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Booting Slowly
Booting Slowly
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boot
iMac
MAC
MacBook
Macintosh
slow
Yosemite
PRAM
NVRAM
Issue/Question
My Mac takes a long time to boot.
Environment
macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) +
Resolution
Force turn off the computer by holding the power button for about 10 seconds.
Turn the Mac back on.
Immediately press and hold these keys simultaneously:
Option
Command (⌘)
P
R
The Mac will light up the screen, begin booting, then reboot.
When the screen lights up again, release the keys.
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1272
Created
Thu 3/26/15 11:05 AM
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Wed 7/29/20 10:49 AM
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Check out this knowledge base article I found in the Western Kentucky University knowledge base. https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=1272 Booting Slowly Instructions for what to do when a Mac boots slowly.