SL takes longer during startup

[blueteeth]

hey guys:

i got my snow leopard today and install it right away, the installation was smooth, but after that, i noticed that every time I turn on/restart my macbook aluminum 2.0 (late 2008), it takes significantly longer than before (about 15 seconds slower). In leopard before, the menu bar shows up really quickly, but now only the spotlight icon shows up first, i have to wait another 10 seconds for the menu bar and dock to show. Do you guys have the same problem? Is this fixable?

 

[MrM]

I've installed SL on two MacBooks, both work flawlessly. Did you do a Clean Install? You should be able to start up very quickly. On the MacBooks i've installed it on, the second the desktop loads, I can start Safari (1 bounce) and I'm on the net. 40 seconds tops.

 

[blueteeth]

I've installed SL on two MacBooks, both work flawlessly. Did you do a Clean Install? You should be able to start up very quickly. On the MacBooks i've installed it on, the second the desktop loads, I can start Safari (1 bounce) and I'm on the net. 40 seconds tops.

i did an upgrade from leopard. Could this be the reason causing the startup delay?

 

[creon]

Safari is open in less than a bounce.

Startup: 35 seconds.
Shutdown: 2-3 seconds.

I did a upgrade too..no clean install for me either.

 

[MrM]

i did an upgrade from leopard. Could this be the reason causing the startup delay?

Yes. It's always best to do a clean install to take full advantage of having a completely fresh OS.

 

[blueteeth]

Yes. It's always best to do a clean install to take full advantage of having a completely fresh OS.

i got the $29 upgrade version. if i wanna do a clean install, do i need to buy a new one?

 

[uaecasher]

i got the $29 upgrade version. if i wanna do a clean install, do i need to buy a new one?

nope there is an option when installing asking you to clean install, you can always go to the Disk Utility while booted from Snow Leopard disk and formatting you HD then installing Snow Leo Pard

 

[MrM]

i got the $29 upgrade version. if i wanna do a clean install, do i need to buy a new one?

You should be able to do a clean install with that DVD. Boot from the DVD, launch Disk Utility and erase your HD. Then close Disk Utility and continue with the install.

Backup all of your data first though. No one likes losing all of their files.