fletcherjames

Q: Logging into Yosemite takes a long time, plus load bar

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Yosemite 10.10

 

Hi,

 

When logging into my mac, it now takes around 2-3 minutes. In Mavericks it took a few seconds. There is also a load bar (see picture)

Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 14.15.44.png

 

Is this normal?

 

Thanks, Fletcher

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 6:19 AM

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  • by ShadowDancer1000,

    ShadowDancer1000 ShadowDancer1000 Oct 20, 2014 10:49 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 20, 2014 10:49 AM in response to Csound1

    [quote]You can not run a disk repair on the disk that you booted from, please note. Boot from Recovery if you wish to run a disk repair.[/quote]

     

    ^^^Who told you this? They're incorrect.

    You can run a Disk Repair on the same disk you boot from. Most people do this as a maintenance step before installing the next major OS X release.

     

    BTW _ where is the quote button? I had to hard code it with BBCode tags.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 20, 2014 10:50 AM in response to fletcherjames
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    Oct 20, 2014 10:50 AM in response to fletcherjames

    Remove the Greatdy audio software, remove it correctly (consult the vendor for instructions on how)

     

    Then remove everything Intego, LaCie, Steam, uTorrent Spotify and FUSE

     

    All of these must be removed according to their manufacturers instructions.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 20, 2014 10:52 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000
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    Oct 20, 2014 10:52 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000

    No you can not, I suggest that you try it now rather than arguing about it.

     

    It is not possible to run a Disk Repair on the drive you booted from, your advice is incorrect.

  • by ShadowDancer1000,

    ShadowDancer1000 ShadowDancer1000 Oct 20, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 20, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Csound1

    Sound, I think you're incorrect on this one. I've done it before.

     

     

    Edit: Here I just ran a quick "Repair" on my disk although it wasn't necessarily needed.

    Note, no photoshop tricks in the screencap. I only run one drive in this machine with no partitions.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 2.33.38 PM.png

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 20, 2014 11:45 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000
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    Oct 20, 2014 11:45 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000

    Maybe you'll believe Apple then:

     

    Disk Utility Repair

    1. Start from the Recovery System or Internet Recovery (OS X Lion or Mountain Lion).
      If your computer shipped with a Mac OS X Install disc, insert the installation disc, and restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. If using a Recovery partition or Internet Recovery (OS X Lion and later): When your computer finishes starting up, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities window.
      If using an installation disc: Choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
      Important: If you started from an installation disc, do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must start from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
    3. Click the First Aid tab.
    4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
    5. Select your OS X volume.
    6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.

    Tip: With Mac OS X v10.6 and earlier, always start up your computer from an Install or Restore disc when using Disk Utility to verify or repair your startup volume. Otherwise, you might see some disk error messages.

  • by ShadowDancer1000,

    ShadowDancer1000 ShadowDancer1000 Oct 20, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 20, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Csound1

    But these are instructions for Lion & Mountain Lion. Those are two/three versions old now.

    I'm showing you a screen shot of me running a Disk Repair in Yosemite  from the same drive I boot from while the system is running.

     

    I mean I guess if one wants to feel  they have an extra layer of security they could run it from the System Recovery screen.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 20, 2014 12:17 PM in response to ShadowDancer1000
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    Oct 20, 2014 12:17 PM in response to ShadowDancer1000

    Do as you please, it really doesn't affect me at all.

     

    But, this is what Disk Utility looks like when running on the startup disk. Note the absence of the Repair Disk button.

    Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 20.20.03.png

     

    Maybe it is because you set up a logical volume group?

  • by ShadowDancer1000,

    ShadowDancer1000 ShadowDancer1000 Oct 20, 2014 6:34 PM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 20, 2014 6:34 PM in response to Csound1

    Could be.

     

    You're also trying to run a disk repair in a partition on your drive. I don't it works like that.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 21, 2014 2:31 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000
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    Oct 21, 2014 2:31 AM in response to ShadowDancer1000

    ShadowDancer1000 wrote:

     

    Could be.

     

    You're also trying to run a disk repair in a partition on your drive. I don't it works like that.

    I'm not running a disk repair at all, you are mistaken.

  • by Lopezzi,

    Lopezzi Lopezzi Oct 21, 2014 10:14 AM in response to fletcherjames
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    Oct 21, 2014 10:14 AM in response to fletcherjames

    I'm having the same issue.  Two separate accounts, one is an AD account and it won't log in at all, the other is a local admin account and it takes about 5 minutes to log in.  After typing the password, I just see the little spinning gear for about 5 min, then it logs in and things seems to run normally.  I can't figure out what's causing it.  I even reinstalled Yosemite (overtop, not a format and install) and still the same issue.  Hope someone figures this out.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 21, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Lopezzi
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    Oct 21, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Lopezzi

    Installing 'over the top' leaves settings exactly the same as they were, basically it does not change anything unless it is broken. Do a proper erase and reinstall if you want to eliminate system settings as the issue.

     

    But it is almost certainly not that, 3rd party software is far more likely to be causing the issue, especially the kind that loads before you even login.

     

    Might take a while to find, your choice.

  • by Lopezzi,

    Lopezzi Lopezzi Oct 21, 2014 10:23 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 21, 2014 10:23 AM in response to Csound1

    I know it doesn't change anything unless it's broken.  That's why I tried it first.  I thought, maybe something is broken and it will fix it.  Apparently not.  I'm guessing it is third party software but not sure what.  I've been pouring through the console trying to see what's causing it to hang, but there is nothing related to any third party stuff that I can tell.  Was hoping to not have to format and reinstall as it's not my laptop and I don't know if the user has everything backed up, but it might be the only option.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 21, 2014 10:30 AM in response to Lopezzi
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    Oct 21, 2014 10:30 AM in response to Lopezzi

    First you have to find out what you have, then you can start elimination rounds.

     

    Download and run this utility, Etrecheck (written by one of the contributors) post the report here so I can take  look for the 'usual suspects'

  • by Lopezzi,

    Lopezzi Lopezzi Oct 21, 2014 12:13 PM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 21, 2014 12:13 PM in response to Csound1

    Here is the report.  Notice I was copying the users profile to an external drive which is why the DesktopServicesHelper is using all the CPU and also obviously why there is a WD External drive attached.  I'm curious what you think, but I am preparing to just format and reinstall.  I need to get this back to the user today so I might not have a long time to troubleshoot.  Thanks for your help, btw.

     

    Problem description:

    Log login times

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

    Report generated October 21, 2014 at 2:06:18 PM CDT

     

    Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,2

    1 3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

    8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

    BANK 0/DIMM0

    4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

    BANK 1/DIMM0

    4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

    Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n

     

    Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel HD Graphics 4000 -

    Color LCD spdisplays_2560x1600Retina

     

    System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 1:59:19

     

    Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE SSD SM768E disk0 : (751.28 GB)

    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

    Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 750.05 GB (480.70 GB free)

    Core Storage: disk0s2 750.42 GB Online

     

    USB Information: ℹ️

    Western Digital My Passport 0730 1 TB

    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

    External (disk2s2) /Volumes/External : 999.83 GB (425.61 GB free)

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

    Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

     

    Configuration files: ℹ️

    /etc/hosts - Count: 1

     

    Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

    /System/Library/Extensions

    [loaded]  com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support

    [not loaded]  com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.2 - SDK 10.7) Support

     

    Startup Items: ℹ️

    AMPAgent: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AMPAgent

    Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

     

    Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [not loaded]  com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

    [loaded]  com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist Support

    [running]  com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist Support

    [running]  com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist Support

    [invalid?]  com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

    [running]  jp.co.canon.CUPSPS2.BG.plist Support

     

    Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [not loaded]  com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

    [not loaded]  com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

    [invalid?]  com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

    [not loaded]  kace.ampagent.bootup.plist Support

     

    User Login Items: ℹ️

    None

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

    MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    Flash Player  Support

     

    Time Machine: ℹ️

    Time Machine not configured!

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      101% DesktopServicesHelper

        12% mds

        9% fseventsd

        6% coreservicesd

        4% WindowServer

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    610 MB Finder

    464 MB mds_stores

    112 MB spindump

    103 MB WindowServer

    103 MB mds

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    2.78 GB Free RAM

    4.12 GB Active RAM

    563 MB Inactive RAM

    1.12 GB Wired RAM

    3.35 GB Page-ins

    0 B Page-outs

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