I woke up this morning and my system was running a little sluggish, turns out that this:
root 25226 0.0 0.3 14444 988 ?? SNs 7:22AM 0:00.22 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding
is taking up valuable system resources. I know what prebindings are in terms of OSX, but why is fix_prebindings being run? and why have I not noticed it until now?
any thoughts? 'cuz I'm at a loss on this one.
UPDATE:
Sometimes typing "man fix_prebinding" is all the help you need
Description
fix_prebinding is a daemon for correcting out-of-date prebinding hints in
binaries. fix_prebinding is launched on demand by mach_init in response
to messages from dyld that an application could not be launched correctly
prebound. fix_prebinding examines each binary and library for correct
prebinding hints; if any are found to be out of date, the hints are
updated and the file is changed.
These hints are used by the dynamic loader to launch processes prebound,
eliminating the need to look up dynamically linked symbols. If these
hints are out-of-date, the dynamic linker instead must lookup referenced
symbols. As a result, the application may launch from 10-30% slower.
fix_prebinding is primarily intended for applications not installed via
Apple's Installer. Files that are installed via drag-and-drop would have
incorrect prebinding hints for the current system, so fix_prebinding
instead can touch the binaries up on first or second launch. Future
launches will be faster because of the correct hints. Only binaries on
the current root volume will be re-prebound. Mach-O binaries installed
via the Installer would be touched up during the "Optimizing System Per-
formance" phase of installation, and would normally not cause fix_pre-
binding to be invoked.
If update_prebinding is running, fix_prebinding will ignore any re-pre-
binding notifications.