Update the prebinding in the Terminal Window

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Update the prebinding in the Terminal Window

When I was on OSX10.3 on my PPC Macs, I would enter the following command line to update my prebinding:

sudo update_prebinding -root / -force

Now with my MacPro on OSX10.4.11, that command is no longer recognized. Is there a new command?

MacPro 2.66, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 9gRAM+2x500GB HDs+750GB HD

Posted on May 18, 2009 12:25 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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May 18, 2009 1:23 PM in response to John Luke1

Hi John,

sudo update_prebinding -root / -force

works here on mine, but it's a PPC G4.

I vaguely remember something about the need for pre-binding being degraded, and APPs either coming prebound or doing it the first time they're run.

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Answer 2

Király

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May 18, 2009 1:27 PM in response to John Luke1

It works for me too, running Leopard. But I'm also on a G4. Maybe someone with an Intel Mac will chime in.

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Answer 3

May 18, 2009 3:06 PM in response to John Luke1

There is no reason to update prebinding. This procedure was never intended for end users. It is considered unnecessary for any system since OS X v10.3.4. Furthermore, to the extent it is useful at all, it is completely automatic.

Here is what Apple says: [Prebinding Your Application |http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/LaunchTime/Art icles/Prebinding.html]. This is a technical document, aimed at developers, but see the first few paragraphs and the very last paragraph.

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