[G4] Speaking of Activity Monitor - What is TruBlueEnvironment???

Wayne Wilkin macsys at mac.com
Thu Jul 27 07:37:47 PDT 2006


Ya, just sharing information, old habits, I still have users in  
classic using Quark 4, so I know what you mean, Wayne.

On Jul 27, 2006, at 9:59 AM, J. R. Rosen wrote:

> Wayne - GOOD MORNING!
>
> I don't have ID-CS2, I have ID-CS, and it will open a Pagemaker  
> file, albeit as an "Untitled" document.
>
> I've been using Pagemaker since version 1, and have literally  
> thousands of PM files.  I am so comfortable with Pagemaker that I  
> just really use ID when I have to.  Although, I am finding I am  
> using ID more and more everyday!
>
> I'm sure that I will eventually convert completely to InDesign.   
> You know... old habits are hard to break!!!
>
> HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
>
> On Jul 27, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Wayne Wilkin wrote:
>
>> Just happened upon your post. Do you have CS2? InDesign CS2 will  
>> open those old PageMaker files!
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2006, at 6:14 PM, J. R. Rosen wrote:
>>
>>> Many thanks to Charles Schneider & Jim Carbone - accurate,  
>>> helpful and speedy replies!!!
>>>
>>> So it's OS 9 that's the culprit... hmm, if it wasn't for  
>>> Pagemaker I wouldn't need Classic!
>>>
>>> Oh well, some things you just have to live with.
>>>
>>> THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP!!  This list rox!!!
>>>
>>> On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:31 PM, jim carbone wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi J.R.,
>>>> The following page is referenced within the site that I was  
>>>> referred to yesterday to help with my issue:
>>>> http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/background-processes.html
>>>> It has a pretty comprehensive list of what those processes are  
>>>> and lists TruBlueEnvironment as:
>>>> "The Classic (OS 9 compatibility) environment. This single  
>>>> process includes OS 9 and all running classic applications. The  
>>>> name derives from an early Apple code-name for the Classic  
>>>> environment: "the Blue Box". For some reason, Activity Monitor  
>>>> (under Mac OS X v10.3) has trouble reading this process's name,  
>>>> and tends to display it as "(null)"."
>>>> HTH,
>>>> --jim
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 26, 2006, at 12:44 PM, J. R. Rosen wrote:
>>>>> GOOD MORNING LISTERS!!!
>>>>> In Activity Monitor, there is a memory-hog called  
>>>>> TruBlueEnvironment that is sucking-up 74.1% of CPU and chewing  
>>>>> on 148.87mb of RAM - AND - swallowing 1.20GB (Yes, 1.20  
>>>>> GIGABYTES) of Virtual Memory!!!
>>>>> It's nearest competitor is "WindowServer" @ 6.4% of CPU;  
>>>>> 136.59mb RAM & 394.15mb V-Memory.
>>>>> Question: Does anyone know what-the-heck "TruBlueEnvironment"  
>>>>> is, and what it's used for???
>>>>> My Mac is a QuickSilver, 2002 - OS 10.4.7 - 1.5gb RAM - 250gb  
>>>>> HDD* / 200gb HDD / 80gb HDD (*System HDD).
>>>>> Inquiring minds want to know!
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>> J. R. Rosen
>>>
>>> J. R. Rosen
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> J. R. Rosen
> Armadillo Press-Printing & Graphics
> 305 Wells Fargo Dr., Suite 4
> Houston, TX 77090
> 281-586-9383 (phone)
> 281-586-9876 (fax)
> 281-467-5366 (cell)
> dilloman at armadillo-press.com
> dilloman at sbcglobal.net
> dilloman at aol.com
> www.armadillo-press.com
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