Simply ensure that the operating system core dump file ends with the dmp suffix for visibility in the mat open heap dump selection.
Mat memory analyzer mac os x.
Memoryanalyzer the eclipse memory analyzer is a fast and feature rich java heap analyzer that helps you find memory leaks and reduce memory consumption.
To run activity monitor open the utilities folder in your applications folder.
It also contains more details if you are running on mac os x.
It is also common to zip core dumps because they are so large and compress.
Hex editors string extraction tools search tools and file carvers are all useful for extracting data.
It is useful if you do not want to install a full fledged ide on the system you are running the heap analysis.
Swt cannot be used with os x jre version 1 6 mac osx only os x jre version 1 6 assumes that pointers have a size of 64 bits but swt s carbon port only uses 32 bit pointers so swt and eclipse cannot be used with os x jre version 1 6.
The memory analyzer chart feature is optional.
There are currently very few tools to analyze physical memory dumps from mac os x machines.
If you run a 64bit vm then all native parts also must be 64bit.
How to run on 64bit vm while the native swt are 32bit.
The stand alone memory analyzer is based on eclipse rcp.
The chart feature requires the birt chart engine version 2 3 0 or greater.
To display each different type of usage click the buttons.
The workaround is to use an earlier supported version of the os x jre.
As long as the user has logged in as an administrator a memory capture tool can be run.
In addition the memory can be dumped in different formats using different offsets and this may make some investigating tools useless.
Collecting and analyzing ram on a mac is not surprisingly different than it is on a windows machine.
If you are running the memory analyzer inside your eclipse sdk you need to edit the eclipse ini file.
On linux and mac os x you can also use jmap that comes with jdk 5.
Tools like macquisition can assist examiners in acquiring ram from mac computers.
On a windows machine running a live memory capture is normally fairly easy.
Mac snow leopard offers an application called the activity monitor which is designed to show you just how hard your cpu hard drives network equipment and memory modules are working behind the scenes.
