I have a Macbook Pro running 10.11.6 and yesterday pulled down some MS updates. Since that time, when booting there is a horizontal white line that takes an honest five minutes to slowly move from left to right. I am finally presented with a login prompt.
Any idea why this is happening and is there a fix?
Thank you!
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
It might be the MS updates, but I don't believe anyone else has reported this issue. That suggests that something else that you may have inadvertently installed prior to reboot could be the cause, and not MS updates (which if it is Office 2016) do not get written to System locations anyway).
There was a suggestion to run the diagnostic software EtreCheck, and by posting those results back here, that information will provide more detailed information on kernel drivers that have been installed, or other software that is known to slow the operating system.
You may have malware installed (unrelated to the MS updates) that either EtreCheck, or the free Malwarebytes can discover.
The white line is the progress bar of a loading OS.
You've got a very slow machine.
Post the entire repot back here.
This is new behavior that began with a Microsoft update to Word, etc. This hasn't been going from bad to worse; after the update it when the problems began. I really need to uninstall these MS updates.
Do you have a backup you can restore from?
No doubt something odd has been installed on your machine.
Run the free software from the link I posted.
This didn't start until the MS update. That is to say, prior to the update that bar might have shown for thirty seconds and now it's taking upwards of five minutes.
Thanks,
LG
El Captain - Horizontal White Line At Boot
