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imac is slow booting up with yosemite

I have an IMac (24 inch, early 2009) that I recently installed OS X Yosemite on (10.0.3) onto. Unfortunely, even after installing an additional 4 GBs of Ram, it still takes one minute to boot up after pressing the power button. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to hasten the boot up time, or is the answer upgrading my imac to a 2015 model? I have reset the prams and reselected the start up disk. I have also used "Clean My Mac" as well !

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 19, 2015 1:46 PM

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Jun 19, 2015 1:51 PM in response to donnafromlake oswego

Clean My Mac could very well be part if not all of the boot time issues.

Uninstall it > How To Uninstall CleanMyMac 2? Complete Removal of Mac Apps


Your Mac OS X works in the background to keep your Mac running as it should. Third party so called cleaning utilities are not necessary.



Login items can also slow your Mac's boot time.


Remove login items from the following then restart your Mac to test.


System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items


and /Library/StartupItems

Jun 19, 2015 1:50 PM in response to donnafromlake oswego

If you are not using an SSD in the computer, then a one minute startup time from Power on to the Desktop is pretty normal. Remove CleanMyMac. It isn't necessary and may even cause it to run slower.


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Avoid using any third-party software that claims to clean up your computer. Usually this software does more bad than good. Furthermore, you don't need it. Note that all computers will become slower over time even under normal use. Experienced users typically erase the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or whenever installing a major OS upgrade. Of course doing so also means you must maintain regular and multiple backups.


Add more RAM or cut back on the number of concurrently running applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and software that promises to clean your Mac. Check for runaway processes: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan acti… Also see:


Mavericks and later


Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the %CPU column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of %CPU, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

Jun 19, 2015 2:55 PM in response to donnafromlake oswego

Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. Test after each one. Back up all data before making any changes.

1. Set the default startup disk.

2. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to start up. If there's no change, reconnect them

3. Reset the System Management Controller.

4. Reset the PRAM. Afterwards you'll need to repeat Step 1.

5. Reset the printing system.

Aug 15, 2015 3:27 AM in response to Linc Davis

Just upgraded my late 2012 iMac from 10.8.6 to 10.10.5. Big mistake!


Previously time to login screen from boot was a mater of seconds. Now it takes five to eight seconds from the "chime" to the Apple icon. Then a further thirty to forty seconds until the login screen. Further more a number of applications (games) that worked just fine under 10.8 now don;t run at all.


So far, I've run an offline disk verify, and yes it corrected some directory corruption.

Reset my SMC, my printer system, the PRAM. There is only the one disk, so resetting the startup disk achieved nothing.


Behaviour remains the same, really slow boot by comparison to what I experienced before the upgrade. Anyone have any additional ideas as I can only conclude that the upgrade breaks the systems.

imac is slow booting up with yosemite

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