Safari memory leak

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Safari memory leak

Hello, I noticed safari 5.0.2 is using too much ram (500-600 MB) with few tabs open after some minutes I open it. I activated the debug menu to check for world leaks and I'm searching for the problem. I saw in console a strange log called "SafariWatchdogHangs". What's that? Could it be related to safari's hanging?

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Macbook Core2Duo, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Oct 9, 2010 2:33 PM

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andyBall_uk

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Oct 9, 2010 3:04 PM in response to bludy

Hi bludy

Safari's error console, or the Console in /Applications/Utilities/ ?
if the latter - where exactly is it? (Command R reveals in Finder)

I've never heard of it, as you can tell.

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bludy Author

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Oct 10, 2010 12:27 AM in response to andyBall_uk

the console in Applications/Utilities. Log file is in Library/Logs. Can't understand what is it.

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andyBall_uk

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Oct 10, 2010 11:32 AM in response to bludy

Sorry, not seen any mention of it here.
You have any 3rd party software that might explain it? do the contents give any clue?

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bludy Author

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Oct 10, 2010 1:21 PM in response to andyBall_uk

That's the beginning of the log file, any help could be appreciated:

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bludy Author

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Oct 11, 2010 12:33 AM in response to andyBall_uk

don't know why but I can't paste it.

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andyBall_uk

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Oct 11, 2010 7:15 AM in response to bludy

perhaps try pasting it into textedit first, then changing the text encoding?
or a screenshot should suffice.

I doubt it's anything to be concerned about, unless it's getting huge; but be interesting to see.

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bludy Author

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Oct 11, 2010 7:49 AM in response to andyBall_uk

It's not a problem of encoding, I think there are some restrictions in the forum because it cuts lines of text...
Anyway thank you for your interest.

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Oct 11, 2010 8:22 AM in response to bludy

I don't know about SafariWatchdog, but I have found 2 plugins that cause memory leaks. They are Safari Stand and Safari Tabs. Since both are SIMBL plugins, I wonder whether some command in SIMBL may be the root cause. I have other SIMBL plugins that behave just fine, but the above two have in common an option to restore tabs after relaunch of Safari.

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Oct 11, 2010 8:54 AM in response to budsimrin

I only use glims, which has the option to restore tabs after relaunch. Uhm I'll try to uninstall it.
Thanks.

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Oct 22, 2010 8:39 PM in response to bludy

I have the same problem on my macbook pro. Safari uses about 40MB when starting but very soon it climbs up to 300MB, and on and on, until more than 600MB today... I have to close-reopen it get back some free ram (though I have 6GB of ram it is a lot for a web browser, isn't it ?)
Is this particular to Safari 5.0.2 ? I should try to use Safari 5.0.1 perhaps. What do you think ?

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