After upgrading to Sonoma from Ventura I find the start up time on my 2019 Intel iMac very slow. From turning on to complete desktop function it takes about 7 minutes. Surely this cannot be right. I have waited for several days to let things settle but it is very frustrating. Is there anything I can do?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 14.0
Disconnect ALL External Drives - Firstly
To avoid the question / answer and question answer scenario
Suggest the User start with Points 1 to 4 and then Test
Still having issues, move onto Steps 5 and 6 and Test Again
Still no resolve - move onto Step 7 and follow instructions therein
1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.
2 - Safe Mode will also eliminate Third Party Software, extensions and drivers from loading. It will only load the Minimum amount of Core Apple Processes to allow the the computer to function at a reduced Level of Performance
3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?
4 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.
5 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.
6 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.
7 - Download the Application Etrecheck directly from the Developer.
The Application is Not a " Silver Bullet " and is only a tool to examine the Hardware / Software used on this computer
This is a Diagnostic Tool that makes no changes to the computer Hardware / Software used on this computer
The application is free or paid from added features.
The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information.
Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<
Ok I will need a little help with this. I went into System Settings / Privacy and Security / Extensions / Added Extensions which then gives me this below. Now I need some help. What do I do now if this is indeed where I should be?
Thank you for the detailed and comprehensive instructions. I shall act and post back results in due course.
Shall await your come back posting
Only as an actual example of the Way and method explained earlier
There is a older report from an older M1 Mac Mini
I hope this is what you require. Achieved after some time and several attempts.
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Sorry but this is not it.
Lets us try again
Yes it has been getting progressively worse for some time. Cannot remember exactly when. If I could I could reboot from a backup volume I assume. But then that is a real backward step I guess.
It would see it if it wasn't completely uninstalled.
Why is Sonoma so slow to start up?
