Slow startup: Desktop & stuff loaded, but HDD keeps working

[Infamous]

My startup is quite fast, but after the user is logged, dock and menu is appearing, hdd keeps working... everything's loaded, but HDD keeps working.

 

It's doing something for about 4 minutes!

 

I can't do anything for 4 minutes because the HDD is busy and everything's just very slow. Then it calms down and everything's normal and fast.

 

I've tried checking logs, nothing special.

 

What can cause this?

[zackint0sh]

spotlight indexing can slow things down, but usually only once after install. you can try disabling spotlight and see if that helps. edit /etc/hostconfig and change 'SPOTLIGHT=-YES-' to 'SPOTLIGHT=-NO-' and restart.

 

not guaranteeing solution, but it is something to try.

[graphic Design]

My startup is quite fast, but after the user is logged, dock and menu is appearing, hdd keeps working... everything's loaded, but HDD keeps working.

 

It's doing something for about 4 minutes!

 

I can't do anything for 4 minutes because the HDD is busy and everything's just very slow. Then it calms down and everything's normal and fast.

 

I've tried checking logs, nothing special.

 

What can cause this?

 

 

Yeah, same to me!!!!

I even have to wait for 10 or 15 minutes until HDD stops working, then everything is fine and fast

Should somebody give me the ideas?

Thanks in advance!!!

[helios]

Try this in terminal:

 

sudo mv /usr/bin/update_prebinding /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off

 

It worked for me... my hd access was because of Unsanity Haxies like ClearDock...

[graphic Design]

Thanks for all replies!

But, I wonder: Is it safe if do like that?

[lord_muad_dib]

it happens to me too

 

if you take a look on console logs mdimportserver keeps crashing

 

disable the daemon this way:

 

mdutil (use tab completion i don't remenber the exact command) -i off /Volumes/yourhdlabelhere

[graphic Design]

Any body tried all of that solutions?

[marliwahoo]

Try this in terminal:

 

sudo mv /usr/bin/update_prebinding /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off

 

It worked for me... my hd access was because of Unsanity Haxies like ClearDock...

 

 

 

This has worked for me. But you need to know how to update the prebinding mannualy. (once a week or so)

sudo -s update_prebinding_off -root / -force

[graphic Design]

This has worked for me. But you need to know how to update the prebinding mannualy. (once a week or so)

sudo -s update_prebinding_off -root / -force

 

Okie, so... that's the best solution, right?

But I don't know what the update the prebinding is?

Is it important?

[Infamous]

Updating the Prebinding

 

Sometimes, for some (apparently) inexplicable reason, your computer slows down to a crawl after you have installed a big application.

 

In that case, you may want to "update the prebinding." This means forcing Mac OS X to go through all of the application files and make sure that they are correctly linked together. The Mac OS X default installer usually takes care of this by itself, but some third-party installers may be less cautious.

 

http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:cR-Iw...p;client=safari

Edited February 2, 2007 by Infamous

[graphic Design]

Updating the Prebinding

 

Sometimes, for some (apparently) inexplicable reason, your computer slows down to a crawl after you have installed a big application.

 

In that case, you may want to "update the prebinding." This means forcing Mac OS X to go through all of the application files and make sure that they are correctly linked together. The Mac OS X default installer usually takes care of this by itself, but some third-party installers may be less cautious.

Thanks for Information, Infamous

So, did U try the solution:

 

Try this in terminal:

 

sudo mv /usr/bin/update_prebinding /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off

 

It worked for me... my hd access was because of Unsanity Haxies like ClearDock...

 

How does it work?

[Infamous]

Yes, it works fine

[graphic Design]

Okie, It works fine for me also!!!

Thanksssss!

 

This has worked for me. But you need to know how to update the prebinding mannualy. (once a week or so)

sudo -s update_prebinding_off -root / -force

 

Why when I update prebinding manualy follow your code, I saw this one:

 

update_prebinding_off: /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off: cannot execute binary file

 

Something's wrong?

[Infamous]

once again:

 

step 1: sudo mv /usr/bin/update_prebinding /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off

(this just renames update_prebinding folder, so it's not accessible by operating system)

 

step 2: manually update prebindings once a week with

sudo -s /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off -root / -force

 

if you want to get back to the original system state, type

 

sudo mv /usr/bin/update_prebinding_off /usr/bin/update_prebinding

 

that's it

[graphic Design]

Okie, I see!

Thank you!!!

If I don't manually update prebindings anymore, is it okie? what happen then?

Edited February 3, 2007 by graphic Design

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[kurt165749]

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