Very Slow Booting Speed. Please Help! 🍎👨‍💻👩‍💻

After entering the password, when MacOS boots up to the login screen, the white loading bar takes forever to complete. I haven't used a stopwatch but takes up to 180 seconds I think.

I have tried a plethora of solutions. I have enough disk space. 60GB+. This is happening after the latest software update in MacOS Catalina that showed up to me on 13th August 2020. I have a 2017 MacBook Air. I have tried turning off FileVault encryption which didn't help at all so turned it back on. Then I reset NVRAM by using command + option + P + R during bootup and hearing the loud chime. No effect. Then I removed all the login/startup items of apps except my antivirus. Still no effect at all. So turned them back on.

Please help me with this.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 6:42 AM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Aug 14, 2020 6:57 AM

You do not need any anti-virus product installed on your Mac because 1) there are no real viruses on Mac, and 2) that anti-virus product will interfere with the normal operation, and built-in security of your Mac, and installed applications. Entirely remove the anti-virus product per the vendor's instructions, and reboot your Mac.

Windows actually has real viruses that can replicate and cause mayhem, but they will not run on Macs. That makes anti-virus products on Macs a revenue stream for anti-virus vendors selling fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Of more concern on Macs are the ad/malware that you may download and install by not choosing software directly from the original vendor site.

Our usual recommended tool to detect and remove ad/malware is the free Malwarebytes for Mac. It is not an anti-virus product, and no one here gets any money for recommending it.

If your Mac is still slow after removing your anti-virus product(s), and running Malwarebytes, let me know.

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