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    Macbook Pro 13" Start Up Time

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by iMac_Sniper, Aug 5, 2009.

  1. iMac_Sniper

    iMac_Sniper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, yesterday my SSD took a dump and replaced it with my stock HDD (160GB). My boot time with the SSD was 21 seconds. I did not install EFI 1.7. Now, with the 160GB, the boot time is 1:10. Is that normal? What can I do to make it faster?
     
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  2. pjshots

    pjshots Notebook Consultant

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    It is a little slow, but mine is prob not far off... Will check for you later once I'm home.
     
    pjshots, Aug 5, 2009
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  3. Underpantman

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    From my understanding, one of the main advantages of SSDs are bootup times. So switching back to a 5400rpm drive will result in much slower boot times. Although I would have thought it should come in at around 40-50sec, so its maybe a bit slow.
    Try seeing if you have alot of things opening at startup. If so remove those.
    Also try repairing permissions, and running maintenance scripts.
    OnyX is a good free app for doing all this stuff
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    :)
     
    Underpantman, Aug 5, 2009
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  4. iMac_Sniper

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    Thnx, Ill DL onyx and see whats up. I miss my SSD :(
     
    iMac_Sniper, Aug 5, 2009
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  5. Underpantman

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    For the extra price you have to pay, I hope you would... lol
    :)
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    Underpantman, Aug 5, 2009
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    What happened to your SSD? How to did it crap out? I thought the idea of an SSD is not only speed but the fact that they have much less chances of failing?
     
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  7. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    hell,thats terribly slow! try repairing permissions!
     
    Xirurg, Aug 5, 2009
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    I repaired the permissions and its still slow. My SSD has a hardware failure.
     
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  9. Xirurg

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    what applications do you have on start-up?
     
    Xirurg, Aug 5, 2009
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  10. Lyanowu

    Lyanowu Notebook Consultant

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    My macbook 13" with a 5400rpm HDD has a starting time of 50 sec, so yours is a bit slower especially as a new macbook pro. Did you set up everything correctly after reinstall the HDD?
     
    Lyanowu, Aug 5, 2009
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  11. iMac_Sniper

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    Ya. My uncles Macbook (Unibody) takes the same time as me to boot. No application is set to launch at startup.
     
    iMac_Sniper, Aug 5, 2009
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  12. sathyaterry

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    My boot time is 1 min 20 seconds . Man, that's pretty sucky.
     
    sathyaterry, Aug 6, 2009
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  13. Xirurg

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    My dads air a. Boots in 49 secs... Something is wrong with your notebooks guys! Contact apple!
     
    Xirurg, Aug 6, 2009
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