iPhoto memory leak causing long slideshows to crash

[jeffnebraska]

My dad has a new 27" Core i5 iMac. When he plays a very long slideshow, iPhoto consistently crashes around the 8-minute mark. Sometimes he gets an error message saying "iPhoto unexpectedly quit" and sometimes the slides just quit coming up, even though the music keeps playing.

It doesn't matter from which event the slides come, although it seems to happen on his pics only and not on the pre-installed pics from Apple.

One last data point, this never happens, even when viewing the same slideshow, on his 13" MacBook Pro, which he bought at the same time.

It seems to me like a memory leak, or, less likely, some kind of GPU overheating issue. He's tried rebuilding his photo library, which changed nothing. Apple tech support has been useless.

Hypothesis?

 

[jeffnebraska]

Yikes. Total crickets. That's not encouraging.

 

[robert05au]

Is it possible to post a crash log for iphoto?

Is there any other strange behaviour with the system of other apps?

 

[dennisseattle]

My dad also has a new iMac that is experiencing the same issue with iPhoto crashing on long slideshows. The slideshow consists primarily of TIFF photos and crashes after about a 30 minute run.

The crash dump is too long for one reply, so I'll post it in subsequent messages.

 

[dennisseattle]

Crash dump:

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Process: iPhoto [103]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 8.1.2 (8.1.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-4240000~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [77]

Date/Time: 2010-12-31 13:44:48.125 -0800
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2056)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 1321972 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 10954 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: ########################

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 18 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority

Thread 0: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b0da mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b847 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701dfaf __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701d094 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701cec1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x936a7f9c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x936a7d51 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x936a7bd6 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x93a1ba89 _DPSNextEvent + 847
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x93a1b2ca -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x939dd55b -[NSApplication run] + 821
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x939d55ed NSApplicationMain + 574
12 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00124b80 0x1000 + 1194880
13 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00003172 0x1000 + 8562

Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99441922 kevent + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944203c _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 215
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994414f9 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944129e _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440d21 _pthread_wqthread + 390
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440b66 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf6a80 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 453
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x96baf7f1 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 279
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96baf6d4 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x00f6c201 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 49
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x00f5a363 -[XTThread run:] + 387
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf6a80 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 453
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x96baf7f1 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 279
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96baf6d4 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x00f6c201 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 49
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x00f5a363 -[XTThread run:] + 387
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b0da mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b847 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701dfaf __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701d094 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701cec1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf4378 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x00f5b8a5 -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 421
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99449046 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448d02 _pthread_cond_wait + 1191
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944a998 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
3 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00506841 0x1000 + 5265473
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9943a066 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9705d80d __CFSocketManager + 1085
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b0da mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b847 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701dfaf __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701d094 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701cec1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf342c +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 329
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99449046 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448d02 _pthread_cond_wait + 1191
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944a998 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be2aeb -[NSCondition wait] + 316
4 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0051242a 0x1000 + 5313578
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00511c48 0x1000 + 5311560
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99449046 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448d02 _pthread_cond_wait + 1191
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944a998 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be2aeb -[NSCondition wait] + 316
4 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0051242a 0x1000 + 5313578
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00511c48 0x1000 + 5311560
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 10:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99449046 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448d02 _pthread_cond_wait + 1191
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944a998 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
3 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00506841 0x1000 + 5265473
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 11:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d3e9 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d127 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
5 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95ca834d ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4698
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 12:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d3e9 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d127 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a77938 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1127
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 13:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b0da mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b847 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701dfaf __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701d094 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9701cec1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf4378 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bf4255 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 76
7 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x0129012c -[MRRenderer helperThread] + 209
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 14:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b0da mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b847 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.framework.IOKit 0x922035b1 io_connect_method + 574
3 com.apple.framework.IOKit 0x921b5ad6 IOConnectCallMethod + 454
4 ...pple.ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver 0x1fb9ef96 gldUpdateDispatch + 20550
5 ...pple.ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver 0x1fb872a9 gldFlush + 105
6 com.apple.opengl 0x96687066 CGLFlushDrawable + 67
7 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x01290f19 -[MRRenderer _render] + 2682
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba8d4 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x96bba884 __NSThread__main__ + 1499
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 15:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92d17805 CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long) + 219
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92d1a837 CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long) + 289
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92d18134 HP_IOThread::WorkLoop() + 1892
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92d179cb HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*) + 17
7 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92d178e2 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 140
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 16:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b116 semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9636db52 QTThreadWaitSignal + 107
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x95d32721 audioprepThreadEntry + 68
3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9636dacc start_thread + 54
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 17:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9941b13a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448c85 _pthread_cond_wait + 1066
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99477828 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d3e9 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a1d127 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92a41383 TimerThread + 97
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994487fd _pthread_start + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99448682 thread_start + 34

Thread 18 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0xffff0837 __memcpy + 151
1 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981da79f copyImageBlockSetTIFF + 2943
2 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981d9b8d ImageProviderCopyImageBlockSetCallback + 174
3 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b295b CGImageProviderCopyImageBlockSet + 228
4 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b716c img_blocks_create + 348
5 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b6ff1 img_blocks_extent + 85
6 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9031ba25 img_interpolate_extent + 163
7 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024fe96 img_data_lock + 8882
8 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024cf92 CGSImageDataLock + 172
9 libRIP.A.dylib 0x90a0f750 ripc_AcquireImage + 2446
10 libRIP.A.dylib 0x90a0d3c6 ripc_DrawImage + 1245
11 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024cc0c CGContextDrawImage + 450
12 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012c8a68 -[MROperationImageDiskCache main] + 665
13 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be2337 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 811
14 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be1f5d ____startOperations_block_invoke_2 + 94
15 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944efc4 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 16
16 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99441292 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 228
17 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440d21 _pthread_wqthread + 390
18 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440b66 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 19: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0xffff0860 __memcpy + 192
1 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981d2384 CGImageReadGetBytesAtOffset + 309
2 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981d5755 CGImageReadSessionGetBytes + 48
3 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981d55df myTIFFReadProc + 277
4 libTIFF.dylib 0x910236e2 TIFFReadRawStrip1 + 157
5 libTIFF.dylib 0x91023501 TIFFFillStrip + 416
6 libTIFF.dylib 0x9103dd78 _cg_TIFFReadScanline + 211
7 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x98252250 getBandProcTIFF + 2744
8 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981e1cfc glueCopyImageBlockSet + 2225
9 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x981d9b8d ImageProviderCopyImageBlockSetCallback + 174
10 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b295b CGImageProviderCopyImageBlockSet + 228
11 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b716c img_blocks_create + 348
12 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x902b6ff1 img_blocks_extent + 85
13 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9031ba25 img_interpolate_extent + 163
14 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024fe96 img_data_lock + 8882
15 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024cf92 CGSImageDataLock + 172
16 libRIP.A.dylib 0x90a0f750 ripc_AcquireImage + 2446
17 libRIP.A.dylib 0x90a0d3c6 ripc_DrawImage + 1245
18 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x9024cc0c CGContextDrawImage + 450
19 com.apple.QuartzComposer 0x92851886 -[QCProvider_CoreGraphics createPixelBufferForManager:withFormat:transformation:bounds:colorSpaceptions:] + 5486
20 com.apple.QuartzComposer 0x927f7e9d -[QCImageManager(Internal) _createImageBufferFromProvider:withFormat:target:transformation:bounds:colorSpaceptions:] + 4635
21 com.apple.QuartzComposer 0x9288ee9c -[QCImageManager createPixelBufferFromProvider:withFormat:transformation:bounds:colorSpaceptions:] + 2025
22 com.apple.QuartzComposer 0x929121d7 -[QCImage createPixelBufferForManager:withFormat:bounds:colorSpaceptions:] + 159
23 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012c8565 -[MRImageManager(Private) filledImageAtPath:withOriginalSize:toSize:cacheToContext:] + 2199
24 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012c7768 -[MRImageManager retainImageForAsset:size:andTime:assetManager:key:cacheToContext:] + 2010
25 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012e8824 -[MRQCSlideImageProvider execute:time:arguments:] + 3714
26 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012e6de1 -[MRQCImageProvider cacheThyselfToContext:] + 163
27 ...pple.iLifeSlideshowRenderer 0x012ec6fd -[MRProviderCacheOperation main] + 286
28 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be2337 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 811
29 com.apple.Foundation 0x96be1f5d ____startOperations_block_invoke_2 + 94
30 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9944efc4 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 16
31 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99441292 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 228
32 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440d21 _pthread_wqthread + 390
33 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440b66 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 20:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994409b2 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440f48 _pthread_wqthread + 941
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440b66 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 21:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x994409b2 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440f48 _pthread_wqthread + 941
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x99440b66 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 18 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0xffff07a0 ebx: 0x981d9c31 ecx: 0x00000010 edx: 0xffffb9c0
edi: 0x00004640 esi: 0x0315b840 ebp: 0xb06b0b98 esp: 0xb06b0b90
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0xffff0837 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000000