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My iMac takes more than 30 minutes to start after a restart
I have an iMac, 2019 with 14.3.1 MacOS. I use to keep it on Sleep, but from time to time, I need to either restart or shutdown. Whenever I do this, no matter if I chose to reopen the apps or not, it ...
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How to make MBP bootcamp boot faster
I had a mid 2012 MBP not doing anything and decided to install Win 10 on it. I didn't do a dual boot setup. I replaced the drive which had macOS on it with a spare and installed Windows using the ...
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iMac 10.15 Catalina takes 2+ hours to boot
One of the 12 iMacs here has a big problem: it takes two hours or more from pressing the button to turn it on until finally ditching the progress bar and showing up the desktop.
It is a MacOS 10.15 ...
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What can be done to make programs startup faster?
I bought a new MacBook Air with an M1 chip.
When I launch programs, they don't launch immediately. First, the icon bounces for a few seconds, and only after that, I can see the program window.
I found ...
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MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) freezes for a while after login
I'm experiencing the following situation when booting my MacBook with MacOS Ventura 13.1.
I turn on the Macbook.
I successfully enter my user/password.
The OS starts loading but the progress bar ...
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Easiest and safest way to clean the startup disk
My 2018 MacBook Pro has plenty of storage and memory.
Recently it has grown remarkably slow, beyond frustratingly slow.
Not a day or even an hour goes by without any given application, software, ...
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Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar installation on iBook G4 stalls at gray screen, shows folder icon with question mark, then Finder icon, and then freezes
Recently, I made a Jaguar install disc from an ISO and tried booting from it on my iBook G4 12-inch. I tried booting from Startup Manager, expecting the Apple logo to appear and the CD to boot from ...
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Boot login screen responsive only a second every minute
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Out of nowhere, the boot login/decryption screen started to become unresponsive.
Fortunately, the screen is responsive for about a second every minute (or so).
This way I can still type ...
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Unable to boot MacBook Pro 15" mid-2014 (Big Sur) after update
I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2014 with Big Sur on it.
I tried to update the operating system to the latest version (11.6.5) using System Update.
During the update process it restarted itself but ...
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iMac 8,1 freezes after selecting option to boot from USB
1 with 4GB of ram and a faulty GPU that shows some glitches at the top of the screen but still works fine and I have it running Linux and I made a bootable USB for Windows 7 using Rufus, and I can ...
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Macbook mid-2010 hangs on boot macOS High Sierra
From time to time, my Macbook hangs on boot. I've put the verbose mode startup enabled on each startup so I could figure out what's wrong there.
Here is the line where it is stopping today. You could ...
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Does serverperfmode work on Apple Silicon Macs?
Is it possible to enable serverperfmode on an Apple Silicon Mac?
I am using an M1 Mac Mini on macOS 11.2, and following Apple's instructions. I enabled serverperfmode=1 in the NVRAM boot-args, and ...
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Macbook Pro running very slow and Power button needs to be held down for 7-8 secs to turn on
I have a Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015.I have been using it for about 3 years and was working completely fine. Few Months ago, my charger stopped working and I didn't use it for over 3 months. Later ...
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slow boot (and slow EFI?) in brand new MacBook Pro 16"
I have a very new Mac and it seems far too slow to boot in both Catalina and now Big Sur perhaps it’s worse.
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MacBook Pro 16 inch (MBP 16.0)
CPU 2.3 8 Core intel i9
16GB DDR
GPU Intel UHD ...
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Viewing Logs on Startup volume that freezes
I have a MacBook Pro (Computer A) which freezes / restarts during startup.
To investigate the problem, I purchased a brand new internal disk and did a basic installation (10.13 - the latest this model ...
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