blackmac Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 We all know that iTunes "Cover Flow" view in iTunes consumes RAM like (insert your most gluttonous euphemism here)... Considering "Cover Flow" has been integrated into finder - has there been MAJOR optimizations made to its memory management? The only way to free RAM with "Cover Flow" in iTunes is to completely close (quit) iTunes.... I'd hate to think that i'd had to "dump" finder in order to recover RAM after using "Cover Flow" to locate a file (lets say in a folder full of PSD's)... Does "Cover Flow" view use the Core Animation - and not eat up upwards of 3-600+MB of RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Yes, finder uses CoreAnimation-which is why its cover flow is 100000x snappier than iTunes, even under 9A466. And it reloads everything, every time. For example, I have a long list of files with movie posters for icons: I let the beginning load. I go to the end, and let it load. I go back to the beginning, and it reloads everything. Not so cool, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've tried with a list of ANY file in my hd and it was smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 takes up 10mb more RAM for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidCombo Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I just xbenched my leopard partition and tiger partition, I see twice as much improvement in System Memory Test and Stream Memory Test. Most likely due to 64 bits architecture. Maybe everyone should post their leopard vs tiger xbench score so that we can compare the improvements on the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 i hope they use Core Animation for iTunes Coverflow when Leopard comes out. Right now, Coverflow is way too sluggish considering I have high resolution album arts for every single album in my iTunes library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro56 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Are you saying that they didn't use Core Animation in the iTunes Coverflow mode ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Are you saying that they didn't use Core Animation in the iTunes Coverflow mode ? Not on Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmac Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 i hope they use Core Animation for iTunes Coverflow when Leopard comes out. Right now, Coverflow is way too sluggish considering I have high resolution album arts for every single album in my iTunes library. I have high res art for upwards of 80% of my library... I agree that iTunes Coverflow can get a little sluggish when using multiple apps...(actually, primary reason i added another gig of RAM) Unfortunately I dont have a copy of 9A4666 to play with - but I'm glad to hear Coverflow finder may actually be useful... I'm not sure how I'm feeling about the "load / reload" behavior thats been described - hmm, i guess I'll just have to wait till October to make my judements... Appreciate the info peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hello, I'd like to know if it's possible to set Cover Flow not to resize it when I resize my window. I mean that if you open a folder with cover flow view, then if you want to make this window bigger to see more item, it's cover flow which will become bigger. So do you have any solution? Thanks sorry for my english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hecker Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hello, I'd like to know if it's possible to set Cover Flow not to resize it when I resize my window. I mean that if you open a folder with cover flow view, then if you want to make this window bigger to see more item, it's cover flow which will become bigger. So do you have any solution? Thanks sorry for my english The size of the preview image is proportional to the size of the frame that contains it. If you want to see more items but you want the window size to remain the same (or you want to resize the window but want the frame to keep it's height size), then drag the middle bar (the one dividing the image preview from the list view) up or down, to scale the top frame. The smaller the frame, the more items you will see to the left or right. Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 yes but when i resize the window, it's only the cover frame which is becoming bigger! It's a bit annoying to have to reduce the cover frame at each time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschilling Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I agree, I'd like to see that fixed. When you resize the window, it should do the opposite to what it does now. They assume you would prefer to see a bigger icon vs. more files in the list. A pref for that would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I agree, I'd like to see that fixed. When you resize the window, it should do the opposite to what it does now. They assume you would prefer to see a bigger icon vs. more files in the list. A pref for that would be perfect. I agree that there should be some kind of settings option for that but the coverflow view's main element is the icon after all. I bet someone will come up with a trick to fix that soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I agree that there should be some kind of settings option for that but the coverflow view's main element is the icon after all. I bet someone will come up with a trick to fix that soon. I hope this someone can hear you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 up! still any solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 i doubt apple have fixed that just after 8 days mschilling asked that.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeye Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 still any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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