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December 11, 2006

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Install twice (or more), optimize once

Posted Dec. 11, ’06, 8:11 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Tips

multpkgs.jpgFrom the I-didn’t-know-that Department (it’s actually quite large), comes this little tidbit: did you know that you can launch multiple installer packages at once? If you open several different .pkgs, OS X’s Installer will install them sequentially and then—here’s the kicker—only running system optimiziation once, potentially saving you a bundle of time. I mean, c’mon, how many times in your life have you stared at that little candy-striped bar as the optimization inches its way up to 100%?

In some ways, this is kind of a no-brainer, as the Software Update service basically does the same thing. But, here’s another little trick: you can even launch a second (or third, or fourth) installer package while the first one is installing. The installer will queue it and still only run system optimization once.

In fact, I’m going to go install twenty apps just so I can see this at work. I’m just that kind of guy. What? Yeah, that kind of guy. Crazy.

[via Daring Fireball]


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