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after updating to 10.8.4 my macbook pro retina boots up in 6 minutes

My Macbook Pro retina boots up very slow (6 minutes) after updating to mountain lion 10.8.4. I already did a clean install, after that the boot up time was 40-50 seconds but immediately after doing the update it boots up in 6 minutes again. when i just bought it it booted up in 20 seconds or so, i would really like it to be that fast again! does anybody know if this is a known bug or is it just me?

Thanks

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 6, 2013 2:38 AM

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Jul 9, 2013 10:49 AM in response to jonas_123

Thanks for this post I also have this issue and had an empty SD card adapter in, will now reboot to see if it is all fixed.

News: Rebooted without the SD card adapter in and is fixed... glad I didn't have to do a clean install after all!!!

DesmondC

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Jul 23, 2013 7:07 PM in response to spleenule

Thanks for your solution, I have the same problem.

The problem is definitely related to the SD card slot.

But it is a little bit strange, I have to do it in opposite way -- The computer startup speed will gets normal only when a SD card is plugged in the slot..

I tried to reboot without a SD card plugged but the speed become very slow again.

I never use the nifty SD drvie, and the problem is happened after I upload picture from a camera SD 2 week ago, with upgraded OSX.

Does anyone share the same problem?

Thanks for your time and sharing!

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Jul 24, 2013 2:40 AM in response to DesmondC

I had the exact same as you're describing.

In my case the problem just solved itself, still don't know why.

After booting up with an sd card in the slot for a couple of days it started booting up really fast again even without the sd card.

hope it helps.

DesmondC

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Jul 24, 2013 8:03 AM in response to jonas_123

Great, will try and keep everybody posted. Thanks!

MrAsim

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Aug 11, 2013 7:08 AM in response to jonas_123

Dear Jonas

I have the same problem, i have also updated to 10.8.4 and my reboot/startup time is 6 minutes and 15 sec. I have also upgrades my Macbook Pro 13 (Primo,2011) to Samsung SSD 840 Pro hardrive and memory from 4 to 8 GB. It is really fast in the system, so thats i am happy about. But the rebooting is a big problem.

The slow problem i had before i change my new SSD drive and memory. It started when i updated to 10.8.4 version. Should i remove my SD holder, how to do that?? Is it easy??

I have done PRAM and all the other tings, cleaned and so on. Nothing helped so i found this thread i guess this could be same problem for me. So should i remove it, but how??

Thanks in advance.

Asim

Aug 11, 2013 7:32 AM in response to MrAsim

We're alking about the small memory card that goes in the small slot on the right side of the laptop.

MrAsim

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Aug 11, 2013 7:54 AM in response to spleenule

Hi,

Yes but i have a memory slot integrated in Macbook, so should i open and take it out(if it possible)? Because i just looked again that the nifty minidrive is somthing u have added external. My had one integreded allready. Just wanna try if this is problem for my issue aswell. What do u suggest?

Fision

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Aug 11, 2013 9:42 AM in response to MrAsim

This thread is about people having memory cards in the SD Slot. If you don't have anything in the slot (empty), then it sounds like you have a different issue.

If you do have a card in the SD slot, then eject it to see if your boot time is faster.

after updating to 10.8.4 my macbook pro retina boots up in 6 minutes