Lag boot progress bar

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Lag boot progress bar

Hi all,

Thanks for reading. I have a MacbookPro 2017 with Catalina OS. I have a very little problem, to be honest, but it is annoying me and I am trying to fix it with no successful results.

The problem is that when the Macbook is booting the progress bar has a lag at, more or less, 65% of the load and after few seconds it is done and boot. In the past, the progress bar was fully fluid to the end. You can watch the video (bad quality, sorry) with the issue.

I have tried a lot of things: repair disk permissions, boot in safe mode, reset NVRAM and SMC, delete launch items, kernel extensions, etc. and nothing works.

As I said, it is a little problem but for sure I would like to fix. Thanks in advance for any help,

https://youtu.be/VuGiXleSukU

Posted on May 9, 2020 9:52 AM

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Old Toad

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May 9, 2020 2:39 PM in response to marfape

I see a couple of things that need removing but don't think they have anything to do with the momentary pause during boot which is normal in Catalina.

Uninstall CleanMyMac according to the developer's instructions. There is no need for running any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up" or anti-virus apps on your Mac. Read this user tip for what you need to know to protect your iMac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community

I'd also uninstall Gemini. Anything from MacPaw is considered akin to malware around here.

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marfape Author

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May 9, 2020 2:48 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks a lot for your advice about MacPaw software. I am uninstalling them in minutes.

And about the momentary pause, as you comment, I have to live with it as part of Catalina OS. Right?

Thanks again Old Toad.

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Tesserax

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May 9, 2020 10:13 AM in response to marfape

I suggest trying step 8 in the following user tip article to see if it can help uncover what the culprits may be.

Ref: Mac Basic Startup Troubleshooting Steps - Apple Community

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marfape Author

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May 9, 2020 11:11 AM in response to Tesserax

Thanks Tesserax for your advice. Here it is the Etrecheck report.

Etrecheck Report

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marfape Author

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May 9, 2020 1:03 PM in response to Tesserax

Sorry, I did it wrong. I have tried to open it in Safari and it works. Also in Firefox and ok too. The only browser where I can't open it is in Opera...I do not know why...

Etrecheck Report

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marfape Author

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May 9, 2020 2:17 PM in response to Old Toad

Etrecheck Report

I did it again just as you show (thanks a lot). I can open it in Safari. So, you say there is nothing aberant. Then, you could open it. Don't you?

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Old Toad

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May 9, 2020 1:45 PM in response to marfape

That's typical with the later systems. It's not a bug. Not sure what it's doing at that point in time but there's nothing abberant about it.

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Old Toad

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May 9, 2020 1:47 PM in response to marfape

Copy the report like this:

and paste the report in your reply using the Additional Text button:

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Tesserax

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May 9, 2020 11:20 AM in response to marfape

Sorry, but I couldn't access the report. Please double-check the steps carefully in the link I provided you to make sure you get it added to your reply properly.

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marfape Author

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May 9, 2020 2:34 PM in response to marfape

Here a link to the report, just in case.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3gcuwym7e9zhhf/Etrecheck%20Report.txt?dl=0

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Old Toad

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May 9, 2020 2:51 PM in response to marfape

Right! With my iMac 27" it only takes 25-30 seconds to boot, including the pause so it's no big inconvenience. I take that time to turn on my bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

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May 9, 2020 2:57 PM in response to Old Toad

Great Old Toad. Thanks again ,

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