Mac OS X: QuarkXPress 5.01 Updater Slow to Finish

Quark has reported that using the QuarkXPress 5.01 Updater on a volume that contains Mac OS X may take up to two hours to complete (http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/501knownissues.html). This document offers a workaround.
Symptom

The QuarkXPress 5.01 takes one or more hours to complete when updating the QuarkXPress application on a volume that contains many hundreds of other files and folders. While not specific to Mac OS X, this includes volumes on which Mac OS X is installed. The slowdown occurs whether the update is installed in Classic or in Mac OS 9.


Solution

Move the folder containing the QuarkXPress application to a different location on the volume.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012