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twister

twister

Howdy
What does OS X do on startup? It seems like once the finder shows up the system then slows way down for 10-60 seconds. I try to open my mail and it takes 10 times as long as usual. It's like X is thinking but i can't figure out why.

Any clues¿

Twister
 
I don't know exactly what it's doing, but it's one of those UNIX things, and I think it's related to the Finder and Dock being applications themselves. There's still a lot of behind-the-scenes file-linking and loading going on.

OS 9 didn't exhibit this, because the Finder WAS the system. One the desktop and finder showed up, that was the end of the loading. OS X is different -- the GUI is just an application. That's why you can have Entourage or iTunes running without the Finder or the Dock...
 
I cut down startup time by having the minimum of apps open at startup. There is still a delay as the demon of caca mentioned but just removing stickies and two or three other apps I had set to load at startup sped things up noticeably. I can only imagine if you have classic set to run.
 
Originally posted by apb3
I cut down startup time by having the minimum of apps open at startup. There is still a delay as the demon of caca mentioned but just removing stickies and two or three other apps I had set to load at startup sped things up noticeably. I can only imagine if you have classic set to run.
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I agree, you should try to minimize the things that open at startup, especially since there are a lot of things that put things in the Login items without your knowledge (FruitMenu, WindowShade X, etc.).

But what is this "classic" you speak of? :D
 
Is there anything that NEEDS to be in that start up list? I have some things in there but i'm not sure what a few are.

Twister
 
I meant Classic (OS 9), some people seem to need this. I was refering to having the pref set to run classic at startup. It's an option in the Classic Pref pane, so I hear. But I have a feeling you already know that and are just being sarcastic...:D

twister, what exactly is set to run at startup for you?
 
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