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os_signpost intervals

Someone reports that search results take too long to appear. Instead of printing timestamps, what would you use to measure each stage?

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With os_signpost (OSSignposter) you mark start and end intervals, then see their length and overlap on the os_signpost or Points of Interest track in Instruments, lined up with Time Profiler to find the cause.

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