Q: Restart on El Capitain takes forever. How speed up?
Among my regrets for upgrading to El Capitian: when I reset, the process is not instant, like before. Now the iMac screen goes black, with a circle. Then blank. And then a long wait while a progress bar appears. Then I have to re login again with my password. What's the deal?
I called Apple tech support and the woman said I'd have to take the machine to an Apple Store (major inconvenience and time and perhaps cost waste). She said my computer was unable to restart in disc utility so she couldn't check for the glitches.
Is there a way to get the machine to restart lickety split automatically again without having a long wait and then having to re login with password? Would appreciate your help on this.
Paul
G4, Mac OS X (10.2.x)
Posted on May 15, 2016 12:27 PM
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.
Posted on May 15, 2016 3:22 PM