OS X :: "Preference Sync Client" Eating RAM - Crashing Randomly
Jul 12, 2008
I am running 10.5.4 now, did iTunes 7.7 update and the MobileMe update.
However, the problem occured before all that, I think it first occured after my first .mac sync on this machine (Macbook 2.16, 2GB Ram)
What is happening now is that sometimes a process called Preference Sync client eats all my RAM (up to 1GB real and 2GB virtual) and crashes randomly.
I can't tell what could be the reason for this...?
Maybe anyone has an idea.
I tried permissions and restart etc. Always occurs again.
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File is located here:/System/Library/CoreServices/PreferenceSyncClient.app/Contents/MacOS/PreferenceSyncClient
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Any ideas of where to start looking to solve this problem?
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Process: Safari [25178]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier: com.apple.Safari
Version: 4.0.3 (6531.9)
Build Info: WebBrowser-65310900~1
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [81]
Date/Time: 2009-10-08 21:52:02.378 -0500
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Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 7702 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 7702 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 7DF2FDEB-A1BE-4FAF-944D-AEE3B53A55C5
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Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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