What is it doing?

Since I did not use my computer last week to download any updates, I began today, looking forward to Beta 5. I downloaded an update of 45 meg and then it downloaded 2 gig of updates as I expected from reading all the discussions. The windows installer came up and appeared to be installing an update and then I saw a screen "Preparing your library this may take a while". I paused indexing for 4 hours because I know there is an update coming later to download and then index, so why would I want to index now.

That's why I paused indexing for 4 hours. Still I see "the Preparing your library this may take a while". So, if it is not indexing because it tells me indexing will resume in 3 hours and 52 minutes, then what is it doing? Or have I done something to conflict with normal operation? I don't want to index before the next update and I don't know if I can safely turn off my computer while it is apparently doing something.

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BillS

Hi Joan,

I'm not sure you can keep it from indexing in between downloads to get you current... Seems like a waste of time to me, too, but AFAIK that's how it works.

If you're lobbying for the installer to smart enough to know that, I'd add my vote to yours.

Bill

Juanita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17130#Comment_17130

I know Logos is trying to work out some kind of user options regarding when to update, index, etc.

Right now, I am trying to cooperate with the program. It just began indexing my 1,067 resources and then it either stopped that or is continuing that while it also tells me it is downloading 440 meg of resources. Can it download resources and index at the same time?

Juanita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17136#Comment_17136

It does give me the choice of Install Update or Cancel download. I understand what cancel download does but I do not understand why it would give me a choice now of installing an update when it is downloading updates? Apparently, it paused indexing because it is not giving me the choice to pause indexing for 4 hours.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17141#Comment_17141

It does give me the choice of Install Update or Cancel download. I understand what cancel download does but I do not understand why it would give me a choice now of installing an update when it is downloading updates? Apparently, it paused indexing because it is not giving me the choice to pause indexing for 4 hours.

Indexing is turned off automatically once a resource download starts (because the system realises that it will need to be redone once the resources are installed). "Install Update" installs all updates that have downloaded so far, even if more are still downloading; it's best to wait until downloading has finished (at which point a balloon tip will tell you that all the updates are ready), then choose Install Update.

Juanita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17163#Comment_17163

Yes, thanks, Bradley. I'll get the hang of this yet. So, "preparing your library" refers to installing the update, not indexing. Now it is indexing. But if there is an update yet to come, I am going to stop indexing.

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17179#Comment_17179

Arrrrgh. My indexing just got cancelled by another Update to install.

Grrr.

Tom Reynolds

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/17163#Comment_17163

Indexing is turned off automatically once a resource download starts (because the system realises that it will need to be redone once the resources are installed). "Install Update" installs all updates that have downloaded so far, even if more are still downloading; it's best to wait until downloading has finished (at which point a balloon tip will tell you that all the updates are ready), then choose Install Update.

Really because today when it downloaded 400+MB the number of items still to index after it had finished was considerably less than it was before I paused indexing prior to that download being started. We're talking almost 1000 items less. Perhaps it was just displaying things erroneously.

Tom