On Nov 30, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Kenneth Prager wrote:
I understand the virtual memory operation but I don't get why the
virtual memory footprint, for a given application, grows (seemingly
without bound) over time. I can't be the only one seeing their
system go from one to many swap files over a few days time. The
reduction in performance is annoying.
Regards,
Ken Prager
Sounds like a memory leak. If so, garbage collection should help,
but it's only enabled for applications which specifically request it.
A good way to check if applications are leaking is to run leaks on
it (man leaks). It may not show all the leaks, especially if the
application is Carbon one which uses NewHandle(), but it does a
pretty good job. If an application is leaking too much memory, you
might be able to convince the developer to do something about it
with the output of "leaks".
Thanks for the info on leaks.
BTW, from my experience, the worst offenders are...
1) Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (no surprise there)
2) Matlab
3) Safari (version 3)
4) Dashboard Widgets
The best at freeing up resources when done with them is BBEdit (also
no surprise there).
Regards,
Ken P.
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