OS X Lion's FileVault technology may seem to make encrypted virtual memory redundant, but maintaining encryption even with FileVault 2 enabled is likely a good idea. Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

In my lectures, I always like to compare the approaches in the big 3: Windows, Linux and OS X. For example, Linux uses a combined segmentation and paging approach to virtual memory (to separate ...

can lead to insufficient space for virtual memory's swapfile, leading to performance slow downs. This is something we first noted back in the OS X Public Beta (see this item). The FAQ explains how ...