How to trace or view my macbook's startup time-to-desktop?

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I'd say in the last few weeks it really takes a long time for me to get access to my desktop faster afterv rebooting.

I've uninstalled a lot of apps and really only getting minor improvement to the time I can actually click on an app, etc.

Is there a way to turn on logging or somesuch to view what's taking the longest time to load upon each reboot?

thanks

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 10:14 PM

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There may be some helpfulness by starting in verbose 'single-user' mode to see what

the mac is doing. However that may not be so useful unless you can understand it.

"..If you're an advanced user who is comfortable with UNIX -- you could use

'single-user' mode or 'verbose mode' to help isolate issues related to startup."

(alternate steps in above Apple article replace original Command-S method, in current Mac computers.)

newer macs use Apple T2 Security Chip instead of older traditional methods to control certain aspects

The command line or terminal could invoke harder to read or understand features in unix; behind macOS.

For some items, you may try Safe mode on startup, to sort details and for troubleshooting, in simpler form.

Good luck & happy trails!🌻🐝

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