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Since upgrading from High Sierra to Mojave, the startup is very slow. It gets stuck about half way through the progress bar (under the Apple logo). After about 20 or more minutes, I unplug the power for 15 seconds and restart. I'v brought it up in safe mode once, and that didn't help either.
I have a etrecheck file, but I'm not sure how to attach it here - this is the first time I'm using this forum.
iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14
That report does not indicate anything obviously amiss, except for the lack of any Time Machine backup. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac.
It is possible the long startup time is due to a hard disk drive that has been operating in a state of failure, but there is no conclusive indication of it. A conclusive indication of hard disk drive failure might manifest in the sudden inability to start the Mac at all, so if you value the information on that Mac be sure to create a backup—ideally, more than one.
If it's taking your Mac a long time to start up after being shut down, an NVRAM Reset is justified: Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support.
It's not required to routinely shut down a Mac anyway. They work best if you just let them sleep according to Energy Saver settings: Use the Energy Saver settings on your Mac - Apple Support.
That report does not indicate anything obviously amiss, except for the lack of any Time Machine backup. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac.
It is possible the long startup time is due to a hard disk drive that has been operating in a state of failure, but there is no conclusive indication of it. A conclusive indication of hard disk drive failure might manifest in the sudden inability to start the Mac at all, so if you value the information on that Mac be sure to create a backup—ideally, more than one.
If it's taking your Mac a long time to start up after being shut down, an NVRAM Reset is justified: Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support.
It's not required to routinely shut down a Mac anyway. They work best if you just let them sleep according to Energy Saver settings: Use the Energy Saver settings on your Mac - Apple Support.
wyoungblood wrote:
forget it. I can't get this report in here. I followed the instructions. There should be an upload attachment feature here.
How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report
Out of RAM - This machine is running short on RAM and has a mechanical hard drive, reducing the speed of the virtual memory system.
32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work after macOS 10.14 “Mojave”.
Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.
Hardware Information:
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
iMac Model: iMac16,2
1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-5675R) CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1867 ok
BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1867 ok
Video Information:
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 - VRAM: 1536 MB
iMac 4096 x 2304
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)
Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA
disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 1000.00 GB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 1000.00 GB (Shared by 4 volumes)
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 38.26 GB used)
disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 44 MB used)
disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 510 MB used)
disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 1000.00 GB (959.90 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /
disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)
APFS
Mount point: /private/var/vm
Network:
Interface en0: Ethernet
Interface en5: iPhone
Interface en1: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
System Software:
macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132)
Time since boot: About 2 days
Notifications:
~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app
one notification
/Applications/Safari.app
29 notifications
Security:
Gatekeeper: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
32-bit Applications:
6 32-bit apps
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 17 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 166 Apple tasks
[Running] 118 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 38 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 182 Apple tasks
[Running] 115 Apple tasks
[Other] One Apple task
Launch Agents:
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2019-05-08)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2019-05-08)
Launch Daemons:
[Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-05-26)
[Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2019-05-04)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2019-05-08)
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: 32.0.0.207 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-06-11)
PepperFlashPlayer: 32.0.0.207 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-06-11)
Flash Player: 32.0.0.207 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-06-11)
Audio Plug-ins:
AppleTimeSyncAudioClock: 1.0 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: 6.0.12 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
AirPlay: 2.0 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
AppleAVBAudio: 740.1 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
BridgeAudioSP: 5.46 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
iSightAudio: 7.7.3 (Apple - installed 2019-05-25)
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player (installed 2019-05-26)
Time Machine:
Time Machine Not Configured!
Performance:
System Load: 1.18 (1 min ago) 1.38 (5 min ago) 1.48 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O speed: 0.16 MB/s
File system: 26.97 seconds
Write speed: 75 MB/s
Read speed: 69 MB/s
Since upgrading to Mojave my ability to print Booklets from pdf , Word or Pages with my HPM553x printer has been disabled on All apple apps but not with adobe Acrobat reader. Has anyone elese had this problem?
EtreCheck version: 5.2 (5C006)
Report generated: 2019-06-25 14:57:17
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 4:30
Performance: Good
Problem: Other problem
Description:
Startup very slow since upgrade to Mojave from High Sierra. Tried SMC
reset and brought up in safe mode. During the startup, the progress
bar (under the Apple logo) gets stuck about half way through. This ca
n take over 30 minutes some times, To get it started I need to unplug
the power for 15 seconds.
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.
forget it. I can't get this report in here. I followed the instructions. There should be an upload attachment feature here.
Thanks for your feedback - much appreciated!
iMac (late 2015) very slow startup after Mojave upgrade
