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Slow Macbook Pro

  • 27-05-2011 4:41pm
    #1
    tuff1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭


    Right so over the last couple of weeks the boot time and especially the shut down time of my macbook pro has decreased pretty dramatically.

    It used to take a few seconds to shut down and now it takes about 2-3 minutes.

    I don't have the harddrive partitioned, theres no startup programs, i regularly run programs such as maccleanse and cleanmymac and recently ran an antivirus program (:P) and it had no problems.

    Anyone have any ideas as to why this is?

    Cheers in advance! :pac:


Comments

  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Slow boot might indicate hard drive failure. Are apps slow to open as well?

    Forget about those other utilities; they are no use. Run Disk Utility and verify the hard disk, and repair permissions while you are there.

    Do you have a backup?


  • #3
    HMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭HMD


    i always find running applejack helps. Or it could be hd failure, can you hear clicking from the hd?


  • #4
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    In the desktop menu bar click Go and select "Go to Folder...".
    Type /var/log and hit Return.
    Locate the file system.log and open it.
    You may need to open it with Text Edit and enter your admin username and password.

    In this log file you should find clues relating to slow shutdown.
    Are you running Parallels, by any chance?


  • #5
    leopard1057
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭leopard1057


    hi

    you can check the battery and graphic processor test

    i assume machine shutting down because of your bad battery (consumed battery ).


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