Swap Relocator is a Startup Item. On every boot it will kill and relaunch the Darwin Virtual Memory Manager so that the Swap files will be placed in a different (choosen by the user) partition. Disabling Swap Relocator is simple. Just edit the /etc/hostconfig file.
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I upgraded to 10.3 and it appears that it still works. After a while, I decided to turn it off and that worked fine (once I upgraded to the current release). The uninstall directions could've been more detailed but I guess that if you're not terminal savvy enough to do something like that w/o directions, you shouldn't be messing with the swap file. Still, seeing how easy the install was, novices might have been inclined to give it a try, then to find out later that uninstalling is more involved.
Works great... visible speed increase
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I installed it and it works great. Those that say that this doesn't work in 10.2 need to check the vm file on the disk they have set this to. The vm folder has a file which is updated while the old vm file on the boot volume isn't.
This works great, although the documentation for disabling is a little bit cumbersome. Great job though.
Making my VM go to a different bus has sped up launch times of applications. Makes sense considering that memory allocation is a big part of the launch process.
xyster
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I just used this swap relocator on 10.2.4 for the first time, no probs it worked great. I had previously used swapswap on 10.2.3; I
Jeeg
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Swap Cop does <b>NOT</b> work in 10.2. It has been said by the author on macosxhins.com. This way instead works, however is a bit harsh