Slow turn on!

baddj · May 17, 2009

Hello all.

I would like to ask what can i do and is this normal i got this macbook about 2 or so months ago and when you click on the on button i takes longer to turn on the screen and longer before it shows the apple logo and longer before it starting loading osx with that round loading thing-o. would it be that i have a lot of crap on my mac and need to format or is it something wrong with it?

NewMacbookPlz · May 17, 2009

baddj said:
Hello all.

I would like to ask what can i do and is this normal i got this macbook about 2 or so months ago and when you click on the on button i takes longer to turn on the screen and longer before it shows the apple logo and longer before it starting loading osx with that round loading thing-o. would it be that i have a lot of crap on my mac and need to format or is it something wrong with it?

The first step solve all to slowness with the Mac: Run Disc Utility and repair your permissions.

Germwise · May 17, 2009

I like being turned on slowly...

t0mat0 · May 17, 2009

#3hotwords? lol. Damned twitter...

How long - give us the different parts in seconds. How fast was it roughly in seconds previously?

baddj · May 17, 2009

t0mat0 said:
#3hotwords? lol. Damned twitter...

How long - give us the different parts in seconds. How fast was it roughly in seconds previously?

Well when i first got it when i clicked the button the screen came on about 2 secs now its about 4 to 5 secs and the apple logo came up in like 3 secs now its more like 8 secs. and the loading thing came up about 3 secs now its more like 9 secs.

VSMacOne · May 17, 2009

You're just being nit picky

unless you're looking at 1.5 to 2 minutes startup time, you've got nothing to worry about.

Still, the startup time is affected mostly by how full your HD is. So if you can back up some stuff and clear it from your HD, you should see a small improvement.

NewMacbookPlz · May 17, 2009

baddj said:
Well when i first got it when i clicked the button the screen came on about 2 secs now its about 4 to 5 secs and the apple logo came up in like 3 secs now its more like 8 secs. and the loading thing came up about 3 secs now its more like 9 secs.

Wait...dude.

That's nothing. I thought you meant like, minutes of time passed...

ebika · May 17, 2009

I rarely ever use the power button. Sleep mode is way faster than cold starts, especially if you disable hibernate.

Willis · May 17, 2009

if your that bothered, download Onyx and perform the Automation. I do it about once a month or so and good way of clearing crud off

Insulin Junkie · May 17, 2009

Concur with the user who said that it's down to you having more stuff on your HD now.

Incidentally, the title promised a more interesting thread

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