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User profile for user: Lance.scs
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MacBook Air mid 2013 slow starting

MacBook Air 6.2 mid 2013 is eligible to run Big Sur but it was lagging and I had to go back to Catalina and now it runs fine though I have not put in any data.

But the startup is annoying slow.

It takes 40> seconds before the Apple loge appears.


I erased the SSD and did a clean install of Catalina and it works well but for the very slow startup.

I could not find a bootlog file and I don't know what to look for.

Attached I send the EFI volume and the overview Diskutil list.


If some one could advise me I'll be grateful

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 8:22 PM

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User profile for user: BDAqua
BDAqua
User level: Level 10
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Nov 21, 2024 8:46 PM in response to Lance.scs

You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…

https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx


and/or...


Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?



We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.


Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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