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		ralfd on May 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's iOS is "deceptively fast" Are you sure? I always thought OS X would just go through the installed .pkg packages and check for new versions on Apples Servers, which would make it easy to have a sense of the tasks done and ahead. The 10.5.3 Update also has a release note about the progress bar: "Improves the accuracy of the Software Update progress bar indicator." http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1141?viewlocale=en_US&loca...

hollerith on May 31, 2012 [–]

Well, it's still pretty useless for predicting how long the update will take in 10.7.4.

ralfd on May 31, 2012 | [–]

Oh, well. That is true. ^^

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