Re: Xcode 4.3.1 memory usage
Re: Xcode 4.3.1 memory usage
- Subject: Re: Xcode 4.3.1 memory usage
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:51:02 -0400
On Mar 13, 2012, at 2:23 AM, Seth Willits wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Brad Oliver wrote:
>
>> 1. What is causing Xcode to need *so much memory* as my day goes on? Is this a bad memory leak or by design?
>
> I'm sure it's neither.
>
> All applications have this problem of ever-increasing memory usage. What makes it noticeable is when the application can use lots of memory at once. For example, Safari has this same problem, and a couple of my applications do too.
I remember when I was able to have Safari open with 70 tabs on a G5 with 2 GB of RAM. Since the release of Lion, even Safari on Snow Leopard has become an incredible memory pig. It's not uncommon for Safari to be using 4-5 GB of RAM and performance on my quad core i7 roars to a sluggish pace.
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