quicksilver has become a gigantic memory hog!

[shaunk...@gmail.com]

i haven't changed anything in the last couple of days in QS, but all
of a sudden, it's memory usage has been floating between 200 and 500mb
or more. i've rebooted, removed plugins i'm not using, trimmed down
my catalog trying to fix it but nothing gives.

i read the documentation on the blacktree site, and it said to sample
qs in the activity monitor, which I did. I have no idea how to
interpret the results, though. i'm running a macbook 2x2ghz with 2g
ram, osx tiger.

any ideas?

[guerom00]

If you use it, look if you don't have huge things in the clipboard
history...

[Howard Melman]

From the FAQ in the user guide:
http://mysite.verizon.net/hmelman/Quicksilver.pdf

Quicksilver uses lots of memory, cpu or hangs:
Quicksilver keeps the entire index in memory and scans the catalog
sources regularly. Usually when it uses too many resources it’s
because the catalog is configured too large. The default ~/Documents/
source is configured to a depth of 2, if you create a custom source
of infinite depth it will make the catalog large. Also if you
configure a source for your home directory (~) it will probably scan
many unnecessary files (~/Library, etc.). This is also why your music
and pictures aren’t in the global catalog and should be accessed via
the iTunes and iPhoto plug-ins which require you to type → to get
into your music files and photos.

Also if you have network drives configured to be scanned that can
make the catalog large or take a while. Note the Find All
Applications catalog source (in the Applications set) will scan your
entire machine, including network drives for applications. A
comfortable size for your catalog will vary based on the capabilities
of your computer, I try to keep my catalog below 5000 items.

Also, if you have the Clipboard Module plug-in installed and
configured in the Clipboard Preferences to Capture History you might
have large clippings in the history. This would cause Quicksilver to
use lots of memory and perhaps lots of CPU at startup. The clipboard
history is stored in the following file:

~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Shelves/
QSPasteboardHistory.qsshelf

you can check it’s size. I have my clipboard history set to 100 and
the file is 512KB. To clear it you can use the clear button in the
Clipboard History panel or while Quicksilver is not running, delete
the above file.

If you open the drawer for catalog sources, in the Contents tab
you’ll find all the items found for that source. Clicking on the
headings in this tab will sort the list. Large catalog sources (500
or more) will take a long time to sort and use lots of memory. If I
accidently sort my Documents with 2000 items I ultimately force quit
Quicksilver since it uses 60-80% CPU and several hundred MB of real
memory. Be careful as the sort order applies globally. If you sort a
small source it works fine, if you then (even accidently) click on a
large source it will eat up resources. A Quicksilver restart resets
the contents tab to be unsorted.

[Griffin Caprio]

Hi all,

I'm using the wonderful B55 build from Alcor ( thanks Alcor! ) and I
can't seem to get the Social Bookmarks plugin to work. It installs
correctly, but when I go to configure the catalog, QS crashes.

Anyone else seeing this?

- Griffin