Document Revision History

This table describes the changes to Memory Usage Performance Guidelines.

DateNotes
2013-04-23

Added content from tech note "Caching and Purgeable Memory" as a chapter.

2008-07-02

Reorganized the contents of the document and updated it to reflect iOS support.

2006-06-28

Clarified where to get the leaks tool.

2005-07-07

Updated information related to using libMallocDebug and malloc zones.

2005-04-29

Fixed some minor bugs. Added new sections on batch allocation of memory and finding leaks of autoreleased objects.

 

Added tips for detecting leaks more quickly.

 

Document title changed. Old title was Memory Performance.

2003-07-25

Added Carbon-specific performance tips.

2003-05-15

First revision of this programming topic. Some of the information appeared in the document Inside OS X: Performance.