There is not enough memory to perform the operation (Error #17524)

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There is not enough memory to perform the operation (Error #17524)

Hello everyone,

I'm having some problems with my iMac. Whenever I try to open After Effects CS3 or try to unzip a large file of about 6GB I get this message: "There is not enough memory to perform the operation (Error #17524)". Since I have 4GB of RAM and no other programs are running, I believe this can't be right.

Any ideas? I really need to fix this fast.. 🙂

Thank you,
Mx

iMac 24" 3,06 Ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 4GB RAM, Geforce 8800 GT 512RAM, 1TB

Posted on Nov 16, 2008 4:27 PM

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Answer 1

lenn5

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Nov 16, 2008 5:17 PM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

Have you tried rebooting your Mac and then trying those things?

lenn

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Answer 2

Nov 16, 2008 5:23 PM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

Absolutely. This is a problem I have for months now. Only recently, I discovered it's a problem that is not limited to After Effects alone.

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Answer 3

Nov 22, 2008 6:13 AM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

bump.. any help please?

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korupt3d

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Nov 30, 2008 7:49 PM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

I also have this problem. Please help!

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Answer 5

Dec 19, 2008 1:46 AM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

I have this problem too - it first occurred using Final cut Express, but it has just started occurring when trying to place a small jpeg (36Kb!) in an Illustrator document (which itself is under 27mb)

I haven't been able to find any solutions so far and it threatens to make work impossible - I'm going to have to whinge directly to Apple, I think

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zadkiel

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Jan 26, 2009 8:43 PM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

have the same issue when unzipping large files.

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Answer 7

Jan 27, 2009 11:38 AM in response to Aerialsfilm M*

Check After Effects Preferences/Memory and Cache to make sure the Maximum RAM cache size is less than 100%. The default is 60%. I would not set it any more than 75%. http://ftp.georgetek.com/George/After_Effects.png

As far as the Archive(zip) Utility is concerned I've never tried unzipping a file that large. It's possible that the Archive Utility is limited to a certain sized file. Try using a third party unarchive/unzip utility:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/theunarchiver.html
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26500/tasty-unzip

George

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