The actual boot up time is very fast. However, when my dock and menu bar load, it takes like a minute before any apps begin launching. I only have Caffeine launching at start up. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Mac takes a long time to fully boot
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Check your login items and menu bar ones too. It takes a long time to load up the desktop scene and more so on a notebook with a 5400 RPM hard drive.
I know, but the thing is that even after a restart of using it for like 7 hours, it takes a long time. Any other ideas?
how much hard drive space have you used up? freeing over 25% may increase boot speed a little.
also how much RAM is used up after a cold boot? you may need more RAM.
also how much RAM is used up after a cold boot? you may need more RAM.
I am using about 30 GB of a 250 GB hard drive.
How can I tell how much RAM is being used after a cold boot?
in Activity Monitor under the System Memory tab type out or post a screenshot of the stats.
it might not be the case though.
it might not be the case though.
How long is it actually taking? Can you roughly time it and report back?
You should try:
1) Repairing permissions (Disk Utility)
2) Removing all peripherals but keyboard and mouse
3) Turning off the network
4) Disable all start-up items
5) Reboot -- if speed has improved, then you should add everything back one-by-one to see if you can isolate a problem. I would add the network back first in case other items rely on having a network connection.
Note that clearing caches can slow down performance initially. Caches are meant to make things easier for the OS and Applications to find information... it stands to reason that if a cache is corrupt, clearing them out will get rid of the problem, so it doesn't hurt to try that.
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Well, boot up time is about 36 seconds. after logging in, it takes another minute to become usable.
UPDATE: I am repairing permissions right now. After, I will try and restart. I will then try the rest of your steps. I already cleared every single cache there is...so it is not that.
UPDATE 2: Should I try and repair the disk as well?
That's normal.
How long is it taking to start up? I'd say for an clean system, a minute isn't all that out of the ordinary. If you really want to see fast boot up times, buy a bigger/faster harddrive, or consider a SSD.
Thanks for all the help. After about a hour of cleaning up cache, system files and resetting about a hundred different things, my system is back up and speedy after login again. I will continue to work on it, but it is pretty good so far. I will try and let the computer sit a while and then try a cold boot and see what happens and hopefully it will work.
Once again, thanks for all the help
Once again, thanks for all the help