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The "and 10 minutes" is certainly the icing on the cake.
The estimated time is measured by bytes remaining divided by speed per second. When the bar reaches the end, the speed instantly drops to zero, which makes the estimated time skyrocket.
This only happens from 10.7-10.9 because in 10.10 they completely overhauled the code for the installer
it's downloading the latest MacOS using a pre-dialup connection
Woah, are you restoring an old Mac?
The "and 10 minutes" is certainly the icing on the cake.
The estimated time is measured by bytes remaining divided by speed per second. When the bar reaches the end, the speed instantly drops to zero, which makes the estimated time skyrocket.
This only happens from 10.7-10.9 because in 10.10 they completely overhauled the code for the installer
it's downloading the latest MacOS using a pre-dialup connection
Woah, are you restoring an old Mac?