So what's this prebinding stuff anywhoo?

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cdhostagecdhostage
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in macOS edited January 2014
I've heard that prebinding makes your computer significant;y faster. I haveno idea what prebdining is. What does it do and how do I do it>?

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    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Well that's what the "Optimizing System performace" is after installing apps.
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    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by AirSluf:

    <strong> Depending on your machine, this can take awhile</strong><hr></blockquote>



    It sure can. I used Xoptimize (or something like that) to prebind everything a couple of months ago and it took almost 6 hours :eek:



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    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    So I looked on Versiontrakcer and found XOptimize and Optimize X, two separate programs that put a GUI on the update_prebinding command.



    When the Installer says "Optimizing" at the en of each installation, is that prebinding? So do I need to use these programs at all?
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    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>When the Installer says "Optimizing" at the en of each installation, is that prebinding? So do I need to use these programs at all?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>Well that's what the "Optimizing System performace" is after installing apps.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong> So do I need to use these programs at all?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well it depends. Since a lot of installers don't do it after they install then yeah if you want it to be done then use one of those apps. If you really don't care then it isn't necessary.
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    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

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    Well it depends. Since a lot of installers don't do it after they install then yeah if you want it to be done then use one of those apps. If you really don't care then it isn't necessary.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    But when an installer "optimizes" is it only prebinding the stuff related to the application it has just installed or prebinding/optimizing the whole system? If it is just doing the former then don't we need to run a general optimizer or prebinding utility (or just do it via Terminal)?



    Has anyone got strong opinions on OptimizeX (the one that has just been updated on Versiontracker today? I am thinking of using it but wonder if there is any difference between it and going the command line route (almost typed "root" then but that would have been a hideous attempt at a joke )?
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    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Retrograde:

    <strong>Has anyone got strong opinions on OptimizeX (the one that has just been updated on Versiontracker today? I am thinking of using it but wonder if there is any difference between it and going the command line route (almost typed "root" then but that would have been a hideous attempt at a joke )?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    If you decide to use it then make sure you chose the option for systems with a lot of memory. By accident I did the other one and like I said, it took 6 hours.
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