Facetime & iMessage Launch Slowly on Yosemite

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Same problem here. Launching Messages and FaceTime apps is painfully slow after updating from Mac OS X 10.10.2 to 10.10.3.

Running iMac 21.5" Late 2012 3.1GHz i7 16GB DDR3

5/7/15 16:56:37.758 locationd[81]: Location icon should now be in state 'Active'

5/7/15 16:56:38.978 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.

5/7/15 16:56:39.846 locationd[81]: Location icon should now be in state 'Inactive'

5/7/15 16:56:50.000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::power_on_hardware

5/7/15 16:56:50.764 AppleCameraAssistant[527]: StartHardwareStream: creating frame receiver: 1280 x 720 (420v) [12.00,29.97]fps

5/7/15 16:56:50.967 AppleCameraAssistant[527]: StopHardwareStream

5/7/15 16:56:51.016 FaceTime[12202]: Invalid uniqueId: 03-765-9323

5/7/15 16:56:51.000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::power_off_hardware

Does it tell you something?

Many thanks!

Yoav

I've got the same problem - ages/minute to load according to the console log - with some strange messages - see below:

FaceTime Starts loading at 1:21:39.643:

5/06/2015 1:21:39.643 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.

5/06/2015 1:22:03.912 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:03.912 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:04.011 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:04.011 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:04.046 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:04.119 pm FaceTime[3604]: [Warning] FTContactRowItem could not generate valid uniqueID. This should never happen.

5/06/2015 1:22:04.235 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: Unknown

5/06/2015 1:22:04.256 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 08 8100 8827

5/06/2015 1:22:04.000 pm kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::power_on_hardware

5/06/2015 1:22:04.762 pm AppleCameraAssistant[417]: VPA_NR_CreateInstance : result = 0x00000000

5/06/2015 1:22:04.762 pm AppleCameraAssistant[417]: StartHardwareStream: creating frame receiver: XXX x XXX (420v) [12.00,29.97]fps

5/06/2015 1:22:04.991 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 0 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.047 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: +6 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.057 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 1 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.087 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 0 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.664 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 0 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.740 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 0 <anonymised>

5/06/2015 1:22:05.749 pm FaceTime[3604]: Invalid uniqueId: 02 <anonymised>

The <anonymised> entries are telephone numbers I've called in the past.

Any help appreciated (its a brand new macbook and a clean install - not from Time Machine )