If your property is defined as retain in your header, you are claiming ownership for it and so it needs to be released in your dealloc method. This is covered

If your property is defined as retain in your header, you are claiming ownership for it and so it needs to be released in your dealloc method. This is covered in the basic Memory Management doc http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmPractical.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004447-SW11 http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/...