Instruments
The static analyzer is useful for catching issues that can be recognized at compile time. However, some problems can’t be recognized until runtime. This is where Instruments excels. The Instruments tool monitors your application while it is running and can find real issues as they are happening. Instruments is made up of several plug-ins that enable you to inspect things like what objects are allocated, where the CPU is spending its time, file I/O, network I/O, and others. Each plug-in is known as an Instrument. Together, they help you track down inefficiencies in your application and optimize your code.
When you use Instruments to monitor your application, you are profiling the application. While you can profile the application ...
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