[Zaurus]

i found them useless

anyway to disable them to save some memory on the background?

[Zaurus]

no one knows?

[typoon]

Universal Access should be disabled by default. If not you should be able to disable it from the system prefs.

[OreoCookie]

Image Capture is `disabled' if you don't use it.

[Zaurus]

i know how to disable Universal Access in Panther
but not Tiger
i browse around
can't find "disable" option for Universal Access

[Millennium]

If they're not turned on, then they don't use any memory.

One thing that it's important to remember is that memory management in OSX is very different from OS9. Many apps will take more memory than they strictly need at first, but will yield it back to the OS if something else needs it. Because of this, there is usually not a problem with individual programs using a lot of RAM. If you really run out of memory, you'll know: things will suddenly get drastically slower and your hard drive will go berserk from all the pageouts.

[Kvasir]

Originally Posted by Zaurus

i know how to disable Universal Access in Panther
but not Tiger
i browse around
can't find "disable" option for Universal Access

Isn't it exactly the same? System Preferences, Universal Access panel - check or uncheck the "Enable access for assistive devices" button at the bottom of the panel. That's how my Tiger works, at least.

[Zaurus]

Originally Posted by Millennium

If they're not turned on, then they don't use any memory.

One thing that it's important to remember is that memory management in OSX is very different from OS9. Many apps will take more memory than they strictly need at first, but will yield it back to the OS if something else needs it. Because of this, there is usually not a problem with individual programs using a lot of RAM. If you really run out of memory, you'll know: things will suddenly get drastically slower and your hard drive will go berserk from all the pageouts.

well...
i never run it
but when i use "top"
it shows on my memory

and i uncheck the "Enable access for assistive devices" on System Preference -> Universal Access

[Randman]

You might have installed something (Sidetrack, for instance) that requires assisted device access turned on. What else are you running?

[Zaurus]

Originally Posted by Randman

You might have installed something (Sidetrack, for instance) that requires assisted device access turned on. What else are you running?

what's Sidetrack?

how do i check what i'm running?

[Zaurus]

pump

[Big Mac]

How much memory are you worried about here, Zaurus? And how much of it is virtual as opposed to real? Unless something is seriously wrong, you're worrying over absolutely nothing.