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minimanshane · Jul 8, 2006, 02:37 PM

Hi ive just got photoshop creative suite for my mac.
When i try to install it i get this message

The Adobe Creative Suite 2 needs at least 384 MB of RAM installed in your computer in order to run properly. Adding even more RAM will increase performance. Please add more RAM to your computer and then restart the installer.

The minimum system requirements for the Adobe Create Suite 2 are:
- Mac OS X 10.2.8
- 1.5 GB of space on your startup disk
- 384 MB of RAM
- 1024x768 resolution display, thousands of
colors

My computer is a imac 15" with 10.3.9
IM sure ive got enough ram as i dont have that much on the computer. How do i check wha ive got and how do i "add more ram"?

Apfhex · 06:12 PM

Go to the Apple Menu and select "About This Mac" to see how much RAM you have.

RAM is different from storage space. The size of your hard drive determines how many files you can store on your computer. The amount of RAM determines how many applications and files you can have open at the same time on your computer. However, a modern operating system like OS X can use free hard drive space as extra RAM (called "virtual memory"), so you should never really encounter any "not enough memory" messages as long as you have some free space. Virtual memory is slower than real memory, so buying more RAM can increase performance in many cases.

The Adobe CS2 installer probably checks to see how much real memory you have, and gives you that message if it doesn't meet the requirements. There might be a way around it, or maybe not... I haven't been in that situation before. I highly suggest that you have at least 512MB of RAM, though, for better performance in general.

minimanshane · Jul 8, 2006, 07:37 PM

Hey so are you telling me to have more ram i must shut more apllications down?
at the minute my ram is 256?

minimanshane · Jul 9, 2006, 07:42 AM

my vm read out at the minute is: VM: 2.74G + 71.3M 18177(0) pageins, 456(0) pageouts
anyhelp?

minimanshane · Jul 9, 2006, 09:26 AM

anyone wanna help please ill be for ever gratefull!

mac128k-1984 · Jul 9, 2006, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by minimanshane

my vm read out at the minute is: VM: 2.74G + 71.3M 18177(0) pageins, 456(0) pageouts
anyhelp?

VM doesn't matter, its how much ram is installed in your computer. Click on the apple menu and about this mac. The pop up will show how much ram is installed. If the required ram is less then what is installed there's nothing you can do, other then buy more ram.

mchladek · Jul 9, 2006, 02:28 PM

You need 384MB of RAM, but you only have 256MB which means to need to buy and install more memory. If you want to do this yourself, go to website like Crucial, which has a memory advisor that will help you select the right type of memory. Once you get the new stick of RAM, follow the directions on Apple's website for installing the RAM.

That's it!

production_coordinator · Jul 9, 2006, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by mchladek

You need 384MB of RAM, but you only have 256MB which means to need to buy and install more memory. If you want to do this yourself, go to website like Crucial, which has a memory advisor that will help you select the right type of memory. Once you get the new stick of RAM, follow the directions on Apple's website for installing the RAM.

That's it!

Bingo.

The Adobe Creative Suite 2 needs at least 384 MB of RAM installed in your computer in order to run properly.

at the minute my ram is 256

imitchellg5 · Jul 9, 2006, 03:31 PM

I believe production coordinator has summed it up very well.

minimanshane · Jul 9, 2006, 03:53 PM

so your telling me my ram actually never depresiates. When i first got my Mac i wouldnt of been able to install the program even then?

NeXTLoop · Jul 9, 2006, 04:01 PM

You need to have a clear understanding of what RAM is before you can understand anything that has been said in this conversation.

1. You Hard Drive is where applications, folders, files and date are stored. The longer you use your computer, the more stuff you put on it, the more this space diminishes.

2. RAM is completely different. RAM, for lack of a better description, is somewhat similar to the memory cards that come with your digital camera or PDA. Because RAM can be accessed by the computer much faster than a HD, your computer uses it to run the various apps you have. When you click on an application, that app is loaded from your HD into your RAM, and run from that point. When you don't have enough RAM to run multiple apps however, the computer starts using HD space as "Virtual Memory", or pseudo-RAM. The only problem is, this is not nearly as fast as the real thing. Therefore, some apps like Photoshop require a higher minimum RAM limit. Photoshop will still use Virtual Memory, but it needs a higher base RAM amount than you currently have.

On the plus side, RAM is pretty cheap. It wouldn't cost you very much to upgrade to 1Gig, or even 1.5Gig (1Gig = 1024MB).

Hope that helps...

minimanshane · Jul 9, 2006, 04:28 PM

yea this helps thank you but is there any way of diverting the limit and sort of cutting into the virtual memory aswell?

imitchellg5 · Jul 9, 2006, 08:00 PM

RAM is a permanent part of your computer. Like the monitor on your iMac, it stays until it dies.

mac128k-1984 · Jul 9, 2006, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by minimanshane

yea this helps thank you but is there any way of diverting the limit and sort of cutting into the virtual memory aswell?

Nope, and if a program says it needs a minimum of 384meg and you only have 26meg, then your out of luck. OSX has a highly efficient virtual memory mechanism but you still need ram. Its like trying to squeeze size 12 feet into size 8 shoes, it just aint going to fit. Ram and programs are similar. They have a certain footprint size that must be smaller then the installed ram on a computer.