Is there a way to “find mystery retains” …?

Question

Recently I was repairing someone\'s code. There was a big class that would not dealloc. You\'d have to hit it with 5 or 6 releases to get it to dealloc.

I carefully

Answer 1

Instruments and its memory management stuff is your friend. Leaks and Zombies are two of the most valuable tools available. Use them.

Product -> Profile (or Cmd-I)