I just installed it and so far so good. I haven't seen any difference yet though.

CharlesVan do you honestly expect most people to understand your advise let alone follow it? I would consider myself at least somewhat savvy in OS X and I have no idea what 'update prebinding in MOX Optimize' means. The poster that asked the question, has 6 posts, and want's to know if he should upgrade to 10.2.4? Do you actually think his level of geekiness is great enough to understand yours? I'm saying this somewhat tongue in cheek, however I think it would be benificial if you were to cater your responses to the question posted rather than flaunt your intellect. Now if you could enlighten me, how and why would one update the prebinding in MOX Optimize? thanks

macjam... i'd explain it to you but i'd run the risk of flaunting my intellect. gimme a break. i'm only trying to help. if you don't understand, just ask... without insulting. (From a fellow Canuck no less!)

Mojo... you Run Disk Permissions because permissions always get screwed up after software and OS upgrades. It's a "feature" of OS X... I don't try to understand why, I just repair permissions on a regular basis. You can find it in Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>First Aid.

You should run DeLocalizer because the update adds a lot of language files that you don't need. You can find it at www.versiontracker.com

While you're there, download MOX Optimize as well and it'll allow you to easily perform "update prebinding," which optimizes the system. Software Update already performed this step when installing 10.2.4 but I found everything to be sluggish after the install, which is why I used MOX Optimize to do the prebinding again. Everything ran smoother afterwards.

More on "update prebinding"...

"Optimizing" refers to the execution of a process called "update_prebinding," which allows applications to open faster by precalculating the address information of system data the applications use. This optimization is performed on the Mac OS X startup disk when Apple updates certain system components."

Um, guys, the "Optimizing System Performance" process in the Mac OS X Installer updates the prebindings. There's no need to do it again after you install something.

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Not only that, but there's a fix_prebinding process that the system runs in the background periodically whether you know it or not. At least in 10.2 or later.

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Hmm...maybe that's why the Optimizing System Performance never lasts as long as it did in Mac OS X 10.1.

When I used the Installer in 10.1, the Optimize... took longer than installing the software. In 10.2, it's really fast.

Well, you learn something new every day.