How long does "Optimizing Your Mac" take after Installing Mavericks

A small window under spotlight says "Optimizing Your Mac." Then below it: "Performace may be impacted until completed."
How do I find out about when it finishes? And How do I know it is actually working. There is no progress bar.
Thanks
Robert
Mac Pro, Mavericks 10.9

I have the same problem. It's been 3 days now and no change on the warning box. The fact there's no progress bar is really annoying but I guess is a new trend now.
The Mavericks installation over Snow Leopard on an iMac 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo just went as smoothly as it gets but when I had to start my emails... Heck! It was **** on earth!
Good thing I put my old PPC G4 933Mhz up and running. No Intel, Just pure and simple Motorola RISC processor running Mac OSX 1.4 Tiger. This is a real mean machine.
Good luck!
NT

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