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Q: OS X Lion freezes at login screen + App Store is slow

I installed OS X Lion in my Mac Book Pro (Mid 2010) and have two issues:

 

- Login screen freezes sometimes. "Colored rotating disc" appears, text cursor stops blinking and I can not do anything; I can not click anywere, I can not enter my user name/password... Only option is to hard-reboot the computer, which is not a pleasant thing to do.

 

- App Store is very slow. It takes about 30 seconds of "rotating colored disc thinking" every time a page has to be loaded!

 

I first installed OS X Lion via Mac App Store and login screen freezes happened about 50% or more of the times I turned on the computer! Also random freezes happened during computer work. Computer was almost unusable under these circumstances, so I reinstalled OS X Lion by doing a clean install (from DVD). After this clean install everithing seemed to run smoothly at first, but now login screen freezes happen again and Mac App Store is very slow as I explained.

 

I did not have any of these problems with Snow Leopard. I have checked permissions, and I have not installed too many apps yet.

 

Anybody with these same issues? Any idea of a solution? Somebody at Apple working to solve these problems?

 

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 25, 2011 3:47 AM

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  • by Fbiryujin,

    Fbiryujin Fbiryujin Jul 26, 2011 11:48 AM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 26, 2011 11:48 AM in response to jmacbookpro

    I'm having the same issue.  It occurs every once in a while for me (average 1/3 boots)  At first I thought this was because I'm using an OCZ Vertex 3 SSD instead of an Apple Supported hard drive.  Did you customize the hardware in your mac in anyway?  If so let me know, so we can debug this together.

  • by maharajan,

    maharajan maharajan Jul 26, 2011 12:16 PM in response to Fbiryujin
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    Jul 26, 2011 12:16 PM in response to Fbiryujin

    I am also having the problem of freezing login screen. so guys if anyone knew the solution plz help me.

    Thanks

  • by InGen,Helpful

    InGen InGen Jul 26, 2011 1:06 PM in response to maharajan
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    Jul 26, 2011 1:06 PM in response to maharajan

    I was told to try disabling Automatic graphics switching, and that would stop the freezing at the login screen.  I haven't tested it yet.  On laptops this will always use the better graphics card though, so battery life will decrease (by how much I don't know)

     

    System Preferences > Energy Saver > (uncheck) Automatic Graphics Switching (it's at the top of the settings pane)

     

    I'll post my results after testing a few reboots when I get home.

  • by Barry Mcinnes1,

    Barry Mcinnes1 Barry Mcinnes1 Jul 26, 2011 1:07 PM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 26, 2011 1:07 PM in response to jmacbookpro

    With a Mac Pro and two screens, and fast user switching selected, I get a Login Screen freeze with Lion about 1 out of 3 times I am at the Login Screen.

    The system is still running as I can ssh into it, but nothing accessible from the screen monitor.

  • by khairy.ms,

    khairy.ms khairy.ms Jul 26, 2011 5:32 PM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 26, 2011 5:32 PM in response to jmacbookpro

    I'm having the same issue. and my Mac Book Pro (Mid 2010)

    Login screen freezes . "Colored rotating disc" appears, text cursor stops blinking and I can not do anything;

     

    same issue so .anybody from apple support help us . because i start hit this lion !

  • by tigerstoroar,

    tigerstoroar tigerstoroar Jul 26, 2011 5:49 PM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 26, 2011 5:49 PM in response to jmacbookpro

    I am also having the same issue with a mid 2010 Macbook Pro. If I don't login within 10 seconds I get the spinning ball. Also, if I resume from "Sleep" I get it every time, forcing a reboot. Will try disabling Automatic Graphics switching. In the interim, as this issue is being widely reported can Apple Support please provide some feedback ?

  • by Fbiryujin,

    Fbiryujin Fbiryujin Jul 26, 2011 6:32 PM in response to tigerstoroar
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    Jul 26, 2011 6:32 PM in response to tigerstoroar

    Disabling the graphics switching seemed to have worked for me.  I'm gonna try it a bunch of times to see what happens.  Also gonna test out the full disk encryption with my OCZ SSD

  • by akkermann,

    akkermann akkermann Jul 26, 2011 11:06 PM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 26, 2011 11:06 PM in response to jmacbookpro

    I have the same issue with my MBP 2010 i5 2.53 with 8 GB RAM. Have disabled all startup objects, which helped a bit to improve startup speed.  Will now try disabling graphics switching, but i hope for an Lion Update, that fixes this problem completely.

  • by khairy.ms,

    khairy.ms khairy.ms Jul 27, 2011 3:05 AM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 27, 2011 3:05 AM in response to jmacbookpro

    Where is Apple Support to provid help ? any body

  • by InGen,

    InGen InGen Jul 27, 2011 7:26 AM in response to khairy.ms
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    Jul 27, 2011 7:26 AM in response to khairy.ms

    So disabling the graphics fixed my issues.

  • by jingxun,

    jingxun jingxun Jul 27, 2011 7:48 AM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 27, 2011 7:48 AM in response to jmacbookpro

    I have the same issue, it looks like the "Colored rotating disc" only appear if you click on the mouse

    I have tried not to do anything but just type in my password, and it was able to login to to desktop.

    I have submited is bug to the feedback, hopefully the apple support people will come up a solusion

  • by Johnny R.,

    Johnny R. Johnny R. Jul 27, 2011 8:04 AM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 27, 2011 8:04 AM in response to jmacbookpro

    I'm having the same issue with the App Store on a 27" iMac i7 with 250GB SSD and 8GB RAM (Mid 2010). It takes much more time to download the start screen in Lion than it did in Snow Leopard and I often see the BBOD (Beach Ball of Death) or as some refers to as the "Colored rotating disc".

     

    My ISP speed is 100 Mbit so that should not be the problem.

  • by akkermann,

    akkermann akkermann Jul 27, 2011 11:43 AM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 27, 2011 11:43 AM in response to jmacbookpro

    Disabling graphic switching solved my issue too now.

     

    I think we need a Patch for Lion for MBP users. Hope Apple delivers this fast.

  • by akkermann,

    akkermann akkermann Jul 27, 2011 2:04 PM in response to jmacbookpro
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    Jul 27, 2011 2:04 PM in response to jmacbookpro

    Just another test... Login in... and... there is the issue again! :-(((

    Although i still have deactivated switching graphics in energy presets. :-(((

     

    Apple please fix this!!!

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