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  • Purging memory options

    Posted by Filip Stillerska on December 27, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    Under the Edit > Purge menu, there are several options for purging memory:

    • All Memory & Disk Cache
    • All Memory
    • Undo
    • Image Cache Memory
    • Snapshot

    What’s the difference between these? From my understanding:

    • All Memory & Disk Cache = Purges both the RAM and Disk Cache (on the HDD).
    • All Memory = Purges the RAM only.
    • Undo = ???
    • Image Cache Memory = ???
    • Snapshot = ???

    Can someone please confirm if I’ve understood the “All Memory & Disk Cache” and “All Memory” commands correctly, and please also clarify the “Undo”, “Image Cache Memory” and “Snapshot” commands. Thank you.

    Filip Stillerska replied 7 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Mark Doctor

    December 31, 2018 at 1:38 am
  • All Memory & Disk Cache = Purges both the RAM and Disk Cache (on the HDD).

  • All Memory = Purges the RAM only.

  • Undo = purges all levels of undo’s at RAM

  • Image Cache Memory = purges uncompressed images for RAM previewing

  • Snapshot = purges 1 a 4 snapshots for comparison stored at RAM

  • Filip Stillerska

    December 31, 2018 at 11:02 am

    Thank you, Mark!

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