Hi Stephen, Nothing like a slow Mac to get into analytical mode - - -.
Your iMac has good specs, so there may be some condition (covid 19?!) affecting it. Personally I would not have Dropbox at all; and I see no reason to have Mail as a Login item. I run my iMac with minimum active windows and just launch an app as required from the dock. And quit when finished. I may just ‘close’ Excel instead of quitting as it is relatively slow to launch. A quickie you probably know - keep a clean desktop. Sweep files into a single desktop folder until you get time to put put them in their permanent Documents folder. If you are lazy like me, name the desktop folders with a date. When you see a folder named “To Be Sorted - June 2019” you know it is really is time to clean it up. Cheers, Alan > On 26 Oct 2020, at 4:49 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Thank you Alan. > The only two other Apps in my Startup are Mail & Dropbox. > I am wondering if Dropbox really needs to be the Startup Folder ? > > I have a 2017 iMac , Retina 4K, 21.5 inch > Processor i7 3.6 GHz Quad Core > 16 GB RAM > 500 GB SSD > > It is a very fast Mac and usually gets to login in 25 seconds. > But in the last week that time has tripled. > > I might try the starting in Verbose Mode trick (hold down V) to see what it > is doing at startup. > >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:53 pm, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@me.com >> <mailto:laut...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> Many thanks for that suggestion. I am getting this application and will >> follow your instructions by removing the lot and introducing one at a time >> and see which one is creating the trouble. >> >> Great idea and my thanks. Hopefully Stephen will go through the test also. >> >> All the best, >> >> Philippe C. >> >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:49 pm, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au >> <mailto:sma...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi Philippe and Stephen, >> >> My solution to slow startups was to install the app "Delay Start”. (Free >> from the App Store.) >> >> This app is the only one I have in the user Login Items. All other apps I >> want to open automatically are listed in Delay Start. From memory I think >> 10 apps can be listed in Delay Start. >> >> My setting is to open Delay Start after 2 seconds. This allows time for all >> the “built in” Apple tests and apps to fire up without confusing extras that >> may need an apple app to be working first. >> >> Perhaps you can “prove” which startup items are causing the problem by >> selective deletion from the login list. Or just remove the lot and see if >> you get an improvement. Take a screenshot of your startup app list first! >> >> Cheers, >> Alan >> >> >>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:34 am, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@bigpond.com >>> <mailto:laut...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the >>> older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, >>> are to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the >>> latest Windows version which starts within a minute or less! >>> >>> Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved >>> Macs are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many >>> utilities loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password >>> which could explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to >>> start up, maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS >>> has to do more checking these days? >>> >>> The mystery remains for me. >>> >>> have a safe week everyone, >>> >>> Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ...🐸 >>> >>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com >>> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. >>> I have now removed it from my startup folder. >>> >>> However my iMac is still slower starting up. >>> Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! >>> >>>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Stephen, >>>> >>>> Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on >>>> the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, >>>> go to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com >>>>> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi folks >>>>> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >>>>> >>>>> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >>>>> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >>>>> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >>>>> >>>>> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Stephen Chape >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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