Applications taking too long to launch

[danakm]

For a couple of weeks now I've noticed my applications bounce for quite some time in the dock before actually launching. Any ideas as to what might be causing this?

The HDD is only a few months old (no weird clicking sounds or anything) and has plenty of free space and the RAM is plentiful too (8GB), so I have no clue as to what might be happening

 

[Krazy Bill]

What does "quite some time" mean exactly?

 

[danakm]

What does "quite some time" mean exactly?

Well, it's taking twice or three times what used to be normal before and I see no particular reason for it to be happening, which is why I'm asking for ideas as what to check/might be wrong

 

[MWPULSE]

Well, it's taking twice or three times what used to be normal before and I see no particular reason for it to be happening, which is why I'm asking for ideas as what to check/might be wrong

Any particular applications causing issues, is it internal (apple apps??) or externals? (photoshop etc?) Have you checked that they all upto date, via the mac app store, macupdate, or the software developer, could try reinstalling them, try a new account as well? It might be that your account is clogged up a bit, i know mine is, it typically takes about 1min-1.30 for itunes/safari to open.