diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/AbstractProgramLoader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/AbstractProgramLoader.java
index 656f5fa795..0d86795be9 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/AbstractProgramLoader.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/AbstractProgramLoader.java
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractProgramLoader implements Loader {
 		int id = prog.startTransaction("Set program properties");
 		boolean success = false;
 		try {
-			setProgramProperties(prog, settings.provider(), getName());
+			setProgramProperties(prog, settings.provider(), getName(), settings.monitor());
 			try {
 				if (shouldSetImageBase(prog, imageBase)) {
 					prog.setImageBase(imageBase, true);
@@ -327,17 +327,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractProgramLoader implements Loader {
 	 * @param prog {@link Program} (with active transaction)
 	 * @param provider {@link ByteProvider} that the program was created from
 	 * @param executableFormatName executable format string
+	 * @param monitor The {@link TaskMonitor}
 	 * @throws IOException if error reading from ByteProvider
 	 */
 	public static void setProgramProperties(Program prog, ByteProvider provider,
-			String executableFormatName) throws IOException {
+			String executableFormatName, TaskMonitor monitor) throws IOException {
 		prog.setExecutablePath(provider.getAbsolutePath());
 		if (executableFormatName != null) {
 			prog.setExecutableFormat(executableFormatName);
 		}
 		FSRL fsrl = provider.getFSRL();
-		String md5 =
-			(fsrl != null && fsrl.getMD5() != null) ? fsrl.getMD5() : computeBinaryMD5(provider);
+		String md5;
+		monitor.setIndeterminate(true);
+		if (fsrl != null && fsrl.getMD5() != null) {
+			md5 = fsrl.getMD5();
+		}
+		else {
+			monitor.setMessage("Computing MD5...");
+			md5 = computeBinaryMD5(provider);
+		}
 		if (fsrl != null) {
 			if (fsrl.getMD5() == null) {
 				fsrl = fsrl.withMD5(md5);
@@ -345,8 +353,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractProgramLoader implements Loader {
 			FSRL.writeToProgramInfo(prog, fsrl);
 		}
 		prog.setExecutableMD5(md5);
+
+		monitor.setMessage("Computing SHA256...");
 		String sha256 = computeBinarySHA256(provider);
 		prog.setExecutableSHA256(sha256);
+
+		monitor.setIndeterminate(false);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LoaderService.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LoaderService.java
index cf6af173ac..963f04bd05 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LoaderService.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LoaderService.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class LoaderService {
 		for (Loader loader : getAllLoaders()) {
 			if (loaderFilter.test(loader)) {
 				if (!loader.isFallback()) {
-					tryLoadSpecs(loader, provider, loaderMap);
+					tryLoadSpecs(loader, provider, loaderMap, monitor);
 				}
 				else {
 					fallback.add(loader);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class LoaderService {
 				.map(Loader::getName)
 				.anyMatch(Predicate.not(BinaryLoader.BINARY_NAME::equals));
 		if (!matches) {
-			fallback.forEach(loader -> tryLoadSpecs(loader, provider, loaderMap));
+			fallback.forEach(loader -> tryLoadSpecs(loader, provider, loaderMap, monitor));
 		}
 
 		return loaderMap;
@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ public class LoaderService {
 	 * @param loader The {@link Loader} to query
 	 * @param provider The {@link ByteProvider} to load from
 	 * @param loaderMap The {@link LoaderMap} to populate with discovered {@link LoadSpec}s
+	 * @param monitor The {@link TaskMonitor}
 	 */
-	private static void tryLoadSpecs(Loader loader, ByteProvider provider, LoaderMap loaderMap) {
+	private static void tryLoadSpecs(Loader loader, ByteProvider provider, LoaderMap loaderMap,
+			TaskMonitor monitor) {
 		try {
+			monitor.setMessage("Trying loader: " + loader.getName());
+			monitor.setIndeterminate(true);
 			Collection<LoadSpec> loadSpecs = loader.findSupportedLoadSpecs(provider);
 			if (!CollectionUtils.isBlank(loadSpecs)) {
 				loaderMap.put(loader, loadSpecs);
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ public class LoaderService {
 			Msg.error(LoaderService.class, "Unexpected Loader exception from " + loader.getName(),
 				e);
 		}
+		finally {
+			monitor.setIndeterminate(false);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/FileFormats/src/main/java/ghidra/file/formats/ios/prelink/MachoPrelinkFileSystem.java b/Ghidra/Features/FileFormats/src/main/java/ghidra/file/formats/ios/prelink/MachoPrelinkFileSystem.java
index 962c82ec5d..603ec9009e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/FileFormats/src/main/java/ghidra/file/formats/ios/prelink/MachoPrelinkFileSystem.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/FileFormats/src/main/java/ghidra/file/formats/ios/prelink/MachoPrelinkFileSystem.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class MachoPrelinkFileSystem extends GFileSystemBase implements GFileSyst
 				new MessageLog(), monitor);
 
 			AbstractProgramLoader.setProgramProperties(program, providerWrapper,
-				MachoLoader.MACH_O_NAME);
+				MachoLoader.MACH_O_NAME, monitor);
 			program.setExecutablePath(file.getPath()); // override the value set by AbstractProgramLoader.setProgramProperties
 
 			if (file.equals(systemKextFile)) {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/mem/FileBytesAdapterV0.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/mem/FileBytesAdapterV0.java
index a330d3e4dd..857e31e3b4 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/mem/FileBytesAdapterV0.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/database/mem/FileBytesAdapterV0.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ class FileBytesAdapterV0 extends FileBytesAdapter {
 			monitor.initialize(size);
 		}
 
+		monitor.setMessage("Creating file bytes...");
+
 		int maxBufSize = getMaxBufferSize();
 		int bufCount = (int) (size / maxBufSize);
 		int sizeLastBuf = (int) (size % maxBufSize);