Memory Leak, Macbook

Good day folks,
I'm looking for some advice regarding my Macbook and what is an apparent memory leak I'm experiencing. I've been getting a lot of 'beachball' activity in the last couple of months and after weeks of phone calls with Apple and a visit to the Genius bar, Diskwarrior, archive and install with Time Machine, etc., etc. it is now apparent that something is sucking memory on the machine even when I don't see any application running. Activity monitor doesn't show the CPU being taxed, but the available memory drops to almost 'zero green' in the pie chart.
Prior to me doing a clean wipe of my hard drive and a selective re-install of data, does anyone have a tip as to what might be causing this? I really don't use a lot of apps. Most common would be iPhoto, Safari, Adobe, Mail, Numbers. My iPhoto library is about 6 GBs. I have tons of available HD space.
Two items in Activity Monitor which appear to be using a lot of 'virtual memory' are 'Dashboard Client' (which I don't appear to be able to 'quit') and Apple80211Agent. I'm not very tech savvy so any tips you could offer would be appreciated. Thanks all.

What evidence to you actually have of this so-called memory leak? Memory leaks happen in software, so you would have to examine individually running applications to determine if a leak actually occurs (and you would need to know how to discern one.) If you are running out of RAM as possibly evidenced by beachballing, it may be due to the fact that you are trying to run iPhoto, Safari, Adobe, Mail, Numbers. My iPhoto library, which is more than your 2 GBs of RAM can support. What you need is more RAM.
Virtual memory usage in Activity Monitor has no meaning to you and has nothing to do with RAM usage or memory leaks.
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

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MacBook crashing every so often with a some sort of memory leak? Need help to pinpoint cause.

I've only owned this Macbook for about 4 months now and it has started giving me this save memory leak issue every so often. I am not 100% sure if this is the proper place to post this kind of stuff, but I've tried to uninstall some things that I've added in the last month (which is when it started). No luck.
Can anyone tell what it might be just by looking?
Error Report
Anonymous UUID:       69F44AA1-027D-B2A4-9036-9DF6EBE5D770
Thu Jan 1 22:53:52 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8022b79085): "zalloc: zone map exhausted while allocating from zone kalloc.8192, likely due to memory leak in zone kalloc.64 (1112477184 total bytes, 17382449 elements allocated)"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:2521
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80bbd7bc00 : 0xffffff8022b3a811
0xffffff80bbd7bc80 : 0xffffff8022b79085
0xffffff80bbd7bdb0 : 0xffffff8022b42ef1
0xffffff80bbd7bde0 : 0xffffff8022b22a90
0xffffff80bbd7be10 : 0xffffff8022b3e8b7
0xffffff80bbd7be40 : 0xffffff8022b235a3
0xffffff80bbd7be90 : 0xffffff8022b33e8d
0xffffff80bbd7bf10 : 0xffffff8022c0a142
0xffffff80bbd7bfb0 : 0xffffff8022c3ac66
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
14B25
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x0000000022800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8022a00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8022900000
System model name: MacBookPro9,2 (Mac-6F01561E16C75D06)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 182760011229369
vm objects:24524880
vm object hash entri:3801640
VM map entries:5061280
pv_list:19697664
vm pages:64337216
kalloc.16:91921984
kalloc.32:130084416
kalloc.64:1112477184
kalloc.128:9461760
kalloc.256:7639040
kalloc.512:49831936
kalloc.1024:4407296
kalloc.2048:3215360
kalloc.4096:10162176
kalloc.8192:6324224
mem_obj_control:1522048
ipc ports:3965600
threads:1624696
vnodes:15977280
namecache:5540640
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cluster_write:2037072
decmpfs_cnode:1866816
buf.8192:10346496
ubc_info zone:5286864
vnode pager structur:2395720
compressor_pager:2375680
compressor_segment:4024080
Kernel Stacks:3604480
PageTables:155758592
Kalloc.Large:19787177
Backtrace suspected of leaking: (outstanding bytes: 21440)
0xffffff8022b79486
0xffffff8022b42ef1
0xffffff802305e513
0xffffff802307ada1
0xffffff80230b665e
0xffffff802305d01e
0xffffff802305d1e7
0xffffff80230b05c5
0xffffff80230b6dd0
0xffffff7fa35a3cc4
0xffffff7fa359eb0c
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.razer.common.razerhid(10.57)[91AF82D9-68E7-3D2F-9D29-31113DBA21EE]@0xffffff 7fa3599000->0xffffff7fa35b1fff
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I'm sorry to have conveyed that impression. I do very much like EtreCheck, but it is completely misused by too many people who seem to think it's the answer to all problems. If is excellent for what it does. I helped beta test it for the developer. But it's a tool best used when a helper specifically asks for it when it is needed. That isn't for kernel panics. It may well be that some software can cause the panic, but the panic itself is generally in hardware. You can see that in the first few lines of the report. I urge you to learn more about them:
Mac OS X- How to log a kernel panic
OS X- About kernel panics
Technical Note TN2063- Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics
Tutorial - Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panic
What's a "kernel panic"? (Mac OS X)
OSXFAQ - Troubleshooting Kernel Panics
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on diagnosing kernel panics.
You will find a wealth of information about panics in the above references. There are many panic reports that simply don't give us any clues as to their root cause. They can be frustrating to deal with. But when someone is having a kernel panic EtreCheck is simply not the tool you whip out first or even second.
Good luck learning and a Happy New Year.

Osx Lion memory leak: my MacBook pro is usable only 10 minutes after boot

Hi all,
10 minutes after boot it works just fine, but then it slows down and take centuries to open any application. Checked with Activity monitor:
on a boot, no user applications running: Free memory: 2,35 Gb, Wired: 459,7 Mb, Active 3 Mb, Inactive: 1,18 Gb
In 10 minutes, idle: Free memory: 8,4 Mb, Wired: 468,1 Mb, Active 2,36 Gb, Inactive: 1,17 Gb
Somehow all the free memory leaks to the active one, without me doing anything. I tried launching several programs to see if the memory will get adjusted accordingly, but it does not. Time machine is stopped. Tried disk repair is CMD+R mode, fixed permissions, killed most of the user processes - no success.
I've installed Lion on top of Snow Leopard a month ago and didnt feel any problems so far... Now my MacBook pro 2,4 GHz is completely useless, finally, after 6 years of seamless work :( Thanks, Lion
Any ideas how to deal with it?
Thanks,

I do not see anything like this on my system which would lead me to believe you may have a defective installation. So, my suggestion:
Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.

ITunes 6.0.4(3) memory leak

I know this topic has popped up on the Windows forum, but I'd like to officially document the same problem in iTunes for OSX.
Using the iStat Nano widget, I've been monitoring my memory usage when running iTunes. When I first start the program, memory usage jumps to 600 MB. The longer iTunes is open, the more and more memory disappears, whether I'm actively using the program or not (i.e. listening to music). Eventually, this causes a hard crash. By hard crash I mean that I must use the on/off button to reboot the machine. I have had this problem since getting my computer (in mid-March), so there has been at least one iTunes update since then that has not fixed this issue. (I have a previous post on this topic called "iTunes freezing" that was made before I realized that it was caused by a memory leak.)
I am very, very pleased with my MacBook Pro and I realize that this is not a hardware issue. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Are there any plans to fix it in a future update?
Thanks in advance for any comments, suggestions, or solutions!
2.16GHz 15.4" MacBook Pro, 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) 4G 40GB Photo iPod, 5G 2GB nano

I posted a question this evening on what sounds like the same issue: the link is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=548752
I think your original post makes clear that this issue is about iTunes itself, it's not about any devices or iPods, not is it to do with the Intel or non-Intel processors... I will try looking at the Memory stats too.
What baffles me is that I had been using iTunes 6 for quite a long time (and only updating it manually, not automatically) before I ever experienced this.
My hunch (but what do I know?) is that my initial freeze might have happened for some other reason (too many applications working hard at once, as sometimes happens -- though I have had this happen reasonably often on the PowerBook it is extremely rare on the G5) -- and then in the course of that freeze / crash something in iTunes got corrupted (perhaps the database file that allows iTunes to navigate the iTunes library?)
By the way, what is the technical name for the total freeze thing (i.e. no beachballs, just complete loss of the mouse and keyboard response, clock stops, no shortcuts working, only PowerButton allows you to shut down).
Has anyone with this issue tried uninstalling iTunes (by Trashing the App) and reinstalling from a newly-downloaded copy? (I might try that ...)
PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz, PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Word 2011 has memory leak after applying 10.8.1 update

Word started crashing on me recently, it occurs every 8 to 10 minutes when i am working with a large documents. I looked around at the forums and tried all the "Verify Disk Permissions", re-installing, removing normal.dot and word preferences and creating new users. None of these work. I opened Activity monitor and witnessed the memory grow rapidly without any activity in word (The larger the document, the quicker it would rise) from 0-1.5 Gb in around 10 minutes - High CPU is also presentduring this memory leak. When the memory reaches the limit of the available system memory (usually around 1.6G), word crashes.
I tested the same documents on a few other similar computers (macbook and another imac) they did not have the issue, memory remained steady for long periods of time. I check the software versions of the computers and Word was all the same (14.2.3) however OS X was only 10.8 on the working computers where as the failing computer was 10.8.1.
I confirmed the error by updating both of the other computers to 10.8.1, now all computers exhibit the memory leak.
Anyone got any ideas?

Update Soundflower to the most recent version. You have an unsupported edition. http://code.google.com/p/soundflower/downloads/detail?name=Soundflower-1.6.6b.dm g&can=2&q=

Suspected memory leak in numbers

Dear All!
I am facing a problem in Numbers, which seems to me a memory leak issue.
The original problem occurred when I tried to process a data set consisting of 6 tables of 6 columns by 600-800 rows. A scatterplot with 6 series has been created using 2 selected columns of each table. The "your startup disk is almost full" was first symptom when I realiser that something is going wrong. I traced back using activity monitor that when I edit the spreadsheet the memory fills up rapidly. Once the memory is full the program starts to use up the swap area. I my case I have about 20 GB empty SSD space. After a few hours of work on this table the entire memory and the SSD was filled up.
To check whether the file is corrupted or something else issuing on I made a mock file to test the behaviour. I could produce the same response with a single table of 2 columns and 3000 rows of random numbers and a scatter plot of the this pairs of numbers.
Originally I have faced the problem on a mid 2014 MBP running OS 10.10.3 (i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD) but I have carried out the mock data experiment also on a 2014 MBA OS10.10.2 (i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD) and I have experienced that the memory usage keeps on increasing as I roll up and down in the table, just like on my MBP and in case of the original file. During the few minutes of the test on the MBA the memory usage of the Numbers application indicated in Activity Monitor shoot up from 70Mb to over 1GB and kept on increasing with every operation carried out in numbers, regardless the type of the operation. In this sense there was no difference whether it was rolling the sheet or saving the file.
The extra applications that are installed on both computers: Latex, and Parallels (but non of them were running during the tests)
On my MBP I ran a leak command in terminal for the Numbers and got the following result.
Last login: Thu Apr 16 14:03:17 on ttys000
Peters-MacBook-Pro:~ xxxxxxxx$ leaks 5743 --nocontext
Process:         Numbers [5743]
Path:            /Applications/Numbers.app/Contents/MacOS/Numbers
Load Address:    0x102553000
Identifier:      com.apple.iWork.Numbers
Version:         3.5.2 (2118)
Build Info:      Numbers-2118000000000000~1
Code Type:       X86-64
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Date/Time:       2015-04-16 14:13:01.457 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.10.3 (14D131)
Report Version: 7
Analysis Tool:   /usr/bin/leaks
leaks Report Version: 2.0
Process 5743: 1320819 nodes malloced for 996727 KB
Process 5743: 158802 leaks for 871233088 total leaked bytes.
I have searched similar issues on the net and on the community sites but unfortunately could not find any relevant information.
Any help or suggestion would be highly appreciated.

Dear Wayne,
Thanks for your suggestions, I will definitely make a bug report. In fact I have already tried it through apples homepage, and I wanted to make a more specific one but to do so you have to become a developer... which would be a really bad joke.
However I did the mock experiment with 700 lines of random data in 2 columns and a scatter plot of the 700 points. The same happens. The memory usage of Numbers went up to 1.63GB... even higher since I have checked.
To answer your questions I have MBP 128 GB SSD of which 20 GB is free, RAM: 8GB
You see... my original problematic dataset consisting of 6 times 500-800 points has been plotted in a fraction of a second, handled as easy as in Excel, LibreOffice or Gnumeric (which are not intended for handling a lot of data; for that purpose I use Matlab or Python). So without any complains or extra effort my data points are plotted beautifully (as lines with no markers to keep the plot clear), but the memory is gradually filled up...
I am not sure it is the right approach to reduce the use of Numbers for very tiny datasets. This would mean that you were unable to make a chart for two years of data of precipitation or temperature or stock value or anything... sounds very unlikely. It sounds like you have a nice car that can go 280 km/h and reach 100 km/h in 4s, with the only the restriction that wheels are designed to fall off at 30 km/h without warning! I don't think that is the case. Would be very unbalanced performance.
Many thanks again. I'll go and make my bug report to get the wheels reinforced .
Peter

Panic 4, memory leak ?

Hello
The past days ever since i installed memory clean ultie from the appstore and did a clean my macbook
seems to crash right after i did the memory clean i removed the program from my applications
so i dont know wether this is actually the problem of it or something else,
could someone please help me
Thanks
Anonymous UUID:       994A3363-0967-182E-8576-4F17EFE52307
Thu Mar 5 10:34:30 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff802df6f8f5): "zalloc: zone map exhausted while allocating from zone kalloc.8192, likely due to memory leak in zone vm objects (1555451040 total bytes, 6481032 elements allocated)"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.10.72/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:2521
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff813c20bc00 : 0xffffff802df2fe41
0xffffff813c20bc80 : 0xffffff802df6f8f5
0xffffff813c20bdb0 : 0xffffff802df38581
0xffffff813c20bde0 : 0xffffff802df17f70
0xffffff813c20be10 : 0xffffff802df33f27
0xffffff813c20be40 : 0xffffff802df18a93
0xffffff813c20be90 : 0xffffff802df293bd
0xffffff813c20bf10 : 0xffffff802e0059fa
0xffffff813c20bfb0 : 0xffffff802e036ea6
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: fontworker
Mac OS version:
14C109
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x000000002dc00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802de00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff802dd00000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 14888473755958
vm objects:1555451040
vm object hash entri:253897840
VM map entries:522873920
pv_list:34381824
vm pages:130325312
kalloc.16:101163568
kalloc.32:1205568
kalloc.64:5640768
kalloc.128:7450624
kalloc.256:5550080
kalloc.512:121769984
kalloc.1024:3108864
kalloc.2048:2310144
kalloc.4096:3276800
kalloc.8192:9052160
mem_obj_control:101560272
ipc ports:2876000
threads:1572000
x86 fpsave state:1101568
uthreads:1075200
vnodes:11085360
namecache:2863968
HFS node:14616336
HFS fork:4448256
decmpfs_cnode:1233792
ubc_info zone:2794704
vnode pager structur:1272600
compressor_pager:404197376
compressor_segment:5669424
Kernel Stacks:2654208
PageTables:174948352
Kalloc.Large:33339717
Backtrace suspected of leaking: (outstanding bytes: 385680)
0xffffff802df6fcf6
0xffffff802dfb654d
0xffffff802dfaa435
0xffffff802df9ca95
0xffffff802e01a974
last loaded kext at 7107757443: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.7.7 (addr 0xffffff7fb0b33000, size 45056)
last unloaded kext at 152019224354: com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3 (addr 0xffffff7faf5ae000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
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com.avatron.AVExVideo 1.7
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com.driver.LogJoystick 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.7d1
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11
com.apple.GeForce 10.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics 10.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 10.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 710.4.11
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
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com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
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com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 4.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 710.55
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com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
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Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B07, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.7 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f36
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.159.13.12)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 23.4

those programs i removed alll but boom but i deaxtivated i found out my memory seems to be high my, frontworker is at 5.47 gb in memory
here is some details of a etrecheck
Problem description:
frontworker
kernel_task
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 5 Mar 2015 11:26:00 GMT+10
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
    1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 25
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:51:19
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.77 GB (147.49 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.driver.LogJoystick (2.0 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logitech.driver.LogiGamingMouseFilter (1 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.razer.common.razerhid (10.85 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    foo.tap (1.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    foo.tun (1.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.12) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.12) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.12) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.12) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    tap: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap
    tun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun
    VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.razer.rzupdater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.razerzone.rzdeviceengine.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.github.dnscrypt-osxclient.DNSCryptAfterboot.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.github.dnscrypt-osxclient.DNSCryptConsoleChange.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.github.dnscrypt-osxclient.DNSCryptControlChange.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.github.dnscrypt-osxclient.DNSCryptNetworkChange.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Flux    Application (/Applications/Flux.app)
    SpeechSynthesisServer    Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
    MacLWSLauncher    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    Spark Daemon    Application Hidden (/Users/[redacted]/Documents/Software/Spark.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Spark Daemon.app)
    Logitech Gaming Software    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    OpenDNS Updater    Application Hidden (/Applications/OpenDNS Updater.app)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
    nplastpass: Version: 2.0.15 [Click for support]
    OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.4.1250 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.3r153 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
    RoboForm
    Adblock Plus
    WOT
    LastPass
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    DNSCrypt [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        69%    JavaApplicationStub
        65%    fontd
        26%    fontworker
        17%    Google Chrome
        10%    WindowServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    799 MB    fontworker
    137 MB    Google Chrome
    120 MB    Finder
    103 MB    mds_stores
    103 MB    JavaApplicationStub
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    39 MB    Free RAM
    1.87 GB    Active RAM
    1.79 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.96 GB    Wired RAM
    6.57 GB    Page-ins
    17 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Mar 5, 2015, 10:34:30 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-05-103430_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
    Mar 5, 2015, 10:34:28 AM    Self test - passed
    Mar 4, 2015, 11:31:34 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-04-233134_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
    Mar 4, 2015, 10:06:37 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/steam_osx_2015-03-04-220637_[redacted].hang
    Mar 4, 2015, 08:12:45 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-03-04-201245_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
    Mar 4, 2015, 02:22:38 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2015-03-04-142238_[redacted].cpu_resource .diag [Click for details]
    Mar 4, 2015, 10:30:34 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2015-03-04-103034_[redacted].cpu_resource .diag [Click for details]
    Mar 4, 2015, 10:27:47 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-04-102747_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
    Mar 3, 2015, 02:22:40 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2015-03-03-142240_[redacted].cpu_resource .diag [Click for details]
    Feb 27, 2015, 08:19:00 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-27-201900_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
    Feb 14, 2015, 07:59:51 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-14-195951_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

Memory leaks in Lion?

I have a 2008 21-inch iMac, and a 2010 MacBook Pro, both with 4 GB RAM, running OS X Lion 10.7.3. Ever since I installed Lion, I've had this problem of available memory dwindling to almost nothing (10-20 MB) after a day or so of usage. Last night I went to bed and the MacBook Pro had 400 MB available (according to Activity Monitor) and when I woke up this morning it was nearly frozen with only 10 MB available.
I'm not an extreme techie but I've been working in the IT world for over 30 years, including 3 years with Apple, and in my experience this situation is called a Memory Leak. If it were just one of my systems I would suspect something local, but they both behave the same way. (My partner's machine does the same thing.) I've installed the 3rd-party app Memory Freer, which frees up 6-800 GB each time I run it. But as time goes on the memory fills back up again more quickly, and finally I have to reboot.
Checking Activity Monitor, it's not just one app that takes up memory - they all seem to grow over time. (Mail, iPhoto, iTunes, Word, Chrome, etc.) Chrome seems to be the worst offender, with a plethora of Worker and Renderer processes grabbing 10-80 MBs for each open window - and I often leave 10-15 open at any given time. But all apps' memory usage grows over time, even if I haven't accessed them - witness last night's spontaneous bloat on my MacBook.
I've read a couple of other threads on Memory Leaks, but most point to a single app or just suggest Memory Freer. Does Apple know it's got a major league problem here? Are they doing anything about it?
One other point - I get the spinning ball on a lot of tasks, most often with Word and and Excel re-calc, which can last 3-5 seconds, and is another indicator of system overload, even when I've cleared the memory with MemoryFreer and there is supposedly several hundred GB of RAM available. This issue lessens after reboot, but is almost constant with Microsoft Office apps.

LKHill wrote:
I tried the kextstat message and the response was:
Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>
which apparently indicates that there are no kernel extensions running.
That means you don't hve any non-Apple kernel extension. There are still lots of other possibilities for third party interference. Are you running any kind of anti-virus or clean-up software? Those aren't needed and will likely just cause problems.
I understand what you're all saying about unused memory going to waste, but for MacOS to operate "correctly" it would need to free up previously-allocated memory as it is needed by other or new applications, and it doesn't seem to be doing that. It's just acting like it's out of memory, with all processes slowing to a crawl.
"Free"? You are still looking at memory. If all processes are slowing to a crawl, then that is a problem worth investigating. If you can't get past the assumption that memory is the cause, you'll never figure it out.
I did check CPU utilization as well, and it's rarely over 25%. However, on one of my systems, Page Outs were about equal to Page Ins, substantially over the 10% "healthy" threshold that was suggested. So I upgraded to 10.7.4, and Page Outs are down in the acceptable range. The overnight bloat also seems to have gone away, but each app still creeps up with time, albeit more slowly now.
I too would like to return to the days of 10.6 where I didn't reboot for days - or weeks - and Microsoft apps didn't display spinning wheels with each reactivation task or any simple calculation or text move.
So, in other words, you fixed the memory problem but the performance issues remain. That tells me that it isn't a memory problem.
Also, because you seem unwilling to look past memory, I'm unwilling to accept your CPU usage claims. Sometimes it takes several attempts before I can get people to setup Activity Monitor correctly to see exactly what is going on with their systems. That is step 1. We haven't made it to step 1 yet.
It seems clear that Lion's new process model is at least partially to blame here. With two completely different systems running (work MacBook, home iMac) plus my work partner's MacBook experiencing all the same symptoms, it's not likely my own setup. So I've also ordered an upgrade to 8 GB RAM.
Here's the rub. If low memory isn't the cause, buying more won't help.
I guess I'm just not accustomed to hating a new MacOS release, but between these performance problems and the inexplicable need to Duplicate TextEdit documents in order to do a Save-As (yeah, I know, Versioning is a great idea, blah blah - please get rid of it anyway) I really, really hate Lion.
It's just an operating system and doesn't care how you feel. I strongly suspect that feeling is more the explanation of any issues you have. I hate Linux. I really do. Therefore, I don't use it. While I would love to help you figure out what is wrong with your machine, that will only work if you meet me halfway and help look. If you have already identified the cause, then you don't need my help. The problem is Lion. Erase your hard drive and the problem will be gone.

Memory leak when transferring files Lion

hi all, help I'm experiencing a memory leak since upgrading to Lion when transferring shared files between my macbook pro and imac. This occures through ethernet (wireless/wired) and firewire 800. No other apps are open except activity montior and finder. I am trying to transfer about 100g of itunes music / video files and pictures. Time machine backups to my TC do not have this affect.
When transfer starts the free memory slowly decreases whilst the inactive memory increases. Eventually the free memory drops below 10mg, active memory is approx 5-6gb and wired/active is about 2gb. Bascially as the free memory decreases the inactive memory increases however does not get realocated so the mac grinds to a halt and dies with lots of page outs etc.
this only happens when trying to transfer files. I have tried whole folders and just small individual ones and noticed the same event. I am struggling to find the cuase of the problem - any ideas?
mac os x 10.7.1
processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
cheers, Kevin

I dont think you have a memory leak. I think the problem is the xml file is 1000000 records long and takes up too much memory. Even if you find a way to increase memory size, you are loading down the server too much for other people's applications to run. I suggest instead reading up on xml and learning how to read in only a few records at a time, processing it, and getting the next set of records to process. There are two methods to parse an xml file using an xml parser, one is to parse it all and put it in memory, the other is to process one record at a time (an xml book explains it better).
However, I question why you have reports that are 1000000 records long. end-users cannot effectively use such records (you cant scroll through 1000000 records). I suggest finding a way to greatly decrease the number of records in each file such as by providing just the records a particular user needs to do his job and not all records. For instance, put a textfield on his screen to let him only fetch records within a certain date range.
Lastly, I suggest putting your code in a try/catch/finally block where the finally block actually closes the objects. Example:
finally{
if(conn!=null)
conn.close();
}

Safari Flash Player Memory Leak?

I recently got a new macbook pro, 13" model (with the 2.2 GHz dual processor). Last night I noticed that it was running pretty slowly, something that I figured was weird considering the amount of power it has compared to my four year old desktop computer. I managed to isolate the problem: a memory leak with safari's flash player. I watch a lot of netflix and some TV episodes...and it turns out that the flash player accumulates up to 2 GB of RAM by itself. My pro has 4 GB of RAM and it never goes above 50% of that memory unless I watch videos. Only way to get around the problem is to force close the flash player application...but it's annoying to have to reload what I was watching. Any ideas on the fix for this?

Far as I know, Netflix doesn't use Flash, it uses Silverlight.
Your Flash likely got pwned.
So check here and update both
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
Then run ALL of OnyX's cleaning and maintainence aspects and reboot
http://www.titanium.free.fr/

After 5 Releases, Why Doesn't Mozilla Care About Memory Leaks?

I'm baffled as to why this is still a problem. After a few hours of use, my memory usage while using Firefox 5.0 is at 1.5GB. I've followed every FAQ, disabled every extension, done everything to stop the memory leaks when using this browser and I'm growing very tired.
I have a Core i7 MacBook Pro with 4GB RAM and Firefox still manages to bring it to it knees. I've been a devoted Firefox user since 2002-3 and I've just about lost my faith in this browser.
Chrome is a featureless, ugly, dinky browser that I hate to use, but it leaves Firefox in its dust performance-wise. Where is the happy medium? I don't get it.
My favorite answer is always, "disable your extensions." Here are the problems with that:
1. Without extensions, Firefox is nothing. I might as well use Chrome.
2. It never seems to help, and when it does a little, it is difficult to figure out which extensions are doing the most damage. Why doesn't Firefox provide a way to look at which extensions are using the most memory?
3. Firefox should lay that smack down on extensions that could potentially leak memory, and yet, nothing. It should at least steal memory back when it gets out of control, regardless of what extension is using it.
4. Mozilla recommends some extensions that are supposed to help reduce memory usage, but none of them work on OS X.
I'm exhausted. I shouldn't have to restart my browser a million times day to get anything done. Where are the real solutions? How do years go by with problems like this still getting worse? Firefox 5 was supposed to be better at handling memory, but it's only gotten worse for me.
When will the madness end? We don't want new features, we want performance! I've always loved this browser, but is it really a surprise that Chrome is taking over?
To sum it up, if your browser is slower than Internet Explorer, you need to hurry up and fix the problem or pack it up and go home.

My sentiments exactly!! I have all the exact same complaints and concerns, and I've also tried the solutions provided at no avail.
This the only beef I have with FireFox, but it's a bad one and I've been shopping around for a better browser. Chrome is the best alternative I've found, but it still isn't quite at parity yet.
Please fix this issue or at least make an attempt at it to let your users know it's somewhat of a future priority.
Attached a screen shot of memory usage after 1 hour, and this is the new FF 5 update.

Yosemite Memory Leak Solution

I have had terrible memory leaks with Yosemite since installation and it comes and goes with a number of different programs including Mail and Chrome.
I went to visit the blue shirt guys and the only thing we could think to try was to reboot the Macbook air and reload the Yosemite using the recovery instructions here OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support.
So far 24 hours later this worked. One word of caution it took almost 29 hours for the recovery program to reload Yosemite I don't know why but just let the computer run it will say 55 hours to completion and it took about 30 hours to complete

Mail has a known problem with mailing attachements. It will go crazy after sending an attachement. You should be able to quit Mail and until the next attachement is sent it should be good.
Any Chrome issues should be reported to Google.

Yosemite and Mail massive memory leak and excessive CPU usage

I've just installed Yosemite and upgraded to 10.10.2 via the AppStore. Now I have a problem with Mail sucking up all the CPU (>106% !) and memory (>8Gb and rising while doing nothing). Everything runs fine when I quit Mail. Very disturbing behaviour!
I've tried several suggestions found elsewhere on the board here, such as turning off and even removing all Mail plug-ins including SpamSieve, but without positive results. I've tried un-selecting 'Store draft msgs on server', as well as the option for junk and sent msgs. but again without any difference. Going Offline within Mail also makes no difference to its memory hogging or CPU usage.
I notice this is an issue that's been around since last year (wish I'd known that before upgrading to Yosemite today) and I am just completely flabbergasted that it still exists. Would've thought Apple'd have fixed it in the first but certainly in the second incremental OSX Yosemite release.
Is there anything else I could try that's proven to be effective in stopping Mail's massive memory leak?

Okay, I've run Disk Util and restarted. Seems to have made a little bit of a difference to the RAM gobbling in that it appears to be going at a slower rate, but it's still up at around the 45Gb after an hour. Here's the EtreCheck report in the hope that it helps.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated 28 January 2015 4:38:22 pm AEDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 16
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel Iris Pro
        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 1:1:19
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 499.05 GB (413.24 GB free)
            Core Storage: disk0s2 499.42 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Asmedia ASM107x
        Asmedia ASM107x
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Asmedia ASM107x
        Asmedia ASM107x
            Logitech Logitech USB Optical Mouse
            Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
    /etc/hosts - Count: 2
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/DiskWarrior.app
    [not loaded]    com.alsoft.Preview (5 - SDK 10.5) [Support]
        /Applications/ibVPN.app
    [not loaded]    net.tunnelblick.tap (1.0) [Support]
    [not loaded]    net.tunnelblick.tun (1.0) [Support]
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4231 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.sophos.nke.swi (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
    [loaded]    jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse (4.2.2 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.cloudd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
    10 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    8 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist [Support]
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.sophos.uiserver.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [running]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist [Support]
    [running]    com.syniumsoftware.CleanAppDaemon.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
    [running]    com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist [Support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
    [not loaded]    com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist [Support]
    [failed]    com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon.plist [Support]
    [not loaded]    info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist [Support]
    [invalid?]    info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.setupagent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Letter Opener Updater    Application (/Library/Mail/Bundles/Letter Opener.mailbundle/Contents/Resources/Software Update.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Default Folder X Helper    Application Hidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/Default Folder X.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Default Folder X Helper.app)
    FontExplorer X Pro    Application Hidden (/Applications/FontExplorer X Pro.app)
    Calendar    Application Hidden (/Applications/Calendar.app)
    SteerMouse Manager    Application (/Applications/Utilities/SteerMouse.app/Contents/MacOS/SteerMouse Manager.app)
    Mail    Application Hidden (/Applications/Mail.app)
    Android File Transfer Agent    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
    DiskWarriorStarter    Application (/Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/Helpers/DiskWarriorStarter.app)
    finderpop-daemon    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/FinderPop.prefPane/Contents/Resource s/finderpop-daemon.app)
    XtraFinder    Application Hidden (/Applications/XtraFinder.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    iGetter Plugin: Version: 2.9.3 [Support]
    iGetterScriptablePlugin: Version: 2.9.3 [Support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    1Password [Installed]
    iGetter Extension [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Default Folder X [Support]
    FinderPop [Support]
    FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Support]
    SteerMouse [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      105%    Mail
        3%    WindowServer
        2%    sysmond
        2%    Activity Monitor
        0%    fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    4.10 GB    Mail
    103 MB    Finder
    86 MB    SophosScanD
    86 MB    InterCheck
    86 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    84 MB    Free RAM
    2.92 GB    Active RAM
    2.87 GB    Inactive RAM
    2.76 GB    Wired RAM
    2.57 GB    Page-ins
    23 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Jan 28, 2015, 03:37:41 PM    Self test - passed
    Jan 28, 2015, 02:49:01 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Android File Transfer Agent_2015-01-28-144901_[redacted].crash
    Jan 28, 2015, 09:31:04 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-01-28-093104_[redacted].cpu_resource. diag [Details]
    Jan 28, 2015, 07:39:17 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AdobeCrashDaemon_2015-01-28-073917_[redacted].c rash
    Jan 27, 2015, 07:54:29 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AdobeCrashDaemon_2015-01-27-195429_[redacted].c rash

Mountain Lion memory leak while asleep?

My early 2011 MBP started to randomly crash after installing ML and Safari would take an age to load, endless spinning wheels, apps not opening etc etc. So did a Boot sector permissions verify and repair (2 very minor mismatched files) then a reset of PRAM and SMC which has cured the crashes and improved things from startup and removed old Sophos and installed new ML version.
But the biggest problem is when waking from sleep. I have a memory tool in my status bar which usually shows anything between 3.5 - 5gb free RAM under normal conditions (I have 8gb installed) and that is what will be showing when I put it to sleep. When waking I get constant spinning wheels, the clock is frozen (spinning wheel will start from Time Capsule icon all the way to Spotlight) and the RAM tool is displaying 45mb or less of free RAM. It takes at least 5 minutes for RAM to creep back up to 150mb or so when things will then start to become usable. But at this point I won't even get an internet connection until I use the memory tool to fee up more RAM. I've read of other problems regarding wireless connectivity when waking up but I'm using an ethernet connection. Once everything has calmed down and memory settled down MBP works flawlessly with no crashing and all apps working fine and there is a speed improvement but I shouldn't have to wait up to 10 minutes for my MBP to be usable. I did notice that when launching Sys Prefs the Time Machine tab caused it to freeze so could this have something to do with that?
But what could be bleeding off the RAM while it's asleep?
I'm so ****** off at this, never a problem with SL and definitely wishing I'd waited before doing this upgrade, it reminds me of my Windows Vista days!!!

Hello.
In my Macbook Pro 4GB RAM recently note memory leak when I opened Safari even with 1 or two windows open without refresh the web content.
In Activity monitor could see consume Web Content the Safari Spend more the 2 GB RAM (Memory Real become Memory Inactive)
Solution: Disable All Extensions and probe one to one. Finding that Fastesttube Extension was responsible.
Check this Info
http://atylmo.wordpress.com/2011/06/...d-fastesttube/
Best Regards

How to determine memory leaks?

I tried in XCODE, the RUN/ Start with Performance TOol / and tried out the various options. I was running my app and looking to see if it would report increasing memory use but it seemed to be looking at my total system (i was running under the simulator). In general what is the recommended procedure for determining memory leaks, which tool to use, and what tracing can i use?
How does one look at the retain count of an object? are there system routines that have knonw leaks?

You took the right path. Once instruments comes up select the Leaks tool. Turn off automatic leak detection. In your app, start off at some known state, do something, and come back to the known state and check for leaks. For instance start off in a view, do something that brings up another view then come back to the original view and check for leaks. Leaks will show you if you leaked. Since you took a very deterministic path then checked it should be straight forward to go to the code and find / fix the leaks. Leaks shows you where the code where the leak was generated.

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