---------- Original message ---------- Subject: what does "optimizing" mean during OS installation? Date: Wednesday, 01. June 2011 From: "ah...clem" <[email protected]> To: "G-Group" <[email protected]> > when an OS installation is performed, near the end of the process a > message appears saying something like, "optimizing the installation > for your system." does anyone know exactly what the installer is > doing during that time?
My guess always was that it is a filesystem and/or file optimization only. Has nothing to do with hardware whatsoever. May well be just a phrase, only to avoid saying "removing temporary files" and "creating configuration files" and so on. But I'm not the expert. I'm just guessing here. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
