If it's a crucial SSD then try Jason's tip of booting holding down alt, then
leave it as-is overnight. That should run the built in TRIM command and speed
up drive writes.
Are there any usual programs in the applications folder or menubar icons across
the top of the screen?
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On 21 Jul 2015, at 18:10, Rebekah K <[email protected]> wrote:
That's the first thing I tried. It starts quicker now (a minute or two rather
than eternity) but not within seconds like it did before.
Thanks
Rebekah
> On 21/07/2015 16:59, Andrew Gill wrote:
> I recently had a similar issue with my Macbook Pro running Yosemite.
>
> I booted it up in safe mode (holding return), then went to utilities, then
> disk utility. Then repaired all the permissions.
>
> Now it wizzes along.
>
> Thank you. Kind regards,
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>> On 21 July 2015 at 16:48, Rebekah K <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My Macbook Pro which runs Mavericks on a SSD started up very fast until
>> recently. Now it takes ages to boot up. I think my kids might have installed
>> something weird on it. How do I diagnose the problem?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Rebekah
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