iChat Memory Hog

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iChat Memory Hog

Hello all.
I had a Macmini a while back and randomly a problem appeared and iChat seem'd to be using over 1GB of memory after I finished screensharing and my computer lagged so badly I had no control over it and had to force it to shutdown.
I reinstalled the OS.

I have now gotten a macbook and iChat seems to be using 1.3GB ram and not responding after a screensharing session. I haven't checked what its at before the session. For now I am using adium but I would like to use iChat because of screensharing and video chatting.

Thanks
~ryan

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 1 External HD, 150 GB, iPod Touch 8GB

Posted on Mar 2, 2009 4:52 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 2, 2009 5:12 PM in response to RSully

I am getting the same thing too. 2 GB of ram and here ya go. Usually its during Direct IM or receiving files and screensharing/video chatting

http://h4xr.org/4iyf

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Mar 6, 2009 6:57 PM in response to Danny

Yea, any info?...

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Mar 7, 2009 8:11 AM in response to RSully

What does the Activity Monitor say is going on at the same time ?

What apps were you "Sharing"

4:11 PM Saturday; March 7, 2009

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Mar 7, 2009 8:40 AM in response to RSully

Are you looking at virtual memory.

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RSully Author

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May 3, 2009 11:53 AM in response to Defcom-UK

No, trust me:

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RSully Author

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May 4, 2009 1:50 PM in response to RSully

Please halp. This is ****

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May 5, 2009 2:28 PM in response to RSully

The only time mine does that is when I use an AppleScript to "Scroll" a Status Message.

10:28 PM Tuesday; May 5, 2009

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

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Defcom-UK

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May 5, 2009 3:08 PM in response to RSully

Looks like like your running some sort of plug-in to change the the windows.

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Jun 22, 2009 8:21 AM in response to RSully

I glanced at Activity Monitor and noticed that iChat was taking up 650mb of RAM... which is just ridiculous.

I then, after finding something about it on the Internet, cleared the list in iChat's "File Transfers" window.

In doing so, my RAM usage shed 600mb. A colleague did the same and saved 1gb!

Apple: Please sort this in Snow Leopard, it's a bit silly!

Hope this works for you (and make sure you have Activity Monitor open in the background when you do it as, when you see the memory usage go down, it's quite cathartic!

Cheers,

Andy

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Answer 10

Jun 22, 2009 12:44 PM in response to tillathenun

Hi,

I had the file Transfer window Closed and iChat showed at 112Mb
On Opening it the amount went up to 254Mb

Deleting items did reduce the RAM in use but closing it again reduced it back to 112Mb

9:44 PM Monday; June 22, 2009

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