory" message. I have 40 MB of physical RAM, virtual memory is off, and the operating system is taking up about 10 MB of RAM. Prior to getting this error, I had set the find file desktop pattern to the blue plaid pattern in the desktop patterns control panel. I decided to remove the desktop pattern from Find File, and the not enough memory message went away. How can change the pattern in Find File and have enough memory?

DISCUSSION

Using a desktop pattern on the Find File utility does use a bigger portion of Find File's available memory. To workaround this, increase the memory for the Find File utility because it is actually an application.

To increase the memory for Find File:

Step 1

Make sure you have Quit the Find File utility.

Step 2

Open the Apple Menu Items folder in the System Folder

Step 3

Highlight the Find File utility and select Get Info from the File menu

Step 4

Increase the Preferred memory size to 560.

Step 5

Close the Find File Info window.

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