Rich1955
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Q: Aperture 3.5.1 and Mavericks memory leak
I have used Aperture 3 with Lion and Mountain Lion on a late 2011 MBPro , processing large (45MB) raw files over the last 2 years. When doing multiple edits especialy with multiple masks and brushes Aperture would take moments to process and then move on. This even with an SSD and 16GB memory. Not a problem with little effect on my productivity, processing hundreds of images in a session.
Following Mavericks and Aperture 3.5, Aperture no longer allows more than a handful of images to be processed before it exhibits strange display problems. These comprize of the unzoomed view becoming the zoomed view and this is visible in the preview thumbnail too. It happens most quickly in full screen mode but also less quickly in windowed mode. Simple exiting Aperture and reopening it restores normal functio and edits and previews are correct. A memory meter shows that Aperture decrements memory with every image viewed and doesn't release it, hence i think a memory leak.
I had hoped that the Aperture 3.5.1 update addressing performance issues would solve this. It didn't. I have a crucial SSD self fitted which has worked flawlessly over the last year and have updated Trim enabler after Mavericks which slowed down the leak.
I can't seem to contact Apple support by email as I am not an Applecare subscriber and can't find a way to report a fault without being one.
I have read that there were memory leaks in Aperture 3 years ago and these went away quietly as Apple updated either
OSX or Aperture.
I've not seen others report what I am experiencing, but would welcome feedback from others with knowledge, experience or just bothered by the same problem.
Thanks.
RMWD
Aperture 3, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Rich1955
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Weird solution to problem.
Some people have had significant display problems with Aperture only since Mavericks was launched. This occurs when working with large raw files and usually when memory drops below a certain level.
Apple have said that this may be due to On screen profiling and have advised that that should be turned off. This has helped some and made no difference to others. It occurs more quickly if photoshop elements is running but also occurs when it is not. Withe PSE running I can only process a handful of file before display problems (black screens, visible masks, stuck zoomed previews) occur. Turning Aperture off and restarting it restores the correct previews and shows no lost work.
Apple support asked me to make notes of the problem, crate a diagnostic file when it occurs and to record a screen display of my using Aperture until the problem occurs.
Here's the odd thing and maybe some of the forum experts can explain this, when running Quicktime FULL screen recording and using Aperture, the problem disappears!! Completely. Whether PSE is on or not, Aperture runs normally again. If Quicktime screen recording is run in screen crop mode the problem occurs.
So I can't send them a screen recording. Currently I am using this method whenever I use Aperture and just dumping the recording after. Bizarre.
Any thoughts and I would love to know if this works for you if you have the problem.
