Unusual IJFR installer behavior (the good kind) in Mac OS 10.6.8-Just curious, no problems.
Tim Lookingbill
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Was curious what magical installer you used for installing IJFR on my 2010 Mac Mini. Something happened that didn't make since in the process. First the install was faster than any I've ever encountered on a computer. Also it asked me to enter my User Password (don't understand why). After the quick install, it told me it needed to quit all applications (had Safari, Photoshop and Bridge open at the time) and restart. Here's the strange part...
It restarted so much faster than if I'ld restarted using the traditional Apple menu option holding down the Option key. It was almost instantaneous. It went to blue screen as it always does in a first startup from shutdown and normal restart and then the desktop just popped back up with icons ready to go. It usually takes a lot more time to do this.
Not sure but the general behavior of my entire system including third party apps feels more snappier and quicker.
What's going on and why did this happen after installing IJFR?
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Support Staff 2 Posted by Michael Tapes Design on 11 Sep, 2011 03:25 PM
Hi Tim,
The install is fast because there is only a small service to install. Because it is a service and not an app, you need to log our and log back in for the new service to take hold. So the app does this for you. The quick re-boot, is not a re-boot it is simply logging in again.
So all is as it should be :>)
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3 Posted by Tim Lookingbill on 11 Sep, 2011 05:02 PM
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the explanation. I guess I don't know as much about Mac OS Snow Leopard as I thought I did. I don't know the difference or what happens under the Mac OS hood with regard to a "service" as opposed to an app/installer. Never heard of "service" before in reference to the Mac OS.
I was thinking "pre-binding" was ocurring during the IJFR install to make the Mac OS and third party apps seem more snappier and quick to start. I'm reminded of the same behavior with disk caching when quitting and restarting an app. Bridge takes about 10 seconds to load (disk caching?) with the a momentary spinning Beachball right after restarting or first booting the computer. When I quit and restart Bridge, it loads instantaneously which I'm assuming accounts for the snappier feel.
Does this "service" installer optimize system caching of any sort?
Thanks again for getting back to me on this.
Tim
Support Staff 4 Posted by Michael Tapes Design on 12 Sep, 2011 04:10 PM
The service is an extension to the OS that allows the IJFR functionality to appear within the context menu. It will not affect anything else. Thanks.
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