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Interesting. I am a developer for about +30 years from the classic mas OS 9 up to the latest macOS26 and I my experience macOS26 has very little issues with memory leaks. In fact, the last couple macOS versions are insanely good in detecting unreleased memory addresses. Even for badly writing apps, it covers those leaks not directly related to macOS itself. It's even hard to code an app with Swift that does leak memory.

So, unless you just shouting, it would be awesome if you can share some recordings with Instruments/Leaks profiles so we can take a look at it.
So often a poster has an issue and instantly believes everyone else is having the same issue when in fact is is specific to something unusual the user is doing. I see this all the time. Thank you for your rebuttal.
 
So often a poster has an issue and instantly believes everyone else is having the same issue when in fact is is specific to something unusual the user is doing. I see this all the time. Thank you for your rebuttal.
Not sure what you try say here. But a memory leak is ... well .. a memory leak and it is detectable with Instruments/Leaks. It doesn't matter what is causing it. Claiming that macOS26 has a lot of memory leak issues, is easy to shout out. But some proof would be great, not?
Mostly people who say 'it has memory leaks' doesn't even know what a memory leak is. Nuff said ..
 
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