Hello to all,
A few weeks ago I started experiencing painfully slow login times. By this I mean the amount of time to get a usable desktop after entering my username and password after boot up (up to 30 seconds).
If I then launch an app like Firefox, this can take a further 30 seconds to be usable.
I did some digging around on Google and found a forum where a guy said he fixed the problem by resolving duplicate fonts in Font Book (http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=72125). I tried this and, voila, within 2 seconds of logging in, my desktop was loaded and ready to go! Whoo Hoo!
Then, a couple of weeks later, the problem returned. Back to Google, back to the article I found before (http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=72125) and I tried a number of suggestions:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2004011205473937
http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php
Specifically, I did the following list items:
01 Restart
02 Check/fix the filesystem
03 Make sure you're not running out of free space on the System volume
04 Repair permissions
05 Create a new user account, and see if the problem persists there - It didn't seem to
06 Clear system & user caches
07 Disable Application Enhancer, if you're running it - don't have it running that I know
08 Startup in SafeBoot mode, and see if the problem persists there - hard to say, really
09 Reset system firmware - don't know how/scared it will have unfortunate consequences
10 Unplug all USB, Firewire devices except Apple mouse - doesn't apply; using a MBP with no peripherals
Repaired permissions, disabled fonts I don't use, and also downloaded and ran Maintenance from the above listed site, which indicated that I need to repair my file system, so I loaded the installation disk, rebooted, launched Utility Manager, repaired the file system, restarted, still slow logging in. If anything, it's slower now than it was before.
Can anyone offer an advice as to why this is the case?
Thanks.
PS - When I run repair permissions, it complains alot about Java and takes about 8-9 minutes to run (even if I repeat the repair several times).
Also, if I use Disk Utility on my installation (as opposed to via the install disk), "Repair Disk" is and has always been greyed out.
A few weeks ago I started experiencing painfully slow login times. By this I mean the amount of time to get a usable desktop after entering my username and password after boot up (up to 30 seconds).
If I then launch an app like Firefox, this can take a further 30 seconds to be usable.
I did some digging around on Google and found a forum where a guy said he fixed the problem by resolving duplicate fonts in Font Book (http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=72125). I tried this and, voila, within 2 seconds of logging in, my desktop was loaded and ready to go! Whoo Hoo!
Then, a couple of weeks later, the problem returned. Back to Google, back to the article I found before (http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=72125) and I tried a number of suggestions:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2004011205473937
http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php
Specifically, I did the following list items:
01 Restart
02 Check/fix the filesystem
03 Make sure you're not running out of free space on the System volume
04 Repair permissions
05 Create a new user account, and see if the problem persists there - It didn't seem to
06 Clear system & user caches
07 Disable Application Enhancer, if you're running it - don't have it running that I know
08 Startup in SafeBoot mode, and see if the problem persists there - hard to say, really
09 Reset system firmware - don't know how/scared it will have unfortunate consequences
10 Unplug all USB, Firewire devices except Apple mouse - doesn't apply; using a MBP with no peripherals
Repaired permissions, disabled fonts I don't use, and also downloaded and ran Maintenance from the above listed site, which indicated that I need to repair my file system, so I loaded the installation disk, rebooted, launched Utility Manager, repaired the file system, restarted, still slow logging in. If anything, it's slower now than it was before.
Can anyone offer an advice as to why this is the case?
Thanks.
PS - When I run repair permissions, it complains alot about Java and takes about 8-9 minutes to run (even if I repeat the repair several times).
Also, if I use Disk Utility on my installation (as opposed to via the install disk), "Repair Disk" is and has always been greyed out.
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