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PurrBall

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Safari has never been great with RAM, but it's hit new highs now! Running the SunSpider benchmark is causing Safari to use about 5.5 GB of RAM. Anyone else getting similar results?
 
SSD memory leak

I'm not having problems with RAM memory, but as soon as I open Safari, the available space on my SSD drops to the point where there's only 800MB available. If i reset the system, all goes back to normal. Don't know how to fix this.
 
Is there any chance you're using the AdBlock extension?

I've noticed that AdBlock causes a gradual memory leak in all versions of Safari since the addition of extensions, which drove me to try GlimmerBlocker, an alternative (although not quite as thorough as AdBlock).

I'm using Safari 6.0 Developer Preview 2, by the way.
 
Can someone tell me if Safari 6 reduces on the interface lag that the previous versions suffer from?
 
Is there any chance you're using the AdBlock extension?

I've noticed that AdBlock causes a gradual memory leak in all versions of Safari since the addition of extensions, which drove me to try GlimmerBlocker, an alternative (although not quite as thorough as AdBlock).

I'm using Safari 6.0 Developer Preview 2, by the way.

Anyone recommend not to use AdBlocker on Safari 6, if not how about GlimmerBlocker or any other ad blocking extensions ? I wouldn't want to have memory leaks on my browser.
 
im using ablock 1password and sabconnect with safari 6 dev 2 and havent notice any bad memory leaks (knock on wood) but i also dont have flash installed on the machine.
 
Is there any chance you're using the AdBlock extension?

I've noticed that AdBlock causes a gradual memory leak in all versions of Safari since the addition of extensions, which drove me to try GlimmerBlocker, an alternative (although not quite as thorough as AdBlock).

I'm using Safari 6.0 Developer Preview 2, by the way.

Bam, that was it! Wow. Thanks!
 
AdBlocker memory leak

I saw that the developers of AdBlocker say that it is not compatible with either Safari 5 or 6.

This is probably connected with it's reliance on SIMBL - which is not working properly on 10.7, it has been patched by others (the original dev seems to have walked away), but it still having problems with intermittent crashes and a memory leak (from my use).
 
Safari 6 Memory Leak

In my Macbook Pro 4GB RAM recently note memory leak when I opened Safari even with 1 or two windows open without refresh the web content.

In Activity monitor could see consume Web Content the Safari Spend more the 2 GB RAM (Memory Real become Memory Inactive)

Solution: Disable All Extensions and probe one to one. Finding that Fastesttube Extension was responsible.

Check this Info

http://atylmo.wordpress.com/2011/06/...d-fastesttube/
 
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