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DaveC
OutOfMemoryError question for Mac OS X
May 28th, 2009, 3:55am  

I'm trying to run large simulations for print purposes (I'd like at least 6000x2000). I can get up to 4500x1500 without errors. I used the code from the troubleshooting page view the memory usage:

allocated 52539392
free 22972664
max 66650112

When I try to go larger (4500x2000) the memory looks like:
allocated 66650112
free 25832576
max 66650112
But when I try to save a tiff, I get the Out of Memory Error.

After some googling, I tried to increase the Java Heap Space max parameter by editing Processing's Info.plist file. I changed the VMOptions to "-Xms512M -Xmx512M".  But this didn't affect the memory allocation at all and I still got the error message.

The activity monitor shows that I am using 173M, considerably lower than the 512 limit. Do I have to do something else for changes to Info.plist to take effect??  I really have no experience with JAVA or mac memory issues (which is probably obvious from my comments.)  

help!!

I'm using a MacBook Pro with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 Gigs of RAM. Running OS X 10.5.6.
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PhiLho 
Re: OutOfMemoryError question for Mac OS X
Reply #1 - May 28th, 2009, 4:41am  
I had no idea of what a plist can be, a quick search shown it might be specific to Macs.
Have you tried to change the memory setting in the Preferences dialog?
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DaveC
Re: OutOfMemoryError question for Mac OS X
Reply #2 - May 28th, 2009, 12:11pm  

oh! I see. Thank you very much, PhiLho. That did the trick. I can save tiffs up to 10,000x10,000 now. That ought to be more than sufficient Smiley Actually, you have no idea how long I was stuck on that. I'm embarrassed that it was such an easy solution, but very grateful.

Thanks again!!!!
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PhiLho 
Re: OutOfMemoryError question for Mac OS X
Reply #3 - May 29th, 2009, 3:34am  
You are welcome. I have, myself, overlooked this setting too, having no sketch with great memory needs. I just saw the info somewhere else on the forum and pass it up! Wink
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