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Lion slow to boot?

slow to boot

3/10/12 6:33:32.000 PM bootlog: BOOT_TIME 1331426012 0
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: PMAP: PCID enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Darwin Kernel Version 11.3.0: Thu Jan 12 18:47:41 PST 2012; root:xnu-1699.24.23~1/RELEASE_X86_64
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: vm_page_bootstrap: 3043850 free pages and 85494 wired pages
3/10/12 6:33:44.536 PM UserEventAgent: starting CaptiveNetworkSupport as SystemEventAgent built Jun 13 2011 17:29:21
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: kext submap [0xffffff7f8072f000 - 0xffffff8000000000], kernel text [0xffffff8000200000 - 0xffffff800072f000]
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: zone leak detection enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: mig_table_max_displ = 73
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: TSC Deadline Timer supported and enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=2 LocalApicId=2 Enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=3 LocalApicId=4 Enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=4 LocalApicId=6 Enabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=5 LocalApicId=255 Disabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=6 LocalApicId=255 Disabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=7 LocalApicId=255 Disabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=8 LocalApicId=255 Disabled
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: calling mpo_policy_init for Sandbox
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt sandbox policy (Sandbox)
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: calling mpo_policy_init for Quarantine
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Security policy loaded: Quarantine policy (Quarantine)
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: MAC Framework successfully initialized
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: using 16384 buffer headers and 10240 cluster IO buffer headers
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: PFM64 (36 cpu) 0xf10000000, 0xf0000000
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: [ PCI configuration begin ]
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: Turbo Ratios 1378
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: (built 18:56:37 Jan 12 2012) initialization complete
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: console relocated to 0xf10010000
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: PCI configuration changed (bridge=16 device=4 cardbus=0)
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 12 devices 17 ]
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: mbinit: done [96 MB total pool size, (64/32) split]
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID a4b197fffe008562; max speed s800.
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 000000009833 0x5ac 0x8403 0x9833
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: ath_get_caps[4037] rx chainmask mismatch actual 7 sc_chainmak 0
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.048770: ath_get_caps[4012] tx chainmask mismatch actual 7 sc_chainmak 0
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053621: Atheros: mac 448.3 phy 1181.14 radio 0.0
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053631: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053638: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053645: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053651: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053658: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053664: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053735: wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x3b2de610, opmode=IEEE80211_M_STA, flags=0x1
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053777: wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x3b2de610, opmode=IEEE80211_M_STA, flags=0x1.
3/10/12 6:33:44.983 PM UserEventAgent: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no BSD interface name found for object 12295
3/10/12 6:33:44.983 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCCopyWiFiDevices:388 WiFi Device Name == NULL
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: 1.053871: start[1012] sc->sc_inuse_cnt is at offset: 203c, sizeof(_sc->sc_ic) is 25e8
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 94683720-6B29-3419-85AC-1AC9677C27E6
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchSeriesAHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST3500418AS Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: Kernel is LP64
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 9QM3YGKZ 0xbc2 0x3000 0x0
3/10/12 6:33:44.000 PM kernel: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): DEF108524867 0x4b4 0x6830 0x1
3/10/12 6:33:33.921 PM com.apple.launchd: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
3/10/12 6:33:44.227 PM com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.sandboxd) Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
3/10/12 6:33:45.004 PM UserEventAgent: CertsKeychainMonitor: configuring
3/10/12 6:33:45.000 PM kernel: BCM5701Enet: Ethernet address 3c:07:54:0e:75:92
3/10/12 6:33:45.000 PM kernel: AirPort_AtherosNewma40: Ethernet address e4:ce:8f:65:0d:cb
3/10/12 6:33:45.000 PM kernel: IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification
3/10/12 6:33:45.000 PM kernel: IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished():
3/10/12 6:33:46.185 PM airportd: _processDLILEvent: en1 attached (down)
3/10/12 6:33:46.000 PM kernel: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
3/10/12 6:33:46.000 PM kernel: 14.490365: setDISASSOC from ATH_INTERFACE_CLASS disconnectVap
3/10/12 6:33:46.000 PM kernel: 14.490382: switchVap from 1 to 1
3/10/12 6:33:46.227 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CreateInterfaceWatchList:2788 WiFi Devices Found. :)
3/10/12 6:33:46.227 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
3/10/12 6:33:46.228 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
3/10/12 6:33:46.234 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
3/10/12 6:33:46.236 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
3/10/12 6:33:46.859 PM configd: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
3/10/12 6:33:46.859 PM configd: DHCP en1: INIT transmit failed
3/10/12 6:33:46.000 PM kernel: Previous Shutdown Cause: 5
3/10/12 6:33:46.878 PM configd: network configuration changed.
3/10/12 6:33:46.881 PM configd: setting hostname to "Davids-iMac.local"
3/10/12 6:33:47.000 PM kernel: 15.292296: performCountryCodeOperation: Not connected, scan in progress[0]
3/10/12 6:33:47.000 PM kernel: 15.292310: performCountryCodeOperation: No scan in progress, disconnect VAP
3/10/12 6:33:47.000 PM kernel: 15.292321: setDISASSOC from ATH_INTERFACE_CLASS disconnectVap
3/10/12 6:33:48.000 PM kernel: 15.295065: setWOW_PARAMETERS:wowevents = 2(1)
3/10/12 6:33:48.686 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100000 created
3/10/12 6:33:48.000 PM kernel: DSMOS has arrived
3/10/12 6:33:48.000 PM kernel: ** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **
3/10/12 6:33:48.000 PM kernel: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,2300,0de1,0300,45e1,0000]
3/10/12 6:33:49.255 PM com.apple.ucupdate.plist: ucupdate: Checked 1 update, no match found.
3/10/12 6:33:49.260 PM com.apple.pfctl: No ALTQ support in kernel
3/10/12 6:33:49.260 PM com.apple.pfctl: ALTQ related functions disabled
3/10/12 6:33:50.000 PM kernel: macx_swapon SUCCESS
3/10/12 6:33:50.248 PM mDNSResponder: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-320.14.0 (Nov 16 2011 01:16:56) starting OSXVers 11
3/10/12 6:33:50.257 PM com.apple.usbmuxd: usbmuxd-263 on Aug 23 2011 at 00:44:06, running 64 bit
3/10/12 6:33:53.907 PM mds: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0
3/10/12 6:33:57.602 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Entering service
3/10/12 6:33:57.626 PM systemkeychain: done file: /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.done
3/10/12 6:33:57.641 PM configd: network configuration changed.
3/10/12 6:33:57.643 PM mDNSResponder: D2D_IPC: Loaded
3/10/12 6:33:57.643 PM mDNSResponder: D2DInitialize succeeded
3/10/12 6:33:57.650 PM configd: network configuration changed.
3/10/12 6:33:57.655 PM UserEventAgent: ServermgrdRegistration cannot load config data
3/10/12 6:33:57.664 PM UserEventAgent: get_backup_share_points no AFP
3/10/12 6:33:57.928 PM netbiosd: Unable to start NetBIOS name service:
3/10/12 6:33:58.722 PM rpcsvchost: sandbox_init: com.apple.msrpc.netlogon.sb succeeded
3/10/12 6:33:59.400 PM loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
 
slow to boot

Took out the item you requested. did what you asked for system preferences.
Here's some of the new log:

3/10/12 6:34:00.000 PM kernel: [ffffff801d6d8800][BNBMouseDevice::init][66.6] init is complete
3/10/12 6:34:00.000 PM kernel: [ffffff801d6d8800][BNBMouseDevice::handleStart][66.6] Done
3/10/12 6:34:00.000 PM kernel: [ffffff801e4a9400][AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
3/10/12 6:34:00.000 PM kernel: [ffffff801e512300][AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered
3/10/12 6:34:00.195 PM stackshot: Timed out waiting for IOKit to finish matching.
3/10/12 6:34:01.847 PM configd: network configuration changed.
3/10/12 6:34:02.572 PM ntpd: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
3/10/12 6:34:15.027 PM UserEventAgent: servermgr_certs[11] -[CertsRequestHandler(HelperAdditions) identitiesFromKeychain:]: SecItemCopyMatching (err = -25300)
3/10/12 6:34:15.029 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-System: SecItemCopyMatching: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.
3/10/12 6:34:15.031 PM UserEventAgent: servermgr_certs[11] -[CertsRequestHandler(HelperAdditions) identitiesFromKeychain:]: SecItemCopyMatching (err = -25300)
3/10/12 6:34:15.031 PM com.apple.UserEventAgent-System: SecItemCopyMatching: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.
3/10/12 6:34:15.032 PM UserEventAgent: CertsKeychainMonitor: ready to process keychain & timer events
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOKit to quiesce
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: Busy services :
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1 [73192, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert [73180, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0 [73154, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI [73149, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2 [72798, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge [72797, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0 [72797, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI [!registered, !matched, 72787, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController [72787, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160 [71786, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit [71777, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target [71775, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN [71775, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912 [71769, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub [71665, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E [!registered, !matched, 71661, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E/IOReducedBlockServices [71661, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E/IOReducedBlockServices/IOBlockStorageDriver [71661, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@1d202002a0160/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN/com_apple_driver_Oxford_Semi_FW912/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E/IOReducedBlockServices/IOBlockStorageDriver/WDC WD32 00AAJB-00TYA0 Media [!matched, 71660, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@d04b0008294260 [72787, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@d04b0008294260/IOFireWireUnit [72775, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@d04b0008294260/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target [72773, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:44.619 PM configd: iMac12,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP03@1C,2/IOPCI2PCIBridge/FRWR@0/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireDevice@d04b0008294260/IOFireWireUnit/IOFireWireSBP2Target/IOFireWireSBP2LUN [!matched, 72773, 4530516212 ms]
3/10/12 6:34:59.062 PM WindowServer: (iokit/common) I/O Timeout: IOKitWaitQuiet
3/10/12 6:34:59.062 PM WindowServer: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
3/10/12 6:34:59.815 PM loginwindow: **DMPROXY** Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
3/10/12 6:34:59.973 PM com.apple.launchctl.LoginWindow: com.apple.findmymacmessenger: Already loaded
3/10/12 6:35:00.092 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100007 created
3/10/12 6:35:00.101 PM loginwindow: Login Window Started Security Agent
3/10/12 6:35:00.174 PM SecurityAgent: Echo enabled
3/10/12 6:35:00.174 PM SecurityAgent: Echo enabled
3/10/12 6:35:10.000 PM kernel: hfs: early journal init: volume on disk1s3 is read-only and journal is dirty. Can not mount volume.
3/10/12 6:35:10.000 PM kernel: hfs_mountfs: hfs_early_journal_init failed, erroring out
3/10/12 6:35:10.000 PM kernel: hfs_mount: hfs_mountfs returned 22
3/10/12 6:35:10.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk1s3: replay_journal: from: 9296896 to: 9846272 (joffset 0xe90000)
3/10/12 6:35:10.938 PM fseventsd: event logs in /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (29222 0 116867)
3/10/12 6:35:10.981 PM fseventsd: log dir: /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd getting new uuid: C9F17C2D-2A00-4324-8884-80B47AF5569C
3/10/12 6:35:10.984 PM fseventsd: Events arrived for /Volumes/Krispy!! after an unmount request! Re-initializing.
3/10/12 6:35:10.984 PM fseventsd: creating a dls for /Volumes/Krispy!! but it already has one...
3/10/12 6:35:11.216 PM fseventsd: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd/0000000004395463 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd
3/10/12 6:35:11.217 PM fseventsd: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd/0000000004395463 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Krispy!!/.fseventsd
3/10/12 6:35:11.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk1s3: journal replay done.
3/10/12 6:38:44.976 PM installer: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
3/10/12 6:38:44.989 PM installer: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 166.4 GB (166395596800 bytes).
3/10/12 6:38:44.990 PM installer: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T//Install.2174393w8"
3/10/12 6:38:44.994 PM installer: IFPKInstallElement (19 packages)
3/10/12 6:38:45.057 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: installer is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
3/10/12 6:38:45.078 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: installer is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
3/10/12 6:38:45.078 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd' [252] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/installer' [217]
3/10/12 6:38:45.082 PM installd: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
3/10/12 6:38:48.702 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100004 created
3/10/12 6:38:55.346 PM installd: Installed "Sophos Anti-Virus" ()
3/10/12 6:38:55.405 PM installd: PackageKit: ----- End install -----
3/10/12 6:38:56.096 PM installer: Removing temporary directory "/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T//Install.2174393w8"
3/10/12 6:38:56.097 PM installer: Finalize disk "Macintosh HD"
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: Notifying system of updated components
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: **** Summary Information ****
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: Operation Elapsed time
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: -----------------------------
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: zero 0.01 seconds
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: disk 0.01 seconds
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: install 11.10 seconds
3/10/12 6:38:56.098 PM installer: -total- 11.12 seconds
3/10/12 6:38:59.679 PM hidd: Timeout waiting for IOKit to be quiet
3/10/12 6:39:09.190 PM WindowServer: Unable to open IOHIDSystem (e00002bd)
3/10/12 6:39:09.223 PM SecurityAgent: User info context values set for daviddierlam
3/10/12 6:39:09.223 PM SecurityAgent: User info context values set for daviddierlam
3/10/12 6:39:09.824 PM SecurityAgent: Login Window login proceeding
3/10/12 6:39:09.824 PM SecurityAgent: Login Window login proceeding
3/10/12 6:39:09.000 PM kernel: virtual bool IOHIDEventSystemUserClient::initWithTask(task*, void*, UInt32): Client task not privileged to open IOHIDSystem for mapping memory (e00002c1)
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountHomeDirectoryForUser:atPath:homeLocation:] | name = daviddierlam, path = /Users/daviddierlam, homeLoc = (null)
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter setNeedsToUnmountDirVolumeAtLogout:] | mounter calling mechanism to setNeedsToUnmountDirVolumeAtLogout to 0
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountHomeDirectoryForUser:atPath:homeLocation:] | urlAttribute = null
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountHomeDirectoryForUser:atPath:homeLocation:] | homeDirPath did NOT follow a symlink, keeping original path of: /Users/daviddierlam
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountHomeDirectoryForUser:atPath:homeLocation:] | homeDirMajorType = 1
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountStandardDirectoryForUser:atPath:attributes:] | name = daviddierlam, path = /Users/daviddierlam, homeLoc = (null)
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMechanism isGuestAccount] | enter
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMechanism isGuestAccount] | Guest account check returning 0
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter setHomeDirType:] | setHomeDirType to 1
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountStandardDirectoryForUser:atPath:attributes:] | returning 0
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMounter mountHomeDirectoryForUser:atPath:homeLocation:] | returning 0
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMechanism invoke] | mountHomeDirectoryForUser returns 0
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMechanism updateAndUnlockKeychain] | updateAndUnlockKeychain
3/10/12 6:39:09.893 PM authorizationhost: DEBUGLOG | -[HomeDirMechanism launchHomeDirFixerToolIfNeeded:] | launchHomeDirFixerToolIfNeeded called with 0
3/10/12 6:39:10.357 PM loginwindow: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
3/10/12 6:39:10.366 PM loginwindow: USER_PROCESS: 59 console
3/10/12 6:39:10.607 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.divx.agent.postinstall) Unknown key: LimitToSessionType
3/10/12 6:39:10.608 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
3/10/12 6:39:10.612 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: load: option requires an argument -- D
3/10/12 6:39:10.612 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: usage: launchctl load [-wF] [-D <user|local|network|system|all>] paths...
3/10/12 6:39:10.732 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[929]) Exited with code: 1
3/10/12 6:39:10.809 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSServerRegisterUserAgent:187 new user agent port: 23859
3/10/12 6:39:11.622 PM talagent: CoreDockMinimizeItems failed (-4959)
3/10/12 6:39:12.135 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.136 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-03-10 18:39:12.134 com.apple.dock.extra[986:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.136 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.136 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-03-10 18:39:12.135 com.apple.dock.extra[986:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.137 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.137 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-03-10 18:39:12.136 com.apple.dock.extra[986:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.137 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.138 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-03-10 18:39:12.137 com.apple.dock.extra[986:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
3/10/12 6:39:12.712 PM fseventsd: check_vol_last_mod_time:XXX failed to get mount time (25; &mount_time == 0x10ec42538)
3/10/12 6:39:12.712 PM fseventsd: log dir: /Volumes/320GB/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 0DB4A4B7-33CE-44F2-AE4F-43CC9DB7C49B
3/10/12 6:39:13.974 PM Finder: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 32
3/10/12 6:39:13.974 PM Finder: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
3/10/12 6:39:13.974 PM Finder: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSRemoveSurface: Invalid window 0x20
3/10/12 6:39:14.449 PM Image Capture Extension: [2] Failed to register for death of process with pid: 990
3/10/12 6:39:21.975 PM talagent: CGSConnectionRelinquishWindowRights(cid, newWindowNumber, reservedRights): CGError 1001 on line 619
3/10/12 6:39:23.000 PM kernel: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 1 BCM5701Enet::replaceOrCopyPacket worked after N tries
3/10/12 6:39:23.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
3/10/12 6:39:24.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
3/10/12 6:39:30.707 PM coreservicesd: *** process 28 exceeded 500 log message per second limit - remaining messages this second discarded ***
3/10/12 6:39:36.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s12: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:39:36.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s10: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
 
slow to boot

Here's the last part as of this moment:

3/10/12 6:42:28.274 PM helpd: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
3/10/12 6:42:28.275 PM helpd: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
3/10/12 6:43:12.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s10: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:43:14.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s12: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:43:38.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s12: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:43:38.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s10: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:44:30.999 PM xpchelper: for uid: 501 -- timeout while waiting on FSEvents flush; clearing cache.
3/10/12 6:44:39.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s12: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:44:39.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s10: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:48:22.158 PM System Preferences: /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args (exit status 1)
3/10/12 6:48:22.226 PM System Preferences: /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args (exit status 1)
3/10/12 6:48:22.485 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: Found /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
3/10/12 6:48:22.486 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No /System/Library/CoreServices/mach_kernel
3/10/12 6:48:22.486 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: Found //mach_kernel
3/10/12 6:48:22.488 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: disk appears to be a valid OS X disk Volume Name: Macintosh HD. Kind: DADiskRef disk0s2.
ContextualData: {
ProductBuildVersion = 11D50b;
ProductCopyright = "1983-2012 Apple Inc.";
ProductName = "Mac OS X";
ProductVersion = "10.7.3";
SystemFolderPath = "/System/Library/CoreServices";
SystemVersionMajor = 10;
}
3/10/12 6:48:22.489 PM System Preferences: currentBootDevice: being checked by DiskManagement
3/10/12 6:48:22.555 PM System Preferences: currentBootDevice: DONE checking by DM copyDiskForBootPreference, err = 0
3/10/12 6:48:22.557 PM System Preferences: currentBootDevice found _curBootDevice: Volume Name: Macintosh HD. Kind: DADiskRef disk0s2.
3/10/12 6:48:22.623 PM System Preferences: currentBootDevice: Volume Name: Macintosh HD. Kind: DADiskRef disk0s2.
3/10/12 6:48:22.674 PM System Preferences: Netboot rescan time interval set to 180 seconds
3/10/12 6:48:22.761 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x400216d00 disk5s1
3/10/12 6:48:22.764 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/320GB
3/10/12 6:48:22.766 PM System Preferences: Disk Volume Name: 320GB. Kind: DADiskRef disk5s1.
ContextualData: {
kSDSelectDiskOnAddIfValid = 0;
}
can not boot this machine, removing from list.
3/10/12 6:48:22.766 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x4002398e0 disk4s4
3/10/12 6:48:22.769 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/ Bandito
3/10/12 6:48:22.771 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.773 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.773 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x40032ea00 disk4s3
3/10/12 6:48:22.777 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/ Pepper
3/10/12 6:48:22.778 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.780 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.781 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x40032d940 disk3s10
3/10/12 6:48:22.784 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/Casper
3/10/12 6:48:22.786 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.788 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.788 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x400213be0 disk1s3
3/10/12 6:48:22.792 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/Krispy!!
3/10/12 6:48:22.793 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.795 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.796 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x400322c60 disk2s10
3/10/12 6:48:22.799 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/Elements 2.0
3/10/12 6:48:22.801 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.827 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.828 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x4003478e0 disk2s12
3/10/12 6:48:22.831 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/Untitled 2
3/10/12 6:48:22.833 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.854 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No boot.efi in System Folder or volume root.
3/10/12 6:48:22.854 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x400368740 disk0s2
3/10/12 6:48:22.858 PM System Preferences: mountable disk appeared: /
3/10/12 6:48:22.859 PM System Preferences: -> So far so good, passing disk to System Searcher.
3/10/12 6:48:22.861 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: Found /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
3/10/12 6:48:22.861 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: No /System/Library/CoreServices/mach_kernel
3/10/12 6:48:22.861 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: Found //mach_kernel
3/10/12 6:48:22.862 PM System Preferences: OSXCheck: disk appears to be a valid OS X disk Volume Name: Macintosh HD. Kind: DADiskRef disk0s2.
ContextualData: {
ProductBuildVersion = 11D50b;
ProductCopyright = "1983-2012 Apple Inc.";
ProductName = "Mac OS X";
ProductVersion = "10.7.3";
SystemFolderPath = "/System/Library/CoreServices";
SystemVersionMajor = 10;
kSDSelectDiskOnAddIfValid = 0;
}
3/10/12 6:48:22.863 PM System Preferences:

-[SDController(VolumeEvents) _volumeAppeared:]: DADiskRef 0x400372800 disk0s3
3/10/12 6:48:22.869 PM System Preferences: No mount point (Apple_Boot)
3/10/12 6:48:38.819 PM System Preferences: Saving cache: (
"/System/Library/CoreServices"
)
3/10/12 6:51:42.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s12: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5
3/10/12 6:51:42.000 PM kernel: jnl: disk2s10: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5

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If you paste the three pages I just sent, this is my log today after I removed Trend micro. You're right-it is an anti virus program. I'm using sophos at the moment. Should I remove it as well? I have several USB and firewire hard drives hooked to my iMac. They have a lot of games, video, applications thatI have used in the past. Should I try to start up with all the extra HDs removed??Thanks for your help.
 
[/COLOR]If you paste the three pages I just sent, this is my log today after I removed Trend micro. You're right-it is an anti virus program. I'm using sophos at the moment. Should I remove it as well? I have several USB and firewire hard drives hooked to my iMac. They have a lot of games, video, applications thatI have used in the past. Should I try to start up with all the extra HDs removed??Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]

I see Sophos as well. You don't need *any* antivirus. I'm stuck with having to use one on a Windows system at work and the programs I run are 5 times faster on my MacBook Pro than on the 6 month old HP Workstation (with a quad core Xeon processor) at work.

It seems to be having a hard time finding the boot disk. Make sure that your boot disk is selected in System Preferences.

I also expect your slow boot times are caused by the extreme complexity of your configuration. I could run down through the list of problems in that log file, but the best solution might be to just leave your system on and make use of Sleep. There is no reason to turn the computer completely off. A system that is sleeping uses less power than a night light and starts up virtually instantly.
 
sun622 said:
I'm using sophos at the moment. Should I remove it as well?
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Absolutely. Sophos should be avoided, as it could actually increase your Mac's vulnerability, as described here and here. You don't need any 3rd party antivirus app to keep your Mac malware-free. Macs are not immune to malware, but no true viruses exist in the wild that can run on Mac OS X, and there never have been any since it was released over 10 years ago. You cannot infect your Mac simply by visiting a website, unzipping a file, opening an email attachment or joining a network. The only malware in the wild that can affect Mac OS X is a handful of trojans, which cannot infect your Mac unless you actively install them, and they can be easily avoided with some basic education, common sense and care in what software you install. Also, Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion have anti-malware protection built in, further reducing the need for 3rd party antivirus apps.

  1. Make sure your built-in Mac firewall is enabled in System Preferences > Security > Firewall
  2. Uncheck "Enable Java" in Safari > Preferences > Security. (Leave JavaScript enabled)
  3. Uncheck "Open "safe" files after downloading" in Safari > Preferences > General
  4. Be careful to only install software from trusted, reputable sites. Never install pirated software. If you're not sure about an app, ask in this forum before installing.
  5. Never let someone else have physical access to install anything on your Mac.
  6. Always keep your Mac and application software updated. Use Software Update for your Mac software. For other software, it's safer to get updates from the developer's site or from the menu item "Check for updates", rather than installing from any notification window that pops up while you're surfing the web.
That's all you need to do to keep your Mac completely free of any virus, trojan, spyware, keylogger, or other malware. You don't need any 3rd party software to keep your Mac secure.
 
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I'll remove sophos and I did the other tips you suggested. There is only one hard drive in the space where it asks for startup disc. I have several, but they're not shown.
 
sun622 said:
I'll remove sophos and I did the other tips you suggested. There is only one hard drive in the space where it asks for startup disc. I have several, but they're not shown.
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Even though there is only one, make sure you click on it to select it.
 
Blah blah waffle waffle.....the crux is, Lion is simply the worst osx ever! I'm so pissed after buying a brand new i7 with lion on board that I would seriously think about just going back to windows, even vista! Whoever okayed this osx obviously has learning disabilities.

No joke, my older macbook pro that's suffering from water/beer damage stilll boots and shuts down faster than my new one. I actually hate my laptop tight now.
 
paulhannon said:
Blah blah waffle waffle.....the crux is, Lion is simply the worst osx ever! I'm so pissed after buying a brand new i7 with lion on board that I would seriously think about just going back to windows, even vista! Whoever okayed this osx obviously has learning disabilities.

No joke, my older macbook pro that's suffering from water/beer damage stilll boots and shuts down faster than my new one. I actually hate my laptop tight now.
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Rather than blame the OS, which is obviously not the problem since not everyone is having such issues, why not do some troubleshooting to discover the true source of your problems?

Performance Tips For Mac OS X
 
GGJstudios said:
Rather than blame the OS, which is obviously not the problem since not everyone is having such issues, why not do some troubleshooting to discover the true source of your problems?

Performance Tips For Mac OS X
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This helped mine alot, it took 1 min to load to the log in screen and 130 till it was moving. While not near what snow leopard was its a big improvement
 
It sounds as though you all have a better start up than i do. Since 'upgrading' to Lion my start up times have gone from 30 seconds to nearer 30 minutes!!!. Even the Apple gurus at the local genius bar were stumped for a solution and I now have to reinstall OSX. It's bye bye Lion, welcome home SnowLeopard for me. To complement the dreadful performance Lion added useless Nasa control centres and an irritating default of open all the screens left open last time. Heap of crap. Has Apple brpught in a load of Micrpsoft Bloatware developers for this release?
 
Early 2011 MBP 13 inch, 8GB.

In place upgraded to Lion, really unhappy with restart / boot time until I upgraded to 10.7.3, seems much improved.
 
GGJstudios said:
Rather than blame the OS, which is obviously not the problem since not everyone is having such issues, why not do some troubleshooting to discover the true source of your problems?

Performance Tips For Mac OS X
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I am sorry GG, with all due respect, but the os is the issue with lion. :) The tips you posted are invaluable for most novice users but most of us are been there done that a long time ago, and the os is still an issue. The user who's posting their logs might be having problems with av software he doesn't need to run, but that doesn't clear lion from the multitude of issues it's created for users.

The fact that you 've come to suggest all browsers have to kill flash (good advice I 've done it too) for os x to function problem free in 2012 going to 2013 is very telling. 3 years ago say this wasn't such an issue. It was the idevices that couldn't use flash, not os x. If Steve felt compelled to go to war with adobe, that doesn't mean the average joe should know what flash is and how to kill it after buying a mac at a 50% margin for apple and from 1.5 to twice the price of a comparable windoze computer. Desktop computers are meant to able to run flash (I dislike it too, but that's how it is) and do it so as efficiently as they can, and end users are not meant to know how to disable it. All the more so since flash isn't going away anytime soon and apple are doing much of their own development to promote html5 as they should, god knows with all the money they got stashed they could be working on it a bit more...
 
blow45 said:
I am sorry GG, with all due respect, but the os is the issue with lion.
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Obviously not, as not all Lion users are reporting the same issues. If the OS were the problem, all users would be having the same symptoms. I'm not suggesting that Lion is flawless, but it clearly isn't the source of all problems that users may be having. Rather than simply give up and blame the OS, it's only prudent to pursue other troubleshooting to eliminate other possibilities.
blow45 said:
The tips you posted are invaluable for most novice users but most of us are been there done that a long time ago
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Based on the number of posters who indicate they haven't heard of many of those tips, it's not accurate to say "most of us" have been doing those. There's no way to know the knowledge/experience level of all forum readers, so the tips are a valid recommendation.
 
GGJstudios said:
Obviously not, as not all Lion users are reporting the same issues. If the OS were the problem, all users would be having the same symptoms. I'm not suggesting that Lion is flawless, but it clearly isn't the source of all problems that users may be having. Rather than simply give up and blame the OS, it's only prudent to pursue other troubleshooting to eliminate other possibilities.
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It is prudent and I agree lion isn't the source of all problems users report, and your guidelines provide a vary good preliminary tutorial on how to address most issues. Having said that you did miss my point about flash.

If SJ wanted to go to war with adobe that doesn't mean the end user should know how or be supposed to disable flash on a desktop os in 2012. Apple's relationship with adobe is hurting the end user. After the way apple have related to them it's evident that adobe are not that hot about optimizing their products for os x; apple hasn't taken it up to themselves to approach them, nor dedicated a team of their own to work with them for better flash in os x and hence the user who pays for apple products a considerable premium (warranted or not) is offloaded the problem.

That's why we ve come to the point where not only ios devices cannot run flash, but os x too cannot run flash well. And this, at apple's current stage of evolution, what with it being an obscenely wealthy company eating out all the competition and striking 94% increases in profit this quarter is nothing short of completely inexcusable. A $300 portable cannot be close to two times more efficient in running flash seamlessly than a $2000 macbook.

Your advice is prudent to disable it, but that's not how it's supposed to be. As disabling it will cause a plethora of websites to stop functioning and the non computer savvy user (the majority that is) will have hard time re-enabling it or even knowing what the problem is that a website or some elements of it do not appear as they should or not at all.

And this is just one of lion's many issues, and lion not only isn't non flawless, it's buggy and problematic, it's problematic in memory management, it's buggy in core software such preview and safari, etc. etc. (I 've written threads and threads about it here) and it makes users quick to accuse it instead of trying to see if they are doing something wrong.

I agree, this isn't helpful and this isn't good computer practice. Unfortunately os x lion, that some of us in the mac community like to refer to as apple's vista, has given the end user plenty of reasons to blame the os first instead of trying to figure out if they are doing anything wrong, because it hasn't been a good release to been with, it's been a sloppy, bug ridden, rushed and poorly developed release, with insufficient development for the os innards, non existent core technological advances (resolution independence, zfs) and lots of badly (or at the very least questionably) implemented additions (autosaves, save states, auto quit, versions). Is the average user to blame for being quick to judge it when they have a problem? I wouldn't think so, even though it's bad IT practice.

GGJstudios said:
Based on the number of posters who indicate they haven't heard of many of those tips, it's not accurate to say "most of us" have been doing those. There's no way to know the knowledge/experience level of all forum readers, so the tips are a valid recommendation.
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Fair point. I meant to say most of us more experienced mac users. To the rest they are invaluable, and I said so, even to some experienced users that can be of great help.
 
blow45 said:
Having said that you did miss my point about flash.
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I didn't miss it. It's well known that Flash is problematic on many platforms and many versions of Mac OS X, not just Lion. Adobe has a long history of selling bloatware. I wasn't impressed with Adobe products on Windows, and I'm not impressed with them on Mac OS X.
blow45 said:
Your advice is prudent to disable it
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My advice isn't to disable it, but to control it with tools like ClickToFlash.
blow45 said:
....(I 've written threads and threads about it here) ....
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And have those threads fixed it yet? My point is that ranting about Apple or Lion or Adobe in this forum won't accomplish anything at all, except possibly making the ranters feel better. Until Apple or Adobe or web developers make improvements, the best we can do is work around problems, using tools like ClickToFlash or YouTube's HTML5 trial. Of course, that's just my opinion.
 
GGJstudios said:
I didn't miss it. It's well known that Flash is problematic on many platforms and many versions of Mac OS X, not just Lion. Adobe has a long history of selling bloatware. I wasn't impressed with Adobe products on Windows, and I'm not impressed with them on Mac OS X.

My advice isn't to disable it, but to control it with tools like ClickToFlash.

And have those threads fixed it yet? My point is that ranting about Apple or Lion or Adobe in this forum won't accomplish anything at all, except possibly making the ranters feel better. Until Apple or Adobe or web developers make improvements, the best we can do is work around problems, using tools like ClickToFlash or YouTube's HTML5 trial. Of course, that's just my opinion.
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Adobe won't optimize it's code for OS X because apple have made enemies of them, as much as flash isn't impressive (agreed) on windows, it's way worse on OS X, and it's getting worse in lion, because lion isn't as streamlined and robust as sl and flash takes its toll.

I think the points I 've made here (thanks btw for calling them rants, nice of you...:( ), and the points that the mac community has made in general have slowly being driven home to apple as evidenced by the changes in ml. I am not of the opinion that apple don't live in the web as much as we do and don't realise the users' reactions via forums, blogs etc. I think that whole leave feedback to apple thing - they don't read forums is completely innacurate.

Sure feedback is the best way for them to keep problems under wraps, but when the proverbial hits the fan the best thing is for the user community to react publicly and vocally. From my experience so far, even if it's the last thing they would admit (what with their egos at this stage being inflated to the point of bursting), yes indeed user reactions have pushed them in the right direction. If it hadn't been for them, and if we were let with the adulation and arch kissing of Gruber types nothing would have been fixed in ml. Of course ml leaves a lot to be desired still because apparently apple aren't allocating enough resources to it.

I have to point out that I don't disagree with your clicktoflash suggestions and youtube's html5, they make sense (I use them too), and you are right in informing users about them, I am extremely displeased with apple that average users have to resort to them while a dime a dozen netbook doesn't face the problems os x faces with flash. I can't expect many of my friends or family to be able to use them and figure out when it's blocking their flash or not, and I expect that it's going to cause many problems with their use, the fact that I am a geek doesn't mean others can or should be geeks. Flash has to work and work as well as it does in windows at this moment, I don't care how apple will plan on doing this, it's way overdue. I too wish flash would die soon, but until it does it's very dishonest for apple to keep pushing for its demise via creating problems for the users.
 
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I think the points I 've made here (thanks btw for calling them rants, nice of you...:( )
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Calling them rants isn't intended to be derogatory. Call them soliloquies, monologues, diatribes, censures, castigations, .... whatever you want. The point is that I don't believe such criticisms on a forum are likely to even be noticed, let alone make any difference to the development teams at Adobe or Apple. If you believe it will, then by all means, knock yourself out, and good luck in your efforts.

I'm aware that some come to this forum to debate, to rant, to use this forum as a soap box or a Mac-oriented Facebook, or many other reasons, which is certainly their right. My intent, however, is to help people solve technical problems and learn how to improve their Mac user experience. To that end, I find assigning blame to Apple or Adobe or any other company to be pointless and unproductive. I'd much rather find a way to resolve or work around issues, if possible, until they can (hopefully) be permanently resolved by improvements in development.
 
Your point of view is well taken and certainly your work here is much more productive in helping users than my... diatribes (i ll go with that :) ), and you don't need me to tell you it's very appreciated also. I do think though that when apple (and every company) see a general reaction and criticism (which is by no means restricted to here but it's evidenced in other forums, blogs, and of course in people's real world discussions) esp. in forums by their user base they do take note and if they can afford it or if it's not taking them too much out of their way (=money) they do make changes. I think this is evidenced in the ui changes in ml. But we'll agree to disagree on the effect this has I guess.:)
 
Late 2008 MBP here:

Reboot times, from Desktop to Desktop:
Snow Leopard: Less than a minute
Lion: More than 7 minutes

Sometimes Lion even takes 10 or more minutes to open all my apps in ADDITION to the 7 minute boot time. During that time the system is almost completely unresponsive, and the hard drive is constantly whirring.

Piece of ****!
 
baryon said:
Late 2008 MBP here:

Reboot times, from Desktop to Desktop:
Snow Leopard: Less than a minute
Lion: More than 7 minutes

Sometimes Lion even takes 10 or more minutes to open all my apps in ADDITION to the 7 minute boot time. During that time the system is almost completely unresponsive, and the hard drive is constantly whirring.

Piece of ****!
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A few suggestions, reinstall of course, diskwarrior via external image (from cc clone or superduper) the drive, and I am afraid to say if you can afford it you might want to go with an ssd, apple doesn't do hard disk drives anymore, they page out to them very often in lion (assuming of course everyone has an ssd by now) which isn't something hard drive can handle well.

Instead of fixing their core os memory management problems they offload the problem to the hardware as a. an extra incentive for users to buy more overpriced macs, and b. as a way to avoid doing their software work. They are in the mobile business now after all (when they can get an antennae to work right) and they are branching out to tvs, why the hell should they care for a low end computer they released a year or two ago (let alone four years ago) if the buyer wasn't decent enough to pay the ssd apple tax (on top of the apple tax) to go with the ssd model?

Tim Cook likes to talk at Goldman Sachs sponsored events, it's good to share with kindred spirits, because who understands greed better than Goldman? (ot and sorry for the rant end to the post, but it's warranted with the **** apple is pulling on us the users these days.)
 
No security in obscurity

There is a viewpoint being advanced above that there are no real security threats to Apple except some Trojan type threats. This idea that no real threats have occurred yet to Macs or that they so rare is pretty much a version of security through obscurity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity.

Trying to be secure based on the lack of past or present threats is not being secure. Now it may be true that the use of anti-virus programs may lead to more problems than they solve. But to question trying to take further steps to secure or troubleshoot the security of a Mac based on the idea that there are no real threats is really harmful to the Apple community.
 
markoval said:
Trying to be secure based on the lack of past or present threats is not being secure. Now it may be true that the use of anti-virus programs may lead to more problems than they solve. But to question trying to take further steps to secure or troubleshoot the security of a Mac based on the idea that there are no real threats is really harmful to the Apple community.
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Thanks for joining just to resurrect this thread, but I don't see anyone questioning the idea of taking steps to secure a Mac, or anyone claiming there aren't real threats. As for security through obscurity, the market share myth has been debunked countless times, as there was far more malware in the wild for Mac OS 9 and earlier, when Macs had a much smaller market share and installed base. Now, with roughly 50 million Mac OS X users, the number of viruses has decreased to zero and there are only a handful of trojans remaining. The market share (or security through obscurity) myth is hogwash.

The fact is, all Mac OS X malware that has ever existed in the wild since its release can be successfully avoided by practicing safe computing, as described in the link I posted, without the use of any antivirus software. When you add the additional layer of security in the form of the anti-malware built into Mac OS X 10.6 and later, there is no additional benefit to be gained by running any 3rd party antivirus app. If a new form of threat is introduced at some point in the future, no existing AV app will provide protection against it, since they don't know what to look for.
 
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HELP! 9 Minutes to boot.

Okay, so now when i restart or turn my computer back on it literally takes 5 to 10 minutes to boot up. It just sits on the gray apple screen. I don't know why. I'm not certain but i think when i randomly click the track pad and press keys it makes it go faster? I don't know.. anybody else having this problem? Anybody have any idea what i should do?

I have a standard new macbook pro, running lion. bought it refurbished from apple about 6 months ago. I have full apple care, just don't want to go through all the trouble bringing it in if there is something that i can do myself.

THANKS!
 
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