| Solving a slow app startup on MacOS |
I recently upgraded to a new version of MythTV, and that meant installing a new version of the MythTV frontend app on a bunch of Macs around the house. I downloaded the app and put it on a network drive, and then just dragged that onto the start bar on each of the Macs.
There is of course a problem with that. What happens is you create a reference when you drag something onto the start bar, and that meant the application was really slow to start on load. Specifically because the MythTV frontend app for the Mac is of course over 100 megabytes.
The solution? Copy the app to the local disk, and then drag it onto the start bar. You'd think Apple would be able to ask me if I wanted a local cache of the binary when I did the initial drag...
I'm putting this here so I remember it for next time.
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