Memory leak?

[busybox11]

Hi!

I've been using this project for a couple of months now. I've been experiencing lots of memory usage by the screen saver in the background even when it's not shown - around 1 to 1.5GB. Sometimes I have to kill the program to free up some memory.

I don't know how to debug this, as I don't have many experience with Apple APIs and software overall. I would love to help though!

[obrhoff]

Is the Legacy Screen Saver? I've seen it myself, eating up the memory. But I think it can't be this screen saver since the process itself is stopped, after leaving the screensaver.

[busybox11]

Yes, legacy screen saver. Finally caught it after forgetting to start Amphetamine today.

What could cause this?

[obrhoff]

Idk. The ScreenSaver itself is already pretty old, but I noticed this issue coming up recently (maybe in the last 2 years).

Maybe its a bug from Apple side. Hard to tell.

[busybox11]

No idea. I've been using a Macbook for less than a year, and have always had this

Will keep an eye on it then. Thanks for your feedback!

[obrhoff]

Its definitely a problem with the LegacyScreenSaver.

vpeschenkov/Predator#13