>Yes, that would be my guess as well. Currently my swap file is 2 >GB... Finder, Parallels, Mail, Safari, iChat, Preview, and iTunes >running. Uptime is 5 days. Usually on restart the file starts at >512MB (I think), but as soon as I run Parallels or Photoshop, it >will quickly climb to 2 GB, matching the RAM in the system. It >usually doesn't climb higher unless I use Parallels, Photoshop, >and/or InDesign, Dreamweaver, etc. I use the iStat Pro widget to >monitor. Chris, what entry in iStat Pro tells you the size of the swap file? Daly ----------------------