http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Mac osx getting slow on boot up en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:06:03 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/mac-osx-getting-slow-on-boot-up#post-35569 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:11:49 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 35569@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>thx ross i'm not too much of a mac geek :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/mac-osx-getting-slow-on-boot-up#post-35514 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:07:29 +0000 ross 35514@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>It is of course possible that you have a trojan or spyware, maybe even a virus - it's just rather unlikely. A good start would to be running a bunch of the scripts/utilities found in Onyx - <a href='http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html'>http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html</a> (assuming you're using Leopard, if you use Tiger <a href='http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_tiger.html'>http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_tiger.html</a> is the one you want). </p> <p>In the Automation tab you'll want to make sure to Repair Permissions, Execute Maintenance Scripts, and clear every possible cache listed.</p> <p>On the Verify tab, make sure to check the Structure of the Volume, and if it says you need to repair it - do it. In the Cleaning tab, sticking w/ the defaults is safe. </p> <p>After you've run those utilities and/or scripts in Onyx, reboot. And if you happen to have a desktop full of files - move them elsewhere (the more desktop clutter, the more memory is used). </p> <p>If none of that solves the problem, consider checking for viruses, spyware etc. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/mac-osx-getting-slow-on-boot-up#post-35506 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:44:48 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 35506@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>would it be possible that you got some spyware or viruses by any chance? you may want to run your anti virus software just to check. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/mac-osx-getting-slow-on-boot-up#post-35455 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:58:46 +0000 pokie1963 35455@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>My Mac computer has been taking longer to boot up -ex when I go to fire fox/email/word etc the the rainbow wheel (hour glass) keeps spinning and takes so long to open. Any clues? Mac book Pro<br /> Thank you </p>