beachballing after bootup

Brookside42 wrote:

Beachballing after boot up, lasting for several minutes.

Verify you have adequate free storage available—

SSD run most efficiently with 20-25% free storage at all times

HD can get by with a little less 10-15% free storage at all times

You can always get a good look at your System config. and reveal conflicts or issues, you can download/run this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com

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Start by following the Advise of previous person

Regarding Safari and Mail opening during the startup operation. System Preferences >> Users & Groups and choose Your User Account on Left. Look on Right panel and notice a Tab marked Password and Login Items - click Log in Items and see if Safari and Mail are both in there. If you do Not what them to start when computer boots up - Remove them by choose Safari and below a small Minus - sign and that removes Safari. Do the same for Mail

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Regarding Safari and Mail starting from a Cold Boot Up. When the computer is being shutdown are the Two Applications still not Stopped and are still running ?? What do you see ? in First Picture - it this what you see

Or

Second picture

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Ok, so best advise is follow along with @lerodouglas suggestion at this moment. Can get back to the Safari / Mail issue later - if required.

Welcome and Thank you too :-))

Yes, launching the two applications from a Cold Boot will Tax the Performance