Certainly startup times can vary depending on your system configurations. I just timed my startup from a complete shut down. I have a 2010 MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz with 4GB ram and a 128GB SSD. My startup time from the moment the Apple chime stops to when VoiceOver starts talking at the login screen is 14.3 seconds. I never timed the startup length for Lion. But I'm almost certain Mountain Lion is faster, probably as fast as Snow Leopard used to be. Give your machine a day or 2 to get used the new OS.
On Jul 25, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Missie, > > Also bare in mind that it could a been taking a while as Spotlight may a been > indexing your files and other stuff. That always tends to slow it down just > a tad, until it's done. > > I'm with you, I'd not worry too much about it. > > Now, if you wait 20 minutes and the thing doesn't boot? Then? I'd be getting > a bit worried. LOL! Oh please! let's not give it any ideas. LOL! Hush! > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Missy Hoppe > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 12:10 AM > Subject: RE: start up times with ML? > > Honestly, I see no need to mess with the stuff that runs at startup. As the > saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This last time I started up, it > was noticeably faster, so it could be that it's all settled in now and ready > to work. I've still got a few things I need to figure out, mostly the > notifications center, but I'll worry about that another day. For now, I'm > just happy that everything is working as well as it is. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:41 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: start up times with ML? > > Missie, > > Just go into system prefs, then go to user accounts, and then to the login > items tab. > > Be careful though. Don't remove anything if you're in doubt what it is or > does. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Missy Hoppe > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:10 PM > Subject: RE: start up times with ML? > > I have to agree. Startup time under ML is a bit on the slow side, especially > when compared to snow leopard, but, on the plus side, Voiceover starts as > expected. At least on my system, that couldn't be said for lion. So, it's > worth the slower startup to have VO behave as expected. I'd be interested to > find if there are any apps I could remove from startup, but I can't remember > how to access that area, and on the whole, I'd rather leave it alone if its > working. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: start up times with ML? > > SL definitely bootted quite faster than Lion, let alone Mountain Lion. > > I think this question's quite subjective, as it really depends on a lot of > things, as you said, hd rpm speed, solid state or not, how the startup disk > is connected, SATA, vs. ATA, USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt, etc. > > You're processor also can play a factor, as an I5 is gonna be logically > faster than say, an I4. > > Also how full is the drive, and what login items do you have running at > startup and what daemons/services are running at startup. > > So, it's really difficult as you see to give an exact average boot up time, > but I'd say, for me at least, it's around a minute and a half, maybe 2 > minutes pushing it, soaken wet. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Foret Jr > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:16 PM > Subject: start up times with ML? > > Okay. > > Here's the thing. When I was running SL, my Mac was fully started in just > about 30 seconds. Now, under Lion, it isn't fully started up until about a > minute and 30 seconds. Given this, what kinds of start up times can I expect > with ML on my Mac? 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