Installation and New Features Guide

20 | Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
Adjusting the FileMaker Pro cache
Because OS X dynamically allocates memory to applications as needed,
there is no way to set a specific amount of memory to allocate to the
FileMaker
Pro application. However, you can adjust the FileMaker Pro
cache size.
You may want to increase the cache size if you plan to do any of the
following:
1 work on a large database file
1 work on several database files at once
1 host database files
1 insert a large graphic into a database file
Consider decreasing the cache size if you plan to run several
applications at the same time and you have a limited amount of
memory
(RAM) installed.
To change the cache size that FileMaker Pro uses:
1. In FileMaker Pro, choose FileMaker Pro menu > Preferences and
click the Memory tab.
2. Type a number in the Attempt to set file cache size to box, then click
OK.
The next time you start FileMaker Pro, the new cache size is used.