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Boot time for new rMBP out of the box

Laserducky

Laserducky

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Hi Everyone,

Need some advice here. I just bought a new rMBP 13inch i5 2.7Ghz- 2015 model with 8gb RAM and 256 GB SSD : fresh install out of the box.

It works quite fast once booted but the cold boot time is about 27 seconds from the time I press the power button till I see the desktop. Is this normal ?

To be more detailed, after I press the power button, I get a black screen for about 8-10 seconds and then the white apple logo shows up against the black screen and hereon, its quire fast.

My late 2013 iMac with 8gb RAM and 1TB Fusion Drive (Running Yosemite) takes about 14 seconds from the moment I press the power button till I see the desktop so I was hoping that this new machine would be faster.....

Thanks in advance !!!
 
Laserducky said:
Hi Everyone,

Need some advice here. I just bought a new rMBP 13inch i5 2.7Ghz- 2015 model with 8gb RAM and 256 GB SSD : fresh install out of the box.

It works quite fast once booted but the cold boot time is about 27 seconds from the time I press the power button till I see the desktop. Is this normal ?

To be more detailed, after I press the power button, I get a black screen for about 8-10 seconds and then the white apple logo shows up against the black screen and hereon, its quire fast.

My late 2013 iMac with 8gb RAM and 1TB Fusion Drive (Running Yosemite) takes about 14 seconds from the moment I press the power button till I see the desktop so I was hoping that this new machine would be faster.....

Thanks in advance !!!
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Go to System Preferences → Startup Disk and select Macintosh HD (or whatever your boot drive is).

Then restart and post back any differences in boot times.
 
yjchua95 said:
Go to System Preferences → Startup Disk and select Macintosh HD (or whatever your boot drive is).

Then restart and post back any differences in boot times.
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I did that but no difference in boot time.
 
This right here, is a PRIME example of a first world problem. I actually did not think this was a serious post........but.......but it is.
 
Try zapping the NVRAM and/or resetting the SMC.

I was having some weirdness when switching resolutions. It would take nearly 42 seconds to switch resolutions for some odd reason. Reset the SMC and boom, back to normal.
 
Meister said:
20 seconds isn't exactly long.
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Agreed, 20 seconds isn't a deal breaker ...I just wanted to know whether that's normal for this class of Macs, thats all ..as I've seen some people claim that they get their's to boot in 10 seconds or even less ....... thanks for your input :)

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shockedimpy said:
This right here, is a PRIME example of a first world problem. I actually did not think this was a serious post........but.......but it is.
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Thanks for your invaluable inputs.

Yes, this is a first world problem but I would still like to get to the bottom of it (if possible). I'm not a Mac guru so that's why I thought someone here could weigh in on this and let me know whether its an issue or or not.
 
shockedimpy said:
This right here, is a PRIME example of a first world problem. I actually did not think this was a serious post........but.......but it is.
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Isn't nearly everything on this forum a "first world problem," by definition?

Greg
 
I have the 2014 model with 2.6i5/128GB/8GB, and it takes 11 seconds.
 
If you

Laserducky said:
Agreed, 20 seconds isn't a deal breaker ...I just wanted to know whether that's normal for this class of Macs, thats all ..as I've seen some people claim that they get their's to boot in 10 seconds or even less ....... thanks for your input :)

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Thanks for your invaluable inputs.

Yes, this is a first world problem but I would still like to get to the bottom of it (if possible). I'm not a Mac guru so that's why I thought someone here could weigh in on this and let me know whether its an issue or or not.
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Migrated a lot of data over when you set it up it will be indexing for some time maybe several hours and everytime you close it you interrupt and it has to go again.

This will cause boot times to lengthen and other issues with battery life and even lag; leave it on and plugged in over night and then retry in the morning.
 
So how do you measure boot time? With a stop watch? And if you have FileVault installed, do you start counting after you enter your password?
 
ABC5S said:
MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch 16 GB ram 256 SSD, 8 to 11 seconds boot each, and every time.
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Is this the time from the moment you press the power button to the point you see the desktop ?
 
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