MBP 10.1 Big Sur bootlog reports many 'command not found'

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MBP 10.1 Big Sur bootlog reports many 'command not found'

My MBP is a bit slow starter. Like, something is wrong.

The bootlog reports many times 'command not found"

andre@andre-server ~ % /Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG ; exit;

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 1: SlingShot:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 2: Memory: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 3: Memory: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 4: Drive: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 5: Drive: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 6: NetworkFinishOSRSHostInfoLookup:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 7: NetworkInitNetwork:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 8: SlingShot:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 9: ShowError:: command not found

: command not foundG: line 10:

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 11: SlingShot:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 12: Memory: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 13: Memory: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 14: Drive: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 15: Drive: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 16: NetworkFinishOSRSHostInfoLookup:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 17: NetworkInitNetwork:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 18: SlingShot:: command not found

/Volumes/EFI/BOOTLOG: line 19: ShowError:: command not found

: command not foundG: line 20:

Saving session...

...copying shared history...

...saving history...truncating history files...

...completed.

Deleting expired sessions... 16 completed.

[Process completed]

Could anyone advise me please?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Nov 12, 2024 3:00 AM

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John Galt

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Nov 22, 2024 7:56 AM in response to Lance.scs

Nothing blatantly obvious stands out but I strongly recommend ridding that Mac of the following nonessential software:

"Cocktail"

"Drive Genius"

"Spyhunter"

"TotalAV"

They convey no beneficial purpose. Uninstall both of those products in accordance with their respective instructions. Follow them to the letter, restart your Mac, and please write back if the problems continue. My next suggestion would be to run EtreCheck.

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John Galt

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Nov 12, 2024 6:53 AM in response to Lance.scs

Something appears to be invoking a Terminal script upon logging in, and whatever that may be is probably being launched as either a system or user launch agent or daemon.

Start investigating by inspecting the contents of the following three folders:

~/Library/LaunchAgents

/Library/LaunchDaemons

/Library/LaunchAgents

All three.

If you need help doing that, read About those " will damage your computer" messages - Apple Community. It describes a different problem, but the means to investigate it remains the same, and it has illustrated step-by-step instructions. Post screenshots if you so choose — that document describes how to do that also.

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