Bit of a wild exaggeration...

[Convert]

Ok, copying a demo of a game from a legit CD to my Applications folder.


Please view the picture. As the bar progressed the time estimate increased. It's still going.

Any idea what to do?

 

[brianleahy]

Well hey, it should be done installing some time in early May, eh?

 

[Convert]

Well hey, it should be done installing some time in early May, eh?

I was going to agree, but then I noticed this...

 

[brianleahy]

yow. Tiger will be out before that's done installing....

 

[Convert]

yow. Tiger will be out before that's done installing....

LOL!!

3021 hours.

It's actually installing stuff, it hasn't frozen or anything, so I shall see what happens.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Sometimes, when there is a large number of files in an archive, StuffIt just completely botches the time estimation. I've noticed this with several applications (mostly Java-based applications that include a ton of small "extra" files) -- StuffIt finishes in a reasonable amount of time, but the progress bar gets "stuck" at the end uncompressing hundreds of small files, and the "time remaining" goes nuts.

 

[Viro]

If it's a zip file, you could go to the Terminal and use the unzip command. I've found that to be much much faster than StuffIt.