i have issue memory usage relating images , i've searched docs , watched videos cs193p , iphone dev site on memory mgmt , performance. i've searched online , posted on forums, still can't figure out. the app uses core data , lets user associate text picture , stores list of items in table view lets add , delete items. clicking on row shows image , related text. that's it. everything runs fine on simulator , on device well. ran analyzer , looked good, starting looking @ performance. ran leaks , looked good. issue when running object allocations every time select row , view image shown, live bytes jumps few mb , never goes down , app crashes due memory usage. sorting live bytes column, see 2 2.72mb mallocs (5.45mb total), 14 cfdatas (3.58mb total), 1 2.74mb malloc , else real small. problem related info in instruments technical , problem solving examples i've seen missing release , nothing complicated. instruments shows core data responsible library 1 ...