ndianaty
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Q: Slow Mac OSX Mountain Lion startup

Hello, recently my mac has been starting up slowly when it comes out of sleep mode. I have to press the space bar rapidly for it to start after an hour of using it. When it finally starts I get some white bars of progress at the bottom of my computer with the login faded out and after 20 seconds it lets me log in

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 3:26 PM

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Q: Slow Mac OSX Mountain Lion startup

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Oct 7, 2013 3:32 PM in response to ndianaty
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    Oct 7, 2013 3:32 PM in response to ndianaty

    Checked to see how much space is available ??

     

    Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage

     

    Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.

     

     

    Checked the startup disk lately?

     

    Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utilities

     

    Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.

     

    Click:  Verify Disk  (not Verify Disk Permissions)

     

    If the disk needs repairing, restart your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you can access the built in utilities in OS X Recovery to repair the startup disk.

     

    FYI:   OS X Recovery requires a high speed broadband connection.

     

    Backup all your important files before repairing or restoring OS X just in case.

  • by ndianaty,

    ndianaty ndianaty Oct 7, 2013 3:44 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Oct 7, 2013 3:44 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I Checked the space about 40% is available and disk utility says its OK

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Oct 7, 2013 5:50 PM in response to ndianaty
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    Oct 7, 2013 5:50 PM in response to ndianaty

    Mac computers: Progress bar appears after waking from sleep

  • by ndianaty,

    ndianaty ndianaty Oct 8, 2013 7:33 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 8, 2013 7:33 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Any way to turn it off?

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Oct 8, 2013 7:38 AM in response to ndianaty
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    Oct 8, 2013 7:38 AM in response to ndianaty

    I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.

      

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    pmset -g | open -ef

      

    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

     

    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:

     

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

     

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

     

    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.

     

    Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V.

     

    Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.

     

    A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.