Usage of VSIZE(x)

I don't know how to use this function, anybody could do me the favor?
VSIZE(x), if x is integer type, how to confirm the result?
Other type of x is easy to understand, except integer.

I would start here http://linux-cjk.net/ and get on the mailing list. The devs can give you a real answer.

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TOP - Pageouts and memory usage.

Looks like I have plenty of memory for what I am doing. But What do the cumulative numbers around pagein's mean?
Processes: 80 total, 7 running, 3 stuck, 70 sleeping... 523 threads 15:20:14
Load Avg: 1.99, 1.53, 1.37 CPU usage: 10.33% user, 9.00% sys, 80.67% idle
SharedLibs: num = 5, resident = 13M code, 0 data, 1468K linkedit.
MemRegions: num = 32848, resident = 2116M + 18M private, 877M shared.
PhysMem: 1853M wired, 2116M active, 3466M inactive, 7439M used, 753M free.
VM: 19G + 284M 332461(0) pageins, 47(0) pageouts
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE
12256 top 11.1% 0:14.05 1 18 40 684K 820K 1392K 18M
12238 bash 0.0% 0:00.01 1 14 19 276K 184K 916K 18M
12237 login 0.0% 0:00.02 1 17 136 908K 8724K 3164K 32M
12236 Terminal 1.7% 0:01.45 3 99 433 5264K+ 49M+ 21M+ 419M+
12225 SyncServer 0.0% 0:00.15 2 50 290 3512K 41M 12M 88M
11248 WinAppHelp 0.0% 0:00.40 1 51 289 3208K 40M 11M 339M
11027 Skype 0.0% 0:19.47 31 313 865 46M 76M 88M 557M
10315 PrinterPro 0.0% 0:00.83 2 85 476 12M 51M 29M 423M
10313 launchd 0.0% 0:01.25 3 24 25 120K 296K 464K 18M
8626 QuickTime 0.0% 17:21.09 5 187 655 13M 67M 43M 486M
8556 DashboardC 0.0% 0:06.31 4 124 538 16M 58M 38M 436M
8555 DashboardC 0.0% 0:10.95 4 149 545 23M 58M 49M 444M
8534 Livestatio 16.8% 59:00.13 12 198 771 30M- 94M 62M 584M
8220 Mail 0.0% 0:43.91 27 323 968 24M 94M 80M 554M
2806 Python 0.8% 5:20.05 2 33 281 13M- 248K 14M- 36M-
2761 Transmissi 0.9% 2:49.17 21 270 773 20M 90M 56M 506M

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.

UserEventAgent 100% CPU Usage after update to 10.6.2

After a software update to my new Macbook pro, it is unusable with cpu usage pegged at 99.5% in the activity monitor. This goes down when I disconnect my Kinesis USB keyboard from the mac. Before the update, everything was fine.
What's the way around this problem? I have an ergonomic keyboard.
Processes: 47 total, 3 running, 44 sleeping, 193 threads 12:17:15
Load Avg: 1.00, 0.75, 0.39 CPU usage: 1.46% user, 51.70% sys, 46.82% idle
SharedLibs: 9128K resident, 8192K data, 0B linkedit.
MemRegions: 5453 total, 252M resident, 13M private, 145M shared.
PhysMem: 783M wired, 384M active, 176M inactive, 1342M used, 2753M free.
VM: 110G vsize, 1041M framework vsize, 40023(0) pageins, 0(0) pageouts.
Networks: packets: 25511/5152K in, 4726/1598K out.
Disks: 20435/824M read, 7482/171M written.
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #WQ #POR #MRE RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VPRVT
376 top 2.6 00:00.32 1/1 0 24 33 1076K 244K 1652K 17M
373 bash 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 17 24 364K 244K 1036K 17M
372 login 0.0 00:00.01 1 0 22 53 460K 244K 1568K 18M
370 ssh-agent 0.0 00:00.03 2 1 33 56 1080K 368K 2400K 39M
364 Terminal 1.8 00:02.13 5 1 112- 159 7656K 27M 19M 30M
135 AppleSpell 0.0 00:00.26 2 1 35 54 3248K 14M 6676K 29M
131 Safari 0.0 00:23.37 9 2 149 486 61M 31M 96M 213M
127 System Profi 0.0 00:00.34 2 1 96 105 4124K 22M 9460K 32M
125 mdworker 0.0 00:00.52 3 1 50 73 4432K 12M 12M 37M
124 activitymoni 0.0 00:05.08 1 0 23 37 596K 244K 1120K 28M
121 Activity Mon 0.0 00:06.66 2 1 112 271 4928K+ 37M- 18M 25M-
104- My Day 0.2 00:03.23 7 2 135 252 12M 22M 22M 47M
103- Microsoft Da 0.0 00:00.48 3 1 78 169 3064K 18M 8964K 32M
100 AirPort Base 0.0 00:00.01 3 1 32 50 672K 244K 1640K 30M
94 UserEventAge 99.9 06:01.31 3/1 1 174 104 2456K 2412K 5784K 41M
90 fontd 0.0 00:00.31 2 1 81 113 3220K 728K 4316K 30M
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I now have 10.6.3 and the problem has become worse. I found a similar thread where multiple people had a problem with the kinesis usb keyboard:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1197549&start=0&tstart=0
Will try removing the AppleHIDMouseAgent plugin.

MacPro and Excessive CPU usage

Still trying to figure out what is happening to my 2.66 MP.
At least once a day, for no apparent reason, the first core will all of a sudden go to 100% usage and despite what I close, it stays there. I close every app and even log out and log back in and it doesn't change. If I restart, the problem is gone.
I did run Migration Assistant from my old QS G4.
I am running 10.4.8 with 3 Ghz of RAM. I ran AHT and the system and RAM checks out fine. Even ran the new Universal Applejack. Problem still remains. It is so intermittent it is going to be impossible to troubleshoot. When it started today, I was noticed it after I started iTunes in that the audio would break-up. Any clues?

Happening Now this is from terminal
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE
294 top 8.1% 0:07.28 1 18 20 1.50M 912K 1.98M 26.9M
293 tcsh 0.0% 0:00.01 1 15 19 412K 1.11M 932K 31.1M
292 login 0.0% 0:00.01 1 16 40 172K 1000K 652K 26.9M
290 Terminal 0.4% 0:01.37 5 96 163 2.12M 13.7M 10.4M 362M
282 Microsoft 0.0% 0:05.72 4 90 313 11.3M 80.2M 27.1M 477M
281 Microsoft 1.1% 0:47.22 15 223 965 50.1M 116M 98.4M 764M
266 mdimport 0.0% 0:01.09 4 66 131 2.25M 5.46M 5.74M 75.0M
258 translate 0.0% 0:00.61 4 76 98 6.03M 53.9M 19.4M 118M
256 mysqld 0.0% 0:00.39 6 55 82 3.16M 52.9M 6.58M 134M
255 Acrobat 0.8% 0:53.04 11 154 1029 65.2M 109M 97.4M 1.09G
252 Adobe LM S 0.0% 0:01.05 3 53 158 9.40M 52.6M 14.9M 160M
250 Adobe InDe 1.1% 2:11.75 10 168 2602 207M 193M 306M 2.37G
232 Safari 0.6% 3:35.58 12 262 1416 133M 57.6M 161M 600M
222 pmTool 1.9% 0:42.10 1 22 25 8.83M+ 1.65M 9.55M+ 44.5M
221 Activity M 1.5% 0:50.46 3 80 169 4.56M 12.3M 11.5M 361M
219 cupsd 0.0% 0:00.07 2 29 25 564K 1.42M 1.69M 27.9M
218 slpd 0.0% 0:00.02 6 30 31 244K 1.32M 1020K 30.2M
202 ntpd 0.0% 0:00.27 1 11 18 176K 1.06M 432K 27.1M
194 automount 0.0% 0:00.01 3 40 30 308K 1.38M 1.08M 28.7M
188 mds 0.0% 0:01.51 8 93 79 3.58M 3.33M 4.87M 43.7M
185 automount 0.0% 0:00.01 3 42 35 316K 1.39M 1.12M 29.0M
181 rpc.lockd 0.0% 0:00.00 1 10 18 100K 964K 216K 26.7M
174 AppleFileS 0.0% 0:00.15 2 39 39 3.03M 1.96M 3.34M 33.3M
167 nfsiod 0.0% 0:00.00 5 30 25 108K 864K 208K 28.6M
123 crashrepor 0.0% 0:00.00 1 39 19 128K 868K 252K 27.1M
113 lookupd 0.0% 0:02.63 2 34 40 900K 1.49M 1.66M 28.5M
108 Image Capt 0.0% 0:00.18 3 83 121 1.06M 5.05M 3.36M 344M
107 UniversalA 0.0% 0:07.97 2 70 128 1.29M 6.47M 3.92M 350M
106 TWAINBridg 0.0% 0:12.39 4 85 252 8.31M 55.7M 14.0M 459M
105 translated 0.0% 0:00.02 1 11 71 9.61M 23.8M 552K 152M
103 VersionCue 0.0% 0:01.05 3 82 227 7.78M 56.0M 13.3M 440M
102 LCCDaemon 0.0% 0:01.37 3 78 126 5.02M 5.16M 7.33M 348M
101 EPSON Scan 0.2% 0:06.73 3 84 228 7.05M 55.9M 11.6M 443M
100 iTunesHelp 0.0% 0:00.05 2 58 110 592K 5.31M 1.92M 339M
99 System Eve 0.0% 0:00.27 2 68 136 1.23M 5.12M 3.51M 344M
93 Finder 0.0% 0:05.36 4 123 274 7.62M 34.3M 21.8M 395M
91 SystemUISe 0.0% 0:01.11 5 209 230 3.12M 12.6M 7.94M 363M
90 aped 0.0% 0:00.16 1 49 27 380K 1.39M 1.20M 27.3M
89 Dock 0.0% 0:01.31 3 123 233 1.63M 21.8M 4.89M 369M
83 pbs 0.0% 0:00.17 2 55 45 760K 4.03M 2.08M 54.7M
74 loginwindo 0.0% 0:00.78 6 243 248 3.62M 13.7M 9.33M 366M
73 ATSServer 0.0% 0:05.10 2 96 337 8.55M 12.8M 13.1M 86.6M
70 coreservic 0.0% 0:00.83 3 121 166 4.68M 33.1M 16.6M 50.6M
68 WindowServ 1.8% 4:07.79 6 322 691 11.0M+ 58.4M- 61.0M 396M
50 DirectoryS 0.0% 0:00.15 4 69 45 756K 2.20M 2.66M 30.3M
49 update 0.1% 0:04.23 1 12 17 120K 864K 244K 26.6M
48 distnoted 0.0% 0:00.17 1 50 19 320K 1.19M 884K 27.0M
43 notifyd 0.0% 0:00.10 2 73 21 208K 932K 480K 27.2M
42 securityd 0.0% 0:00.16 1 122 27 544K 1.84M 1.89M 28.5M
41 memberd 0.0% 0:00.01 3 21 23 232K 928K 640K 27.7M
40 diskarbitr 0.0% 0:00.16 1 148 21 488K 1.29M 1.16M 27.1M
39 coreaudiod 0.0% 0:00.19 1 134 77 1.49M 2.30M 3.00M 33.0M
37 configd 0.0% 0:02.41 3 170 80 780K 2.45M 2.41M 29.4M
35 syslogd 0.0% 0:00.05 1 14 19 160K 916K 428K 26.6M
34 netinfod 0.0% 0:00.24 1 14 22 200K 984K 1.12M 26.9M
33 mDNSRespon 0.0% 0:00.10 3 33 25 332K 1.43M 1.10M 27.9M
32 KernelEven 0.0% 0:00.01 2 21 21 244K 900K 636K 27.2M
28 kextd 0.0% 0:00.95 2 29 23 752K 1.27M 1.15M 27.6M
24 dynamic_pa 0.0% 0:00.00 1 12 19 116K 888K 192K 26.6M
1 launchd 0.0% 0:00.17 3 347 22 268K 920K 544K 27.7M

CPU/memory usage of AIR application under Mac 10.4.10

As my AIR application uses a lot of CPU/memory under Mac
(seems better in Windows), I decide to do some basic testing. I
create several applications with different level of complexities.
Below is a table of CPU/memory usage when the application is simply
sitting there. A brief description of the application can be found
in the end of each line.
Here are some results:
[1] Even for an empty application, CPU usage is not zero
(most non-AIR application has 0 CPU usage when doing nothing). Also
the memory usage is huge, comparable to Finder on my computer.
[2] Empty application has 7 threads running.
[3] Indetermined progress bar costs a lot of CPU; and I guess
any other animation costs a lot of CPU too. But if they are
invisible they are fine.
[4] running timer costs CPU.
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE
VSIZE application
10093 adl 1.8% 0:01.85 7 100 292 15.0M 13.8M+ 22.8M 444M
empty
10094 adl 1.9% 0:01.55 7 100 299 15.2M 14.0M+ 23.1M 444M
label
10097 adl 1.9% 0:01.48 7 100 302 15.3M 13.4M 23.7M 445M
progress bar
10095 adl 5.7% 0:02.40 7 100 302 15.4M- 13.2M 23.5M 445M
progress bar (indetermined)
10125 adl 15.9% 0:03.66 7 100 304 15.7M- 13.4M 23.9M 445M 5
progress bar (indetermined)
10126 adl 29.7% 0:10.39 7 100 325 16.7M+ 13.4M+ 24.9M+ 445M
10 progress bar (indetermined)
10128 adl 1.9% 0:01.34 7 100 324 16.1M 13.7M 24.3M 445M 10
progress bar (indetermined), visible=false
10136 adl 1.8% 0:00.76 7 100 323 16.5M+ 13.9M+ 24.7M- 450M
Empty datagrid
10147 adl 1.9% 0:01.60 7 101 328 16.1M 13.8M+ 24.5M- 447M
TabNavigator with two empty VBox children
10138 adl 1.8% 0:01.59 7 100 372 19.4M 13.9M 27.7M 453M
datagrid with 10000 simple rows
10131 adl 3.1% 0:02.38 7 110 348 25.7M 19.3M 34.8M 458M 10
Empty native windows
10143 adl 1.9% 0:00.99 7 100 296 15.1M 13.9M+ 23.2M- 444M
Timer, delay = 100ms, calling an empty function
10145 adl 4.1% 0:02.35 7 100 298 15.0M 14.0M+ 23.2M- 444M
Timer, delay = 100ms, calling function update label position
As to my own application, it's much bigger than these simple
ones. The CPU usually stablizes to 20% and VSIZE is about 1G. There
is no timer running. When I leave the application open for a few
hours, the application will eventually freeze and I have to kill
it.
I am wondering if there are any articles or documents
explaining AIR's CPU/memory usage. And also if AIR is planning to
improve the performance in the next release.

James, thank you for the very fast answer! I did various tests on the weekend on my computer and computer of my friend.
And I can say, that Debug flag doesn't affect memory consumption. They still eat memory. My steps to reproduce are as follows:
(Windows 7 32 bit)
Photoshop CS5:
1) set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS2Preferences\PlayerDebugMode to 0
2*) check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXS2Preferences (just in case)
3) Compile HelloPhotoshop example to ZXP and install via Extension manager
4) restart computer
5) Run Photoshop CS5 - Memory consumption: 100 096 KB
6) Open HelloPhotoshop and close it 10 times
7) Memory consumption: 155 840 - 5,574 MB per one close/open
Maybe a garbage collector is expected to run and free this memory, but it never happened in my case. The memory pool was increasing to 1 GB when I was working with one of my panels - with no documents open in Photoshop
In InDesign I tried the same thing with HelloInDesign ( I had to close the panel completely and then open with Window | Extensions | HelloInDesign)
Memory consumption on start: 118 516
Memory consumption after 10 open/close cycles: 197 516
It's 7,9 MB per one close/open
It's the simpliest panel test. When I'm using AIR libraries the memory usage is increasing a lot faster.

Very high cpu usage - no programs running!!

Hi guys
Was really hoping someone could help me with this problem.
There is a constant 50-60% cpu usage and the laptop is getting superhot 80c and obviously sending the fan into overkill 6000rpm+.
But what is confusing is that is like this all the time!! even when there are no programs running at all!!
and even worse in activity monitor there is no process which can account for that cpu activity/heat. nothing is clocking in at more than 9%.
I have done repair permissions, used onyx to clean up the system, use clean my mac, rebuilt the index in spotlight and nothing works. the second you switch on and log on the problems start.
I cant think of anything else to do apart from doing a complete reinstall which is obviously something i would like to do avoid so any ideas to why this is happening? and how is it possible there can be cpu activity that is not accounted for?
thanks for any help/advice you guys can provide

hi Roam
yeah everything is disconnected, switched off airport as well and then rebooted
on restart with nothing but terminal open here is the readout from
Processes: 57 total, 2 running, 55 sleeping, 230 threads 10:46:22
Load Avg: 1.10, 0.36, 0.14 CPU usage: 36.40% user, 19.90% sys, 43.68% idle
SharedLibs: 6212K resident, 5708K data, 0B linkedit.
MemRegions: 5325 total, 166M resident, 15M private, 121M shared.
PhysMem: 446M wired, 248M active, 234M inactive, 927M used, 1120M free.
VM: 135G vsize, 1036M framework vsize, 36917(0) pageins, 0(0) pageouts.
Networks: packets: 40/6356B in, 40/7044B out. Disks: 16108/740M read, 6057/104M written.
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #WQ #POR #MRE RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VPRVT VSIZE PGRP
262 mdworker 0.1 00:00.24 3 1 50- 73- 2448K- 10M 15M- 33M- 2411M- 262
254 mdworker 0.0 00:00.18 3 1 50 66 1672K 11M 7488K 31M 2410M 254
240 top 2.8 00:01.88 1/1 0 27 35 1376K 248K 1940K 17M 2378M 240
222 bash 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 17 26 396K 248K 1056K 17M 2378M 222
217 login 0.0 00:00.03 1 0 22 56 520K 248K 2756K 18M 2379M 217
213 Terminal 1.6 00:03.10 6 1 120 127 4212K 20M 25M 34M 2703M 213
145 ntpd 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 14 24 88K 940K 308K 156K 2378M 17
144 activitymoni 0.0 00:01.43 1 0 23 37 724K 244K 1248K 28M 2389M 144
140 cvmsComp_x86 0.0 00:00.04 1 0 18 35 1708K 10M 6208K 18M 2392M 140
132 System Event 0.0 00:00.23 2 1 72 114 2700K 9180K 17M 31M 2678M 132
128 Smart Scroll 0.0 00:00.18 2 1 95- 104- 3080K- 13M 15M- 41M- 2695M- 128
126 CCacheServer 0.0 00:00.01 2 2 35 54 668K 248K 1668K 41M 2401M 126
119- Little Snitc 0.0 00:00.15 3 1 99 90 1448K 15M 4640K 31M 896M 119
118- Little Snitc 0.0 00:00.12 3 1 90 87 1276K 14M 4388K 31M 894M 118
114 SIMBL Agent 0.0 00:00.12 2 1 84 167 2796K 11M 12M 304M 11G 114
113 AirPort Base 0.0 00:00.05 4 1 84 87 1588K 14M 11M 31M 2685M 113
107 UserEventAge 0.1 00:00.29 3 1 157 108 2268K 2092K 11M 41M 2403M 107
102 pboard 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 22 38 404K 252K 872K 18M 2379M 102
101 fontd 1.2 00:02.36 3 2 235+ 134+ 7796K- 2036K+ 9492K+ 35M- 2428M+ 101
98 Finder 0.0 00:01.08 8 3 175 178 5152K 21M 31M 27M 2707M 98
97 SystemUIServ 0.0 00:00.96 3 1 222 227 8240K 27M 32M 44M 2722M 97
96 Dock 0.5 00:01.03 4 2 121 181 3244K 26M 23M 17M 2707M 96
92 launchd 1.0 00:00.47 2 0 468+ 61+ 528K 488K+ 996K+ 38M 2399M+ 92
86 coreaudiod 0.0 00:00.09 3 1 133 77 1356K 448K 6432K 31M 2393M 86
78 cvmsComp_x86 0.0 00:00.19 1 0 18 35 1804K 10M 6404K 18M 2392M 78
76 launchd 0.0 00:00.00 2 0 37 47 316K 432K 708K 38M 2399M 76
75 cvmsServ 0.0 00:00.00 2 0 45 29 336K 248K 808K 19M 2381M 75
72- Nalpeirond6 0.0 00:00.01 1 0 14 25 112K 240K 372K 17M 586M 71
64 ocspd 0.0 00:00.01 1 0 23 27 532K 304K 1280K 17M 2378M 64
61 socketfilter 0.0 00:00.11 3 1 47 51 1500K 8228K 2904K 29M 2403M 61
57 WindowServer 0.9 00:03.50 4 1 191 417- 5720K+ 12M- 25M 40M- 2718M- 57
48 coreservices 4.2 00:02.74 7 4 291+ 162- 2884K 11M 13M+ 17M- 2406M- 48
47 distnoted 1.0 00:00.50 4 3 62 41 764K 240K 1240K 30M 2390M 47
46 taskgated 0.7 00:00.33 6 0 50 35 644K 244K 1216K 29M 2389M 46
45- lsd 0.0 00:00.13 2 1 56 65 832K 10M 2396K 30M 615M 45
44- qmasterd 0.0 00:00.11 2 1 31 139 1632K 9036K 6212K 29M 622M 44
41 autofsd 0.0 00:00.00 2 1 29 37 480K 244K 984K 28M 2388M 41
40 blued 0.0 00:00.12 2 1 63 44 1132K 8116K 4240K 28M 2402M 40
34 dynamic_page 0.0 00:00.00 1 0 20 24 308K 240K 788K 17M 2378M 34
32 fseventsd 0.1 00:00.17 12 1 95 64 1236K 244K 1748K 33M 2395M 32
31 hidd 0.0 00:00.95 4 2 70 48 768K 264K 1524K 30M 2391M 31
29 KernelEventA 0.0 00:00.00 4 2 33 42 524K 244K 1020K 30M 2390M 29
28 loginwindow 0.3 00:00.55 2 1 230 116 2340K 13M 8460K 25M 2677M 28
27 mDNSResponde 0.0 00:00.04 3 1 50 54 900K 280K 1784K 40M 2400M 27
Plus sorry should have written this on first msg but the most recent change i did to my computer before the problems started was change the Icons for Finder. I have changed it back, was using candybar but still no change. anyway to complete reset icons for finder without having to reinstall?

Problem with Firefox and very heavy memory usage

For several releases now, Firefox has been particularly heavy on memory usage. With its most recent version, with a single browser instance and only one tab, Firefox consumes more memory that any other application running on my Windows PC. The memory footprint grows significantly as I open additional tabs, getting to almost 1GB when there are 7 or 8 tabs open. This is as true with no extensions or pluggins, and with the usual set, (firebug, fire cookie, fireshot, XMarks). Right now, with 2 tabs, the memory is at 217,128K and climbing, CPU is between 0.2 and 1.5%.
I have read dozens of threads providing "helpful" suggestions, and tried any that seem reasonable. But like most others who experience Firebug's memory problems, none address the issue.
Firefox is an excellent tool for web developers, and I rely on it heavily, but have now resorted to using Chrome as the default and only open Firefox when I must, in order to test or debug a page.
Is there no hope of resolving this problem? So far, from responses to other similar threads, the response has been to deny any responsibility and blame extensions and/or pluggins. This is not helpful and not accurate. Will Firefox accept ownership for this problem and try to address it properly, or must we continue to suffer for your failings?

55%, it's still 1.6Gb....there shouldn't be a problem scanning something that it says will take up 300Mb, then actually only takes up 70Mb.
And not wrong, it obviously isn't releasing the memory when other applications need it because it doesn't, I have to close PS before it will release it. Yes, it probably is supposed to release it, but it isn't.
Thank you for your answer (even if it did appear to me to be a bit rude/shouty, perhaps something more polite than "Wrong!" next time) but I'm sitting at my computer, and I can see what is using how much memory and when, you can't.

Problem with scanning and memory usage

I'm running PS CS3 on Vista Home Premium, 1.86Ghz Intel core 2 processor, and 4GB RAM.
I realise Vista only sees 3.3GB of this RAM, and I know Vista uses about 1GB all the time.
Question:
While running PS, and only PS, with no files open, I have 2GB of RAM, why will PS not let me scan a file that it says will take up 300Mb?
200Mb is about the limit that it will let me scan, but even then, the actual end product ends up being less than 100Mb. (around 70mb in most cases)I'm using a Dell AIO A920, latest drivers etc, and PS is set to use all avaliable RAM.
Not only will it not let me scan, once a file I've opened has used up "x" amount of RAM, even if I then close that file, "x" amount of RAM will STILL be unavaliable. This means if I scan something, I have to save it, close PS, then open it again before I can scan anything else.
Surely this isn't normal. Or am I being stupid and missing something obvious?
I've also monitored the memory usage during scanning using task manager and various other things, it hardly goes up at all, then shoots up to 70-80% once the 70ishMb file is loaded. Something is up because if that were true, I'd actually only have 1Gb of RAM, and running Vista would be nearly impossible.
It's not a Vista thing either as I had this problem when I had XP. In fact it was worse then, I could hardly scan anything, had to be very low resolution.
Thanks in advance for any help

55%, it's still 1.6Gb....there shouldn't be a problem scanning something that it says will take up 300Mb, then actually only takes up 70Mb.
And not wrong, it obviously isn't releasing the memory when other applications need it because it doesn't, I have to close PS before it will release it. Yes, it probably is supposed to release it, but it isn't.
Thank you for your answer (even if it did appear to me to be a bit rude/shouty, perhaps something more polite than "Wrong!" next time) but I'm sitting at my computer, and I can see what is using how much memory and when, you can't.

Problem with JTree and memory usage

I have problem with the JTree when memory usage is over the phisical memory( I have 512MB).
I use JTree to display very large data about structure organization of big company. It is working fine until memory usage is over the phisical memory - then some of nodes are not visible.
I hope somebody has an idea about this problem.

55%, it's still 1.6Gb....there shouldn't be a problem scanning something that it says will take up 300Mb, then actually only takes up 70Mb.
And not wrong, it obviously isn't releasing the memory when other applications need it because it doesn't, I have to close PS before it will release it. Yes, it probably is supposed to release it, but it isn't.
Thank you for your answer (even if it did appear to me to be a bit rude/shouty, perhaps something more polite than "Wrong!" next time) but I'm sitting at my computer, and I can see what is using how much memory and when, you can't.

What causes cellular data usage to decrease if last reset has not changed? I reset every pay period cuz I do not have unlimited and was showing 125 mb sent/1.2g received. Now showing 98mb sent/980mb received. Last reset still shows same

I reset my cellular data usage every month at the beginning of my billing period so that I can keep track of how much data I am using thru out the month. I do not have the unlimited data plan and have gone over a few times. It's usually the last couple days of my billing cycle and I am charged $10 for an extra gig which I barely use 10% of before my usage is restarted for new billing cycle. FYI, they do not carry the remainder of the unused gig that you purchase for $10 which I disagree with. But have accepted. Lol Moving on.
I have two questions. One possibly being answered by the other. 1. Is cellular data used when I sync to iTunes on my home computer to load songs onto my iPhone from my iTunes library(songs that already exist)? 2. What causes the cellular data usage readings in iPhone settings/general/usage/cellular usage to decrease if my last reset has not changed? It is close to end of my billing cycle and I have been keeping close eye. Earlier today it read around 180mb sent/1.2gb received. Now it reads 90mb sent/980 mb recieved. My last reset date reads the same as before. I don't know if my sync and music management had anything to do with the decrease but i didn't notice the decrease until after I had connected to iTunes and loaded music. I should also mention that a 700mb app automatically loaded itself to my phone during the sync process. Is cellular data used at all during any kind of sync /iPhone/iTunes management? Is the cellular data usage reading under iPhone settings a reliable source to keep track of monthly data usage? Guess turned out to be more than two questions but all related. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me. It is information I find valuable. Sorry for the book long question.

Is cellular data used at all during any kind of sync /iPhone/iTunes management? Is the cellular data usage reading under iPhone settings a reliable source to keep track of monthly data usage?
1) No.
2) It does provide an estimated usage, but it's not accurate. For accurate determination, you should check the remaining/used MBs from the carrier (most of the carriers provide this service for free).

I am having a data excess usage issue with my Jetpack although I did not use the VZW network at all.

Background: My home does not have access to landline internet and I am relying on a Verizon Jetpack device rather than satellite cable for internet access. Within my JetPack wireless network I have several devices connected, iPADs, PC’s, printer, etc. (up to 5 devices can be connected with my system). Recently, I had one device within my immediate wireless network that I needed to transfer data via FTP to another local device within my immediate network. The receiving device FTP’d data from device (198.168.1.42) to local IP (address 192.168.1.2). To understand the data path a Trace rout for this transfer is 198.168.1.42 (source) to 198.168.1.1 (Jetpack) to 192.168.1.2 (receiver). Note that the VZW network ((cloud)/4G network) was NOT used in this transfer nor was any VZW bandwidth used for this transfer (of course less the typical overhead status/maintenance communications that happen regardless). Use of the VZW bandwidth would be something like downloading a movie from Netflix, (transferring data from a remote site, through the VZW network, into the Jetpack and to the target device). I also understand if ones devices have auto SW updates that would also go against the usage as well. I get that. My understanding of my usage billing is based data transfer across the VZW network.
Now to the problem: To my surprise I was quite substantially charged for the “internal” direct transfer of this data although I didn’t use the VZW network at all. This does not seem to be right, and doesn’t make much sense to me. Usage is should be based on the VZW network not a local Wi-Fi. In this case, Verizon actually gets free money from me without any use of or impact to the VZW network. Basically this is a VERY expensive rental for the jetpack device, which I bought anyway. Considering this, I am also charged each time I print locally. Dive into this further, I am also interested in knowing what is the overhead (non-data) communications between the jetpack router and devices and how much does that add up to over time?
Once I realized I was getting socked in bandwidth, as a temp solution I found an old Wi-Fi router, created a separate Wi-Fi network off the Jetpack, but the billing damage was already done. Switching each device back and forth to FTP and print is a hassle and there should be no reason the existing hardware couldn’t handle this and charges aligned with VSW usage. Is purposely intended by Verizon? Is this charging correct? And can I get some help with this?
Logically, usage should be based on VZW network usage not internal transfers. All transfers between IP addresses 192.168 are by default internal. Any data that needs to leave the internal network are translated in to the dynamic IP addresses established by the VZW network. That should be very easily detected for usage. In the very least, this fact needs to be clearly identified and clarified to users of the Jetpack. How would one use a local network and not get socked with usage charges? Can one set up a Wi-Fi network with another router, hardwire directly from the router to the Jetpack so that only data to and from the VZW network is billed? I might be able to figure out how to have the jetpack powered on but disable the VZW connection, but I don’t want to experiment and find out that the internal transfers are being logged and the log sent after the fact anyway once I connect…. A reasonable solution should be that users be able to use the router functions of the Jetpack (since one has to buy the device anyway) and only be billed for VZW usage.
Your help in this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

i had one mac and spilt water on it, the motherboard fried so i had to buy a used one...being in school and all. it is a MC375lla
Model Name:
MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:
MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:
2.66 GHz
Number of Processors:
1
Total Number of Cores:
2
L2 Cache:
3 MB
Memory:
8 GB
Bus Speed:
1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:
MBP71.0039.B0E
SMC Version (system):
1.62f7
Hardware UUID:
A802DE22-1E57-5509-93C5-27CEF01377B7
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:
Enabled
i do not have a backup of it, so i am thinking about replacing my old hard drive from the water damaged into this one, not even sure if that would work, but it did not seem to be damaged, as i recovered all the files i wanted off of it to put onto this mbp
the previous owner didnt have it set to boot, they had all their settings left on it and tried to edit all the names on it, had a bunch of server info and printers etc crap on it. i do not believe he edited the terminal system though--he doesnt seem to terribly bright(if thats possible)
tbh i hate lion compared to the old one i had, this one has so many more issues-overheating,fan noise, cd dvd noise
if you need screenshots or data of anything else as away
[problem is i do not want to start from scratch if there is a chance of fixing it, this one did not come with disks or anything like my first. so i dont even know if i could, and how it sets now i am basically starting from scratch, because now all my apps are reset but working, i am hoping to get my data back somehow though, i lost all of my bookmarks and editing all my apps and setting again would be a pain

High memory usage when many tabs are open (and closed)

When I open Firefox the memory usage is about 70-100 MB RAM. When I'm working with Firefox I often open 15-20 tabs at once, then I close them and open others. Memory usage increaes up to 450 - 500 MB RAM. After closing the tabs the usage usually decreases, but after sometime. It starts decreasing very slow and never comes back to the level from the beginning. After few hours of work Firefox uses about 400 MB RAM even if one tab is open. First I thought it's because of my plugins (Firebug, Speed Dial, Adlock Plus) but I've checked it and it's not. I reinstalled Firefox but the problem occurs as well. I'm not sure if it's normal. Could you help me, please?

Hi,
Not an exact answer but please [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_(Firefox) see this.] The KB article ponders through various general situations which may or may not be applicable to specific instances but nevertheless could be helpful.
Useful links:
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window All about Tools > Options]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config Going beyond Tools > Options - about:config]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries about:config Entries]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/whats-that-preference/ What's That Preference? add-on] - Quickly decode about:config entries - After installation, go inside about:config, right-click any preference, enable (tick) MozillaZine Results to Panel and again right-click a pref and choose MozillaZine Reference to begin with.
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard%20shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder & Files]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic Extensions/Add-ons]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]

Popularity trend/usage report is not working in sp2013. Data was not being processed to EVENT STORE folder which was present under the Analytics_GUID folder.

Hi
I am working in a sharepoint migration project. We have migrated one SharePoint project from moss2007 to sp2013. Issue is when we are clicking on Popularity trend > usage report, it is throwing an error.
Issue: The data was not being processed to EVENT STORE folder which was present under the
Analytics_GUID folder. Also data was not present in the Analytical Store database.
In log viewer I have found the bellow error.
HIGH -
SearchServiceApplicationProxy::GetAnalyticsEventTypeDefinitions--Error occured: System.ServiceModel.Security.MessageSecurityException: An unsecured or incorrectly
secured fault was received from the other party.
UNEXPECTED - System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[System.ServiceModel.ExceptionDetail,
System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]: We're sorry, we weren't able to complete the operation, please try again in a few minutes.
HIGH - Getting Error Message for Exception System.Web.HttpUnhandledException
(0x80004005): Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. ---> System.ServiceModel.Security.MessageSecurityException: An unsecured or incorrectly secured fault was received from the other party.
CRITICAL - A failure was reported when trying to invoke a service application:
EndpointFailure Process Name: w3wp Process ID: 13960 AppDomain Name: /LM/W3SVC/767692721/ROOT-1-130480636828071139 AppDomain ID: 2 Service Application Uri: urn:schemas-microsoft-
UNEXPECTED - Could not retrieve analytics event definitions for
https://XXX System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[System.ServiceModel.ExceptionDetail]: We're sorry, we weren't able to complete the operation, please try again in a few minutes.
UNEXPECTED - System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[[System.ServiceModel.ExceptionDetail,
System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]: We're sorry, we weren't able to complete the operation, please try again in a few minutes.
I have verified few things in server which are mentioned below
Two timer jobs (Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Usage Data Processing, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Usage Data Import) are running fine.
APPFabric Caching service has been started.
Analytics_GUID folder has been
shared with
WSS_ADMIN_WPG and WSS_WPG and Read/Write access was granted
.usage files are getting created and also the temporary(.tmp) file has been created.
uasage logging database for uasage data being transported. The data is available.
Please provide pointers on what needs to be done.

Hi Nabhendu,
According to your description, my understanding is that you could not use popularity trend after you migrated SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013.
In SharePoint 2013, the analytics functionality is a part of the search component. There is an article for troubleshooting SharePoint 2013 Web Analytics, please take a look at:
Troubleshooting SharePoint 2013 Web Analytics
http://blog.fpweb.net/troubleshooting-sharepoint-2013-web-analytics/#.U8NyA_kabp4
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Wendy
Wendy Li
TechNet Community Support

Memory usage of excel stays high after Macro is executed and excel crashes after trying to close it

Hi,
I'm trying to resolve an issue with an excel based tool. The macros retrieve data from an Oracle database and do calculations with the data. They also open and write into files in the same directory. The macros all run and finish the calculations. I can
continue to use and modify the sheet. I can also close the workbook, however excel memory usage I see in the windows Task manager stays elevated.If I close Excel it says: Excel stopped working and then it tries to recover information...
I assume something in the macro did not finish properly and memory was not released. I would like to check what is still open (connection, stream or any other object) when I close the workbook I would like to have a list of all still used memory. Is there
a possibility to do so.
Here the code I'm using, its reduced to functions which open something. Functions
get_v_tools() and get_change_tools() are same as get_client_positions().
Public conODBC As New ADODB.Connection
Public myPath As String
Sub get_positions()
Dim Src As range, dst As range
Dim lastRow As Integer
Dim myPath As String
lastRow = Sheets("SQL_DATA").Cells(Sheets("SQL_DATA").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("A2:AD" & lastRow + 1).ClearContents
Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("AG2:BE" & lastRow + 2).ClearContents
Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("AE3:AF" & lastRow + 2).ClearContents
k = Sheets("ToolsList").Cells(Sheets("ToolsList").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
Sheets("ToolsList").range("A2:M" & k).ClearContents
'open connection
Call open_connection
lastRow = Sheets("SQL_DATA").Cells(Sheets("SQL_DATA").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
If lastRow < 2 Then GoTo ErrorHandling
'copy bs price check multiplications
Set Src = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("AE2:AF2")
Set dst = Worksheets("SQL_DATA").range("AE2").Resize(lastRow - 1, Src.columns.Count)
dst.Formula = Src.Formula
On Error GoTo ErrorHandling
'new prices are calculated
newPrice_calculate (lastRow)
Calculate
myPath = ThisWorkbook.Path
'Refresh pivot table in Position Manager
Sheets("Position Manager").PivotTables("PivotTable3").ChangePivotCache ActiveWorkbook. _
PivotCaches.Create(SourceType:=xlDatabase, SourceData:= _
myPath & "\[Position_Manager_v1.0.xlsm]SQL_DATA!R1C2:R" & lastRow & "C31" _
, Version:=xlPivotTableVersion14)
ErrorHandling:
Set Src = Nothing
Set dst = Nothing
If conODBC.State <> 0 Then
conODBC.Close
End If
End Sub
Sub open_connection()
Dim sql_data, sql_data_change, sql_data_v As Variant
Dim wdth, TotalColumns, startRow As Integer
Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset
Errorcode = 0
On Error GoTo ErrorHandling
Errorcode = 1
With conODBC
.Provider = "OraOLEDB.Oracle.1"
.ConnectionString = "Password=" & pswrd & "; Persist Security Info=True;User ID= " & UserName & "; Data Source=" & DataSource
.CursorLocation = adUseClient
.Open
.CommandTimeout = 300
End With
startRow = Sheets("SQL_DATA").Cells(Sheets("SQL_DATA").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
sql_data = get_client_positions(conODBC, rst)
wdth = UBound(sql_data, 1)
Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("A" & startRow & ":AA" & wdth + startRow - 1).Value = sql_data
'Run change tools instruments
startRow = Sheets("ToolsList").Cells(Sheets("ToolsList").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
sql_data_change = get_change_tools(conODBC, rst)
wdth = UBound(sql_data_change, 1)
Sheets("ToolsList").range("A" & startRow & ":M" & wdth + startRow - 1).Value _
= sql_data_change
'open SQL for V tools instruments
startRow = Sheets("ToolsList").Cells(Sheets("ToolsList").rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
sql_data_v = get_v_tools(conODBC, rst)
wdth = UBound(sql_data_v, 1)
Sheets("ToolsList").range("A" & startRow & ":L" & startRow + wdth - 1).Value = sql_data_v
conODBC.Close
ErrorHandling:
If rst.State <> 0 Then
rst.Close
End If
Set rst = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function get_client_positions(conODBC As ADODB.Connection, rst_posi As ADODB.Recordset) As Variant
Dim sql_data As Variant
Dim objCommand As ADODB.Command
Dim sql As String
Dim records, TotalColumns As Integer
On Error GoTo ErrorHandling
Set objCommand = New ADODB.Command
sql = read_sql()
With objCommand
.ActiveConnection = conODBC 'connection for the commands
.CommandType = adCmdText
.CommandText = sql 'Sql statement from the function
.Prepared = True
.CommandTimeout = 600
End With
Set rst_posi = objCommand.Execute
TotalColumns = rst_posi.Fields.Count
records = rst_posi.RecordCount
ReDim sql_data(1 To records, 1 To TotalColumns)
If TotalColumns = 0 Or records = 0 Then GoTo ErrorHandling
If TotalColumns <> 27 Then GoTo ErrorHandling
If rst_posi.EOF Then GoTo ErrorHandling
l = 1
Do While Not rst_posi.EOF
For i = 0 To TotalColumns - 1
sql_data(l, i + 1) = rst_posi.Fields(i)
Next i
l = l + 1
rst_posi.MoveNext
Loop
ErrorHandling:
rst_posi.Close
Set rst_posi = Nothing
Set objCommand = Nothing
get_client_positions = sql_data
End Function
Private Function read_sql() As String
Dim sqlFile As String, sqlQuery, Line As String
Dim query_dt As String, client As String, account As String
Dim GRP_ID, GRP_SPLIT_ID As String
Dim fso, stream As Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
client = Worksheets("Cover").range("C9").Value
query_dt = Sheets("Cover").range("C7").Value
GRP_ID = Sheets("Cover").range("C3").Value
GRP_SPLIT_ID = Sheets("Cover").range("C5").Value
account = Sheets("Cover").range("C11").Value
sqlFile = Sheets("Cover").range("C15").Value
Open sqlFile For Input As #1
Do Until EOF(1)
Line Input #1, Line
sqlQuery = sqlQuery & vbCrLf & Line
Loop
Close
' Replace placeholders in the SQL
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "myClent", client)
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "01/01/9999", query_dt)
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "54747743", GRP_ID)
If GRP_SPLIT_ID <> "" Then
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "7754843", GRP_SPLIT_ID)
Else
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "AND POS.GRP_SPLIT_ID = 7754843", "")
End If
If account = "ZZ" Then
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "AND AC.ACCNT_NAME = 'ZZ'", "")
Else
sqlQuery = Replace(sqlQuery, "ZZ", account)
End If
' Create a TextStream to check SQL Query
sql = sqlQuery
myPath = ThisWorkbook.Path
Set stream = fso.CreateTextFile(myPath & "\SQL\LastQuery.txt", True)
stream.Write sql
stream.Close
Set fso = Nothing
Set stream = Nothing
read_sql = sqlQuery
End Function

Thanks Starain,
that's what I did the last days and found that the problem is in the
newPrice_calculate (lastRow)
function. This function retrieves data (sets it as arrays) which was correctly pasted into the sheet, loops through all rows and does math/calendar calculations with cell values using an Add-In("Quantlib")
Public errorMessage as String
Sub newPrice_calculate(lastRow)
Dim Type() As Variant
Dim Id() As Variant
Dim Price() As Variant
Dim daysTo() As Variant
Dim fx() As Variant
Dim interest() As Variant
Dim ObjCalend as Variant
Dim newPrice as Variant
On Error GoTo Catch
interest = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("V2:V" & lastRow).Value
Type = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("L2:L" & lastRow).Value Id = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("M2:M" & lastRow).Value Price = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("T2:T" & lastRow).Value
daysTo = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("K2:K" & lastRow).Value
fx = Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("U2:U" & lastRow).Value
qlError = 1
For i = 2 To lastRow
If (i, 1) = "LG" Then
'set something - nothing spectacular like
interest(i, 1) = 0
daysTo(i , 1) = 0
Else
adjTime = Sqr(daysTo(i, 1) / 365)
ObjCalend(i,1) =Application.Run("qlCalendarHolidaysList", _
"CalObj", ... , .... other input parameters)
If IsError(ObjCalend(i,1)) Then GoTo Catch
'other calendar calcs
newPrice(i,1) = Application.Run( 'quantLib calcs)
End If
Catch:
Select Case qlError
Case 1
errorMessage = errorMessage & " QuantLibXL Cal Error at: " & i & " " & vbNewLine & Err.Description
ObjCalend(i,1) (i, 1) = "N/A"
End Select
Next i
Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("AB2:AB" & lastRow).Value = newPrice
'Sheets("SQL_DATA").range("AA2:AA" & lastRow).Value = daysTo
' erase and set to nothing all arrays and objects
Erase Type
Erase id
Erase Price
Set newPrice = Nothing
Is there a possibility to clean everything in:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
End Sub
Thanks in advance
Mark

Why do I have mysterious cellular data usage (Verizon) every 6 hours on all 3 of my iphone 5's?

I have recently uncovered mysterious cellular usage on three different iPhones. I am a Verizon customer and discovered this by examining the cellular data use logs. What I found are a long series of mysterious data usage logs. I have visited the Genius Bar at my local Apple Store 3 times now to log notes and discuss the issue. It is being escalated.
The characterstics are as follows:
All my family phones have the appropriate IOS and hardware updates (verified by the GeniusBar at my local Apple Store).
This is occuring across three phones, which happen to all be iphone 5. Two are 5 and the other a new 5s. We do have one iphone 4 in the family but the issue (so far as I can tell), is not happening on it.
One iphone 5 has IOS 7, the other IOS 6. The new 5s has of course IOS 7.
Mysterious data use happens even while connected to wifi.
Each mysterious data use log entry is exactly 6 hours apart. For example: 2:18 AM, 8:18 AM, 2:18 PM, 8:18 PM, 2:18 AM ... etc. It cycles AM and PM, same times, for a day to many days until some condition causes it to change (evolve).
The times evolve. One day it could be cycling through at one time series, then it changes to another time sequence and continues until the next condition.
The data usage is anywhere from a few K to many MB. The largest I've seen is over 100 MB.
The logs clearly show these usages are not due to human interaction. It is a program.
If cellular connection is used frequently (by the owner), the pattern is hard to pick out. Luckily, my family member is very good about only using wifi whenever possible, so these mysterious use patterns are easy to pick out.
Verizon allows access to 90 days worth of data logs, so I downloaded and analyzed them. This has been happening for at least 90 days. I have found 298 instances of mysterious use out of 500 total connections to cellular. A total of 3.5 GB of mysterious cellular data has been recorded as used in that 90 days by this phone alone. Only .6 GB of the total cellular data use is legitimate, meaning by the person.
This issue is occuring across three different phones. Two are iPhone 5, and the third is a recently purchased iPhone 5s. The 5s I have not touched beyone the basic startup. I have left it alone on a desk for 3 days, and looking at the logs, the mysterious data use in the same pattern is occuring.
So ... I am speaking to both sides, Verizon and Apple to get answers. Verizon puts their wall up at data usage. It doesn't matter how it is being used, you simply need to pay for it. Yes, the evidence I have gathered is getting closer to someting on Verizon's end.
Before pressing in that direction, I am hoping someone reading this may recognize this issue as a possible iPhone 5 issue ... OR ... you, right now, go look at your data usage logs available through your carrier's web account, and see if you can pick out a pattern of mysterious use. Look especially at the early morning instances when you are most likely sleeping.
I am hoping this is a simple issue that has a quick resolution. I'm looking for the "ooohhh, I see that now ..." But I am starting to think this might be much bigger, but the fact is, most customers rarely or never look at their data usage details, much less discover mysterious use patterns.
The final interesting (maybe frightening part) thing about all this is that I discovered while talking to Verizon ... they do not divulge which direction the data is going. This goes for any use, mysterious or legitimate. Is cellular data coming to your phone, or leaving it? Is something pulling data from your phone? We know that it is possible to build malware apps, but the catch with my issue is that it is also happening on a brand new iphone 5s with nothing downloaded to it.
Thanks for your time

Thanks for the replies. It took a while not hearing anything so thought I was alone. I have done many of the suggestions already. The key here is that it occurs on both phones with apps, and phones still packaged in a box.
A Genius Bar supervisor also checked his Verizon data usage log and found the same 6 hour incremental use. Suprisingly, he did not express much intrigue over that. Maybe he did, but did not show it.
I think the 6 hour incremental usage is the main issue here. I spoke with Verizon (again) and they confirmed that all they do is log exactly when the phone connected to the tower and used data. The time it records is when the usage started. I also found out that the time recorded is GMT.
What is using data, unsolicited, every 6 hours?
Why does it change?
Why does it only happen on the iPhone 5 series and not the 4?
Since no one from Apple seems to be chiming in on this, and I have not received the promised calls from Apple tech support that the Genius Bar staff said I was suppose to receive, it is starting to feel like something is being swept under the rug.
I woke up the other day with another thought ... What application would use such large amounts of data? Well ... music, video, sound and pictures of course. Well ... what would someone set automatically that is of any use to them? hmmm ... video, pictures, sound. Is the iPhone 5 succeptible to snooping? Can an app be buried in the IOS that automatically turns on video and sound recording, and send it somewhere ... every 6 hours? Chilling. I noted that the smallest data usage is during the night when nothing is going on, then it peaks during the day. The Genius Bar tech and I looked at each other when I drew this sine wave graph on the log print outs during an appointment ...

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