Boot up problem w/ MBP

[jadedxsyn]

I recently noticed that it's been taking a bit long for my MBP to boot up. It'll stay on that white screen w/ the Apple & have that circular 'loading' image for a bit, then the blue screen for a bit longer, & finally my log-in screen.

Any suggestions on what might be wrong?

 

[jadedxsyn]

All suggestions are welcome! I'm rather new to Macs so all help is appreciated!

 

[kelvin805]

I dunno, try leaving it on for a couple nights and see if apple will run the clean up scripts for you, the cron scripts I think, maybe that might help?

 

[jadedxsyn]

Ok, I'll try that

What exactly are the scripts going to look like? I'll try and Google a bit more to find out, lol.

Thanks

 

[darrenscerri]

1) Run the Mac OS X maintenance scripts by:
- open Terminal (Mac HD -> Applications -> Utilities)
- type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
- enter your administrator password

2) Repair Hard Drive Permissions
- open Disk Utility (Mac HD -> Applications -> Utilities)
- go to your Mac HD
- click on Repair Disk Permissions

Voila! Hope it works.

 

[macrem]

1) Run the Mac OS X maintenance scripts by:
- open Terminal (Mac HD -> Applications -> Utilities)
- type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
- enter your administrator password

That's normally found in /usr/sbin/periodic (which should already be in your default path so 'periodic' works from anywhere).