[X-Unix] Memory issues

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 10/10/04 10:22 PM, "RP McKay" <richard.mckay1 at virgin.net> wrote:

> Does anyone know what is causing this (better yet, a memory allocation tool
> to display what is being held for what) or how I can control it better? I am
> rather polite to the portable and am not running more than a few apps at a
> time and I am not developing or compiling or such...

I've seen a similar memory leak in Safari. When I quit the program, my Mac
sometimes reclaims a swap file (usually a big one too) but not always. I
find that I need to quit Safari every day or so to keep things running
smoothly.
 

Kirk
 
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