It seems like my macbook pro has been taking longer to boot so I looked up some information and found people saying that it is not normal to see a blue screen during startupI have always seen a blue screen after the initial apple logo screen but now it seems to hang there longer. So is it normal to see this blue screen? Thanks!
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have you done anything to the computer recently? installed leopard, etc.?
and what machine are you using? you should see a Blue Screen right after the first apple logo, but it shouldn't take longer than 10 seconds or so, if you have recently installed some new hardware, etc. it may take a little longer as the computer recognizes it.
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I would say that it takes about 12 seconds on the blue screen (seems like it goes light blue for about 10 and a darker blue for about 2 or 3). Total boot up time was about 45 seconds..
The computer is the base model Macbook Pro 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB of SDRAM and 128MB video card -
that seems pretty normal to me, mine boots up to the login screen in about 30 secons give or take a few, that is after restarting multiple times from the login screen, and then starting up again from shutdown.
i wouldn't worry about a 12 second wait though. -
I remember reading about a shortcut combination that people hold down during boot that fixes some things that might be wrong and speed up the computer. Do you know what that is?
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Maybe you're thinking of Resetting the PRAM?
The "blue screen" is normal, usually. I see it for about 3 seconds during startup. However, there is a conflict with Leopard and Application Enhancer that does cause an abnormal blue screen. -
yeah, that usually causes it too not boot up at all, and just stick on the blue screen, I HAVE seen that happen.
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Yup, I see it too, for about 8-10 seconds.
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The blue screen seems to be normal now, as I was just noticing today how long it seems to reboot.
At first rebooting wasn't that much of a chore, but now that I know it'll take a little longer to reboot now I try to avoid it. *laughs*
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I get the blue screen too which goes into a darker blue screen, then my wallpaper loads. So I'd say it's normal. still starts up very fast. Much faster than vista anyway...
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Just restarted from XP (bootcamp) and didn't get the blue screen, it just went into my wallpaper right after the grey apple logo.
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you guys are very confused, this has always happened when booting into OS X, has for who knows how long, it is not a problem or a bug.
Blue Screen and Boot Time
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by codeoverride, Dec 26, 2007.