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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)

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 9:50 AM

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Oct 10, 2018 9:46 AM in response to Kluunsi

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.

Oct 8, 2018 10:11 AM in response to Kluunsi

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.

Oct 8, 2018 10:02 AM in response to Old Toad

Thank you. Here is the report:


EtreCheck version: 5.0 (5008)

Report generated: 2018-10-08 12:54:51

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

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:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperEnabled
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


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:

TypeOverallIndividual cores
System2 %5 %1 %3 %1 %
User3 %7 %1 %5 %1 %
Idle95 %88 %99 %93 %99 %


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)SourceCPULocation
Other processes?13.11 %
EtreCheckApp Store5.63 %
plugin-container (5)Mozilla Corporation1.97 %
firefoxMozilla Corporation0.37 %
trustdApple0.04 %


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usageLocation
EtreCheckApp Store465 MB
firefoxMozilla Corporation386 MB
photoanalysisdApple147 MB
App StoreApple133 MB
plugin-container (5)Mozilla Corporation109 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutputLocation
firefoxMozilla Corporation3 MB377 KB
mDNSResponderApple1 MB212 KB
netbiosdApple55 KB12 KB
apsdApple16 KB20 KB
SystemUIServerApple4 KB192 B


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM4.14 GB
Free RAM2.19 GB
Used RAM3.86 GB
Cached files1.96 GB
Swap Used135 MB


Software Installs (past 30 days):

NameVersionInstall Date
Adobe Flash Player2018-09-11
Safari12.02018-09-18
Pixelmator3.7.52018-09-22
Pages7.02018-09-22
Numbers5.02018-09-22
Keynote8.02018-09-22
Gatekeeper Configuration Data1552018-09-24
XProtectPlistConfigData21002018-10-01
Evernote7.5.22018-10-04
EtreCheck5.02018-10-08


End of report

Oct 9, 2018 4:32 PM in response to Kluunsi

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.

MacBook Air Early 2014 slow to boot after Mojave update

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