(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This is a tutorial on how to allocate more RAM (Random Access Memory) To minecraft.. (Or any other .jar in fact) on a mac =D

First.. Go to applications
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Then. Click the utilities folder

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After that.. Click Java Preferences.

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Then, in the text box. type the following.

    java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft.jar

Change 1024 to one of the following corresponding to the amount of RAM you would like to allocate to minecraft.

1 Gigabyte = 1024
2 Gigabytes = 2048
3 Gigabytes = 3072
4 Gigabytes = 4096
6 Gigabytes = 6144
8 Gigabytes = 8192
(Credit to Skylerleighty for those numbers)

After you've done that press enter and close minecraft.

Open minecraft again and the changes will be applied.


---------- Post added at 04:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:52 PM ----------

I reported it to be moved to mac discussion

Thanks
Sorry I didn't put in the right section :\

Bump?
*Le 10 character*

This should come in handy while running any game =]

Any game that uses Java Mark.. It wouldn't work with steam games.