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- noun Plural form of
swapfile .
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Examples
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At the moment (just after hard-power-cycling), my swapfiles are small, but I do have a large sleep file:
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GB of RAM, I had to restart roughly once a week as swapfiles built up and performance degraded, I'm able to go twice that long with the MacBook, even though the Intel version of OS X is more RAM-hungry than the PowerPC variant.
MyAppleMenu 2009
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Whether you want to partition your disk to try Linux, test the latest version of Mac OS X, optimise the performance of enterprise database applications, set-up an external disk capable of booting both Intel and PowerPC Macs, or simply restrict disk space usage by temporary files and swapfiles, iPartition can help you.
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At 8 keystrokes, this is the easiest way I've found to check swapfiles.
MacInTouch 2009
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And since you've checked most of your actual data, the difference has to be caches, workfiles, swapfiles, etc., and perhaps a Previous System folder.
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The easiest way for me to check swapfiles is to use the freeware
MacInTouch 2009
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The most detailed discussion of the need for free, contiguous disk space, the requirements for virtual memory, and the growth of swapfiles is at
MacInTouch 2009
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Click on the Memory icon in the menu bar and it shows you no. of swapfiles, location, highest no. of swapfiles since last boot, total space used and current space used.
MacInTouch 2009
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If the space is not both free and contiguous, Tiger and Leopard can create fragmented swapfiles, but performance is seriously degraded.
MacInTouch 2009
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You can hack data out of unencrypted swapfiles the same way.
Marco.org 2008
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