TrimTheFat, awesome application!

[Xax]

hey, i just recently found out about a application called trimthefat, http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882, which trims the unused code in an universal binary, and thus saves disk space and loading times, and it even accelerates the program!

i tried it with the final cut studio 5.1 suite and even with camino, it stripped out a quarter of the whole app file

try it and report your findings!

ps: why dont they just release apps with either intel or ppc code? the load times are lightning!

 

[Danksi]

hey, i just recently found out about a application called trimthefat, http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882, which trims the unused code in an universal binary, and thus saves disk space and loading times, and it even accelerates the program!

i tried it with the final cut studio 5.1 suite and even with camino, it stripped out a quarter of the whole app file

try it and report your findings!

ps: why dont they just release apps with either intel or ppc code? the load times are lightning!

Are you running a PPC or Intel based Mac?

Interested to know how much faster you think FC-Studio 5.1 was without the 'fat'. Also did you do it for all the apps, or just Final Cut Pro?

 

[Oryan]

why dont they just release apps with either intel or ppc code? the load times are lightning!

Because then they would have to deal with customers who bought the wrong version.

 

[Danksi]

Because then they would have to deal with customers who bought the wrong version.

... also production and packaging costs would basically double I guess.

 

[Xax]

i run a 2.0ghz macbook pro with 1gb of ram

i did not do tests with a stopwatch but it appeared to load a lot faster and i did it on camino, adium, and the fcs suite.

ill run it through all of my universal applications.

 

[emw]

Didn't someone come out with a similar application for the 68K to PPC switch? It's a good idea as long as it's done right - no sense having a lot of extra code that you don't need hanging around.

I could see where potentially it might improve load times, but I don't know why it would impact performance in general except perhaps to free up some memory.

 

[apunkrockmonk]

They could release both versions on the same dvd and in the same package. The installer would then decide which version to install.

 

[dpaanlka]

Didn't someone come out with a similar application for the 68K to PPC switch?

Yes, although it only worked one way. It only stripped PowerPC code on a 68k machine... because obviously a lot of 68k code still had to run on PowerPC machines.