Macbook pro slow wake when charged overnight

I have seen some other posts similar to this but that ended a few years ago and I'm hoping there might be a fix now. Apologies for the amount of detail but My macbook pro (mid 2012) has a very strange wake from sleep routine when it has been plugged into the charger for long periods and so I want to explain it properly to see if anyone can help.
I often leave it charging over night and when I go to open the lid it appears to restart by making the sound you get when you turn your mac on (sorry, I'm not very technical!) and I get the apple logo etc. It will bring me to my login screen for password (but the keyboard won't be lit) and I can't type anything in the password box for about 10 seconds. I then type my password and I get a greyed out screen with a 'progress bar' at the bottom. When it reaches full it freezes there for a bit, then the screen goes blank and the mac seems to go into sleep again. Then I press any key to wake it as usual and only THEN does the keyboard light come on and I can enter my password and log in. Sometimes I even have to go through the first process twice before I can log in.
Similarly, if I remove the charger while the lid is closed it will make the whirring noise as if it is waking (but the lid is closed). Sometimes it even makes the startup noise in which case I have to go through the whole long winded process again when I open the lid.
At first I thought I simply had a problem with my machine but after seeing that is has been an issue for some others I wasn't so sure. This is really frustrating and I would be really grateful for any suggestions.
Thanks

Same exact problem. Open lid, cursor will move but not function. IT friend said it sounds like an app in the backgroung may be linking externally somewhere and slowing everything down. Once that is done, it suddenly works. Mine has varying times of reaction time. Glad to see this is a bigger issue than just my machine.
Initial thoughts were that this was related to other apps eating up CPU or not having any gigs of memory. My IT friend said upgrading memory, or harddrive to an SMC, or faster harddrive in general from 5400 speed would likely assist and possibly circumvent the problem somewhat but, the problem really shouldn't be there given these are new machines.
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Don

I have a 16GB iPhone 3GS. Tried synching my phone through iTunes (11.0.1 I think... on a 2009 Macbook Pro). Now when I connect to iTunes, it says it does not recognise the content on my phone. Is this because my phone (and laptop) are too old?

I have a 16GB iPhone 3GS. Tried synching my phone through iTunes (11.0.1 I think... on a 2009 Macbook Pro). Now when I connect to iTunes, it says it does not recognise the content on my phone. Is this because my phone (and laptop) are too old?
Also, when I tried to Restore the settings, an Error Message pops up that says " The iPhone software update server could not be contacted. The requested resource was not found.
I'm trying to free up space on my phone by removing [literally] thousands of old photos which were originally synched to the phone, because I had forgotten to uncheck the photos button when I synched it ages ago.
I have also tried synching it on my 24" iMac (running OSX Snow Leopard). But again, when I try restoring the phone through itunes, it says the file is corrupted. It sggests unplugging the device, and then plugging it in again. I have done this numerous times with no success.
I'm guessing it must be because my phone (and versions of iTunes, and OSX) are all too old.
Please can anybody help.
Cheers,
Dan_nz.

There are multiple reasons that lead to issue. You should read the troubleshooting guide to get the right solution to solve the issue: iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support

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