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My mac takes ages to start up? any suggestions?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
How long exactly is "ages"?
What is on the screen for the longest time?
How long exactly is "ages"?
What is on the screen for the longest time?
It takes longer than it used to. and it is the grey screen with the colorful circle indicating the computer is thinking.
Direct you to the proper forum for MacBook :
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
Mac OS X Forums
This forum deals with a desktop/tower 65lb Mac Pro
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro
You should consider your backups, use ML Recovery Mode to repair the disk at minimum, then return with a Safe Boot.
Recovery Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
General purpose Mac troubleshooting guide:
Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems:
Isolating an issue by using another user account
Identifying resource hogs and other tips:
Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Starting the computer in "safe mode":
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
To identify potential hardware problems:
General Mac maintenance:
slow start up
