How can I find out how much memory my c++ app is using on the Mac

Question

Certain operations in my app are using more memory than I think they should, and I would like to log the current memory usage to help identify which they are.

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Answer 1

You can give a try to mallocDebug function : http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/DOCUMENTATION/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/FindingPatterns.html.