Macbook start up Problems??

gibbo18 · Feb 24, 2008, 11:42 AM

I have a 2.2Ghz Macbook with 2Gb ram and its running 10.5.2 (update went fine) and for some time now the start up of my mac has been very long. It sometimes take in excess of 30 minutes to turn on. It waits on the grey apple screen with the apple logo and the spinning loading sign near the bottom.

Is there anything i could try without doing any major resets or reinstalls???

Thank you

wrparis · Feb 24, 2008, 11:54 AM

directly after updating to 10.5.2 and the graphics update - my macbook would not boot past the spinning wheel.

I booted via safe mode - hold down the shift key during boot. when on the logon in screen hit back button and then click restart.

Macbook now boots normal.

Other people have had problems with usb devices being connected during boot.

You can try removing all but keyboard and mouse to see if that helps.

my Imac had a problem with my external usb drive I use for time machine.

thecartoonguy · Jul 5, 2008, 09:25 PM

I had a similar problem and I ended up deleting the contents of the cache folder. There was so much crap in there it took over 20 minutes to delete. After that, all was well. Hope this helps.

MM07 · Jul 5, 2008, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecartoonguy

I had a similar problem and I ended up deleting the contents of the cache folder. There was so much crap in there it took over 20 minutes to delete. After that, all was well. Hope this helps.

How exactly did you do that?

I might need to do this as well.

thecartoonguy · Jul 27, 2009, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MM07

How exactly did you do that?

I might need to do this as well.

I just realized I did not place the steps.

You would go to the Finder, select the user name, then library. There will be a folder titled Cache. Open the folder select the entire contents.

andalusia · Jul 27, 2009, 08:33 PM

Check your startup items and make sure nothing corrupt or broken is in there.
Macintosh HD>Library>Startup Items.
Also, lots of files in there could be causing a slow startup.

How about updating to 10.5.7 and seeing if that helps?

MarkCooz · Jul 27, 2009, 08:50 PM

when this problem happened to me, I was so worried that my macbook was going to fail on me... good thing i had a backup cd of leopard
and I re-installed leopard.
and everything is fine now.

Feb 24, 2008, 11:42 AM	#1
gibbo18 macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Loughborough	Macbook start up Problems?? I have a 2.2Ghz Macbook with 2Gb ram and its running 10.5.2 (update went fine) and for some time now the start up of my mac has been very long. It sometimes take in excess of 30 minutes to turn on. It waits on the grey apple screen with the apple logo and the spinning loading sign near the bottom. Is there anything i could try without doing any major resets or reinstalls??? Thank you
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Feb 24, 2008, 11:54 AM	#2
wrparis macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	boot safe mode directly after updating to 10.5.2 and the graphics update - my macbook would not boot past the spinning wheel. I booted via safe mode - hold down the shift key during boot. when on the logon in screen hit back button and then click restart. Macbook now boots normal. Other people have had problems with usb devices being connected during boot. You can try removing all but keyboard and mouse to see if that helps. my Imac had a problem with my external usb drive I use for time machine.
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Jul 5, 2008, 09:25 PM	#3
thecartoonguy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2008	This may help I had a similar problem and I ended up deleting the contents of the cache folder. There was so much crap in there it took over 20 minutes to delete. After that, all was well. Hope this helps. __________________ Windows users laugh at my Apple but I continue to use MY APPLE while you're removing viruses, spyware or reformatting your drive....
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Jul 27, 2009, 08:33 PM	#6
andalusia macrumors 68030 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The People's Republic of Demistan	Check your startup items and make sure nothing corrupt or broken is in there. Macintosh HD>Library>Startup Items. Also, lots of files in there could be causing a slow startup. How about updating to 10.5.7 and seeing if that helps? __________________ Signature deleted.
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Jul 27, 2009, 08:50 PM	#7
MarkCooz macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: United States	when this problem happened to me, I was so worried that my macbook was going to fail on me... good thing i had a backup cd of leopard and I re-installed leopard. and everything is fine now. __________________ MacBookPro 15" AG 2.3GHz i7/750GB HDD/16GB RAM \| iPhone 5 Black/Slate
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