Hi - My laptop has been starting up very slow. Takes 46-seconds. Status bar moves along nicely then at 16-seconds it slows then stops. The seconds tick by until 40 seconds or so.
MAC OS Catalina
V10.15.7
Please let me know if you need additional information.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
See if the problem still happens after a Safe mode restart (hold the shift key down at startup). It can take much longer to safe boot (10 min) so be patient.
How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
Safe mode forces the OS to clear certain caches and logs and do other miscellaneous housekeeping. It's non-destructive to user data so is safe to do. Very often certain weird software behavior is corrected by simply logging in this way as a troubleshooting method. When you're in safe boot, the machine will not be at its best performance, especially with graphics, but that's expected.
Exit safe mode by restarting your Mac normally and re-evaluate the issue again.
If the problem is still unresolved, please return here and post a reply and we’ll see what else we can come up with for help.
What is the model and year of your Mac?
Click the (Apple) menu at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac.
See if the problem still happens after a Safe mode restart (hold the shift key down at startup). It can take much longer to safe boot (10 min) so be patient.
How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
Safe mode forces the OS to clear certain caches and logs and do other miscellaneous housekeeping. It's non-destructive to user data so is safe to do. Very often certain weird software behavior is corrected by simply logging in this way as a troubleshooting method. When you're in safe boot, the machine will not be at its best performance, especially with graphics, but that's expected.
Exit safe mode by restarting your Mac normally and re-evaluate the issue again.
If the problem is still unresolved, please return here and post a reply and we’ll see what else we can come up with for help.
What is the model and year of your Mac?
Click the (Apple) menu at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac.
Have you installed or run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up" or anti-virus apps on your Mac?
Download and run Etrecheck. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
IMPORTANT:
Before running Etrecheck assign Full Disk Access to Etrecheck in the Etrecheck's Privacy preference pane so that it can get additional information from the Console and log files for the report:
Also click and read the About info to further permit full disk access.
Copy the report
and use the Additional Text button to include the report in your reply.
Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine what might be causing the problem.
Do restart in Safe Mode as advised.
If the problem persists, then please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.
We need to look for stuff that may be installed and causing the delay.
What is the startup drive? HD or SSD?
If it is HD, then 46 seconds would actually be considered fast.
Any recent version of macOS pretty much demands an SSD for quick startup and application launching.
Thanks so much, Luis. Will follow up.
Oops. Thought it showed that info.
MACBOOK Pro
13"
Late: 2012
Thanks so much for the suggestion. Will follow up.
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