On 23 May 2011, at 07:12, Philippe Chandless wrote: > A few days ago she started having problems starting it up (which she does > every morning). After pressing the power button the grey Apple logo screen > comes up and a progress bar appears. It takes 4-5 minutes for the progress > bar to get to the end and then the start up continues normally. She's also > finding that the Superdrive is acting up.
The reason for the slow startup is that it must starting in Safe Mode (the progress bar is the clue) and the time taken is for various maintenance tasks to run. Check this timely article - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20065863-263.html - which has some suggestions. -- Tony Crooks ---------------------------------- 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP Mob: 07590508079 > Tel: 01323-460789 <mailto: [email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
