Q: allocating RAM to an app in OS X

I've only been running OS X since May when I got my FP iMac.

The other day I tried to increase the RAM allocated to an app
(specifically the Apple DVD Player) but when I opened up the info pane
for the app I found that unlike earlier OS versions there was no way to
specify how much RAM should be allocated to the app.

Is this something that is no longer needed in OS X? Or is there just a
new way to do this?

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Brian Rost
Stargen, Inc.

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In comp.sys.mac.system Brian Rost <com> wrote: 
 
 

OS X handles memory all on its own. If an application such as the DVD player
needs more RAM and it is available, OS X will allow the application to use
it.

In article <com>,
Brian Rost <com> wrote:
 

It's no longer needed.

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Tom Stiller

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In article <com>,
Brian Rost <com> wrote:
 

It is no longer needed; in OS 4.2 through OS 9.2.2, each application had
its own memory partition that it used to load itself and keep its data
structures in. With OS X, the system dynamically allocates each
application as much memory as it needs at the time.

It's a bit more complex than that, but that's essentially the situation.

--Michelle

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Never play strip tarot.

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At 2003-09-02T12:29:38Z, Brian Rost <com> writes:
 

In general, Mac OS 9 and below are the only recent operating systems with
that need.
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Kirk Strauser
The Strauser Group
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