MacBook Air Early 2014 slow to boot after Mojave update
My MacBook Air Early 2014 is slow to boot after the Mojave update. It looks like it's starting, then stops and starts over.
MacBook Air, macOS Mojave (10.14)
My MacBook Air Early 2014 is slow to boot after the Mojave update. It looks like it's starting, then stops and starts over.
MacBook Air, macOS Mojave (10.14)
Download and run Etrecheck. Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
After rereading you original post regarding the dual progress bar during startup I realized that my new iMac does the same thing. it goes thru the first progress bar to about 60%, goes to black and then the second startup baser starts at the 60% point and finishes rather quickly.
From the time of the Apple logo first appearing to the Desktop appearing it usually is about 20 seconds. I've had problems hutting down cleanly and on those occasions the next boot takes about a mimute.
So the dual progress bar is normal.
Kernel Extensions:
/System/Library/Extensions
WD1394_64_109HPDriver.kext (Western Digital Corporation Branded Products Group, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.9)
WDUSB_64_109HPDriver.kext (Western Digital Corporation Branded Products Group, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.9)
Why do you have Western Digital HD software installed? Do you use an external HD occasionally? If so the WD software is not needed for a Mac to access and use a WD external HD. The software can only int4rfear with the systems drive managing features. Uninstall it.
Also reboot more frequently than you are. It cleans out cache and temp files, both cache and swap, and helps the performance of the system and apps.
This time boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and the reboot normally. A safe Mode boot runs a number of maintenance routines, clears out lots of caches and does much to keep the system lean and mean. Then reboot normally.
Thank you. Here is the report:
EtreCheck version: 5.0 (5008)
Report generated: 2018-10-08 12:54:51
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Runtime: 2:00
Performance: Excellent
Sandbox: Enabled
Full drive access: Disabled
Problem: Other problem
Description:
My MacBook Air Early 2014 is slow to boot after the Mojave update. It looks like it's starting, then stops and starts over.
Major Issues: None
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.
High battery cycle count - Your battery may be losing capacity.
32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2013 - 2014) / MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air Model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-4650U) CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok
BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 859
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1536 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512F 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x2 Serial ATA
disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.42 GB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.42 GB (Shared by 4 volumes)
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 121.28 GB used)
disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)
disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 499.42 GB (375.27 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /
Encrypted
disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)
APFS
Mount point: /private/var/vm
Network:
Interface en4: iPad
Interface en3: iPhone
Interface en0: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Interface en2: Bluetooth PAN
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
System Software:
macOS Mojave 10.14 (18A391)
Time since boot: About 2 days
Configuration Profiles:
Information not available
Security:
System | Status |
---|---|
Gatekeeper | Enabled |
System Integrity Protection | Enabled |
32-bit Applications:
9 32-bit apps
Kernel Extensions:
/System/Library/Extensions
WD1394_64_109HPDriver.kext (Western Digital Corporation Branded Products Group, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.9)
WDUSB_64_109HPDriver.kext (Western Digital Corporation Branded Products Group, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.9)
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] | 9 Apple tasks |
[Loaded] | 166 Apple tasks |
[Running] | 124 Apple tasks |
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] | 35 Apple tasks |
[Loaded] | 180 Apple tasks |
[Running] | 119 Apple tasks |
[Other] | One Apple task |
Launch Daemons:
[Loaded] | com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-08-27) |
[Loaded] | jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (? d0637166 - installed 2016-12-01) |
User Launch Agents:
[Running] | com.amazon.music.plist (AMZN Mobile LLC - installed 2018-08-17) |
User Login Items:
1Password mini (AgileBits Inc. - installed 2018-05-18)
(/Applications/1Password 6.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword4-helper. app)
Internet Plug-ins:
Silverlight: 5.1.50428.0 (installed 2016-07-14)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-11)
XCouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: 5.2.0 (installed 2015-06-02)
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-09-21)
Flash Player: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-11)
EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2016-05-22)
Safari Extensions:
1Password Safari Extension Companion - App Store (installed 2018-05-18) |
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player (installed 2018-08-27)
Time Machine:
Time Machine information not available
Performance:
System Load: 1.85 (1 min ago) 2.25 (5 min ago) 1.96 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O speed: 0.08 MB/s
File system: 29.81 seconds
Write speed: 678 MB/s
Read speed: 774 MB/s
CPU Usage:
Type | Overall | Individual cores | |||
System | 2 % | 5 % | 1 % | 3 % | 1 % |
User | 3 % | 7 % | 1 % | 5 % | 1 % |
Idle | 95 % | 88 % | 99 % | 93 % | 99 % |
Top Processes by CPU:
Process (count) | Source | CPU | Location |
Other processes | ? | 13.11 % | |
EtreCheck | App Store | 5.63 % | |
plugin-container (5) | Mozilla Corporation | 1.97 % | |
firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 0.37 % | |
trustd | Apple | 0.04 % |
Top Processes by Memory:
Process (count) | Source | RAM usage | Location |
EtreCheck | App Store | 465 MB | |
firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 386 MB | |
photoanalysisd | Apple | 147 MB | |
App Store | Apple | 133 MB | |
plugin-container (5) | Mozilla Corporation | 109 MB |
Top Processes by Network Use:
Process | Source | Input | Output | Location |
firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3 MB | 377 KB | |
mDNSResponder | Apple | 1 MB | 212 KB | |
netbiosd | Apple | 55 KB | 12 KB | |
apsd | Apple | 16 KB | 20 KB | |
SystemUIServer | Apple | 4 KB | 192 B |
Virtual Memory Information:
Available RAM | 4.14 GB |
Free RAM | 2.19 GB |
Used RAM | 3.86 GB |
Cached files | 1.96 GB |
Swap Used | 135 MB |
Software Installs (past 30 days):
Name | Version | Install Date |
Adobe Flash Player | 2018-09-11 | |
Safari | 12.0 | 2018-09-18 |
Pixelmator | 3.7.5 | 2018-09-22 |
Pages | 7.0 | 2018-09-22 |
Numbers | 5.0 | 2018-09-22 |
Keynote | 8.0 | 2018-09-22 |
Gatekeeper Configuration Data | 155 | 2018-09-24 |
XProtectPlistConfigData | 2100 | 2018-10-01 |
Evernote | 7.5.2 | 2018-10-04 |
EtreCheck | 5.0 | 2018-10-08 |
End of report
Try removing the following from the User Login Items to see if it makes any difference in the boot time:
6.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword4-helper. app)
If not you an add it back.
I'm told that this process communicates with the web browser extensions. So with it disabled, I would have to keep 1Password 6 launched in order to use the browser extension. I use 1Password all the time, so if this is causing the problem, I'd rather put up with the slow boot than disable it.
I have a early 2014 MacBook Air (4GB RAM, 128GB drive) with Mojave (18A391). It works reliably, and also exhibits the two-stage boot issue that you describe. This machine has no so-called Mac Cleaner software, no anti-virus, Onyx, or any other third-party administration tools installed. It has Adobe Flash completely removed, and is regularly swept with Malwarebytes. My Etrecheck report is clean.
I have suggested elsewhere that Apple may resolve this with 10.14.1, or 10.14.2 releases. Nothing to be done by the end user before then.
I uninstalled the WD software and booted into Safe Mode. No change.
If that's part of 1Password I doubt it's involved.
Thank you. I will wait for the updates.
Thanks. Glad to know I'm not the only one this is happening to.
MacBook Air Early 2014 slow to boot after Mojave update