Every app starts slow
Hi
my Imac has this strange and annoying feature. Every app takes about ten
times longer to startup, the first time I open it (after boot).
For example, firefox takes 10-20 secs, Matlab takes 2 or 3 minutes, etc.
If I quit the app and I reopen it, it takes the normal time.
If I re-open the app after a long while, it takes forever again.
Another significant thing is that every operation that I perform inside that app takes much longer the first time.
For example, if I calculate the solution of an equation in Matlab, it
takes a long while the first time, but it's enormously faster the second
time.
It looks like there is something on the file system that slows down the apps, isn't it?
So far I tried to:
Check disk with disk utility (everything is ok)
Delete all caches
Give the related apps full disk permission.
PRAM reset
Issue is user-wide (every user has the same issue)
I have SSD, not HD.
No antivirus, no relevant s/w except Dropbox (quitting dropbox does not help)
Thank you for any suggestion
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iMac Pro