My imac has a very slow bootup

well I have too wait for 20 mins for everything to work when i mean everything meaning I cant click the icons i cant go to the apple menu and so on
but after 20 min i can use but it frozeses on me so i was wondering if is a hardware problem

It's possible the drive is failing, so get a back up on it ASAP. Open Disk Utility and select the drive, the topmost listing. Look down to see what SMART status is showing. But even if it's saying verified, doesn't mean the drive is OK.
Run the demo of SMART Utility
http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php
Check to see how many, and what, Login items you have in System Preferences>Accounts>Login items.

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IMac has become very slow

Dear all,
My iMac (purchased in 2010) has become very slow. The response time of programs is slow as well as the start up process. I have upgraded the system to OS Mountain Lion when it was available (I've prechecked my system before wethever it is strong enough, and it was).
I have done OS software updates and as well restarts. But I am facing still the same issue. While surfing with Safari or using Office, the response time is long (the cursor becomes a rainbow-color-circle)....
During the time I have installed Norton by Symantec as a protection... don't know if that has any influence, too...
Any ideas how what the issue might be and how can i solve this?
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Lucien

Remove the Norton/Symantec product by following the instructions on either of these pages:
Uninstalling your Norton product for Mac
Removing Symantec programs for Macintosh
If you have a different version of the product, the procedure may be different. Back up all data before making any changes.

My iMac has gotten very slow lately

Hi!
I have an iMac 21.5-inch, purchased August 2010. OS X 10.8.5
Lately it is been running very slow. I double-click on an image, and Preview takes 30 seconds to open it.
I have done some reading and ran the EtreCheck report. I see there are some things in red, but i don't know what they mean, and how to fix. Any help would be so useful to me! Thanks!
Problem description:
Slow iMac
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 23, 2015 9:13:52 AM PST
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    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac11,2
    1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            empty empty empty empty
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            empty empty empty empty
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: Unknown
Video Information: ℹ️
    ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Time since boot: 9 days 14:43:6
Disk Information: ℹ️
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        disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (354.68 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
    Western Digital External HDD     320.07 GB
        disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
        Boot OSX (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 134 MB
        Time Machine Backups (disk1s3) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups : 319.94 GB (2.42 GB free)
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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        Last backup: 2015-01-23 17:14:03 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
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         1%    WindowServer
         0%    Microsoft PowerPoint
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    94 MB    mds
    82 MB    soffice.bin
    39 MB    helpd
    39 MB    WindowServer
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    956 MB    Active RAM
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    Jan 22, 2015, 10:50:35 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2015-01-22-225035_[redacted].hang

Hello,
I recommend you do the following steps to make your mac go faster:
upgrade to 8GB of ram, especially since you have 2 free RAM slots in your Mac (the ratio for in/out shows that your RAM is used between 5 and 10 times too much, because of lack of RAM.
try using a bigger external drive for you Time Capsule Backups (your iMac drive is 500GB, so i'd suggest at least 500GB)
your drive is currently 320GB and it is full, so every hour, the mac is deleting older backups to make room for the new, and this slows down the mac.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
James

HT1423 My iMac has got very slow

The iMac now loads up application very slowly and videos stop for buffering

How much RAM is installed, what is the capacity of the HD and how much does it have on it, are you still running 10.7.5 as your profile says? We really need more information in order to help you out. Please carefully look over Help us to help you on these forums to get an idea of the type of information to provide when posting a question to a public forum.

My mac has become very slow - what are my options?

my imac has become very slow - what are my options to evaluate why? and solutions to get my speed back?
thanks in advance

This is what Apple has to say.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10798
There is also this...
macworld.com/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-your -computer-is-too-slow.
Basically... Make sure you have enough Free Hard Drive space for your Mac to Perform as expected...

My imac has become extremely slow

Hi, I have a 4 year old 27 inch imac, running 10.10.3; it has become extremely slow to boot up, to open apps and to get online. I'm a fairly heavy user of dropbox, and I am wondering if that is the issue -- other than that I run very run of the mill apps -- itunes, word/ppt/excel/, ical, imessage, firefox and safari, adobi acrobat, some use of iphoto. Suggestions?

Hi Old Toad -- this is what I got on Etrecheck:
Problem description:
iMac is running very slow, especially when opening apps, and esp. when opening browsers. (And within browser — e.g., gmail v. slow).
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/27/15, 8:34 AM
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    iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac11,3
    1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            Empty
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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    ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
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        home (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (722.04 GB free)
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Pages on my iPad3 has become very slow to open documents after upgrading to ios7. I've clicked on a folder 5 minutes ago and am still waiting. The work-around seems to be to force-close it, but I've needed to do this many times in the last few days.

Pages on my iPad3 has become very slow to open documents after upgrading to ios7.
I posted on here about this a few weeks back and someone suggested force-closing Pages -- and that does indeed enable me to open things -- but I have had to force-close many times in the last 24 hours, which is worrying. Are there any other suggestions?
I am sometimes also finding that, when I have been writing something and then click on "documents" the screen goes blank, there is a wait of around a minute and then the same document is re-displayed, before clicking "documents" again lets me look at other documents -- which is a pain if I am trying to move between documents repeatedly. Again, words of wisdom on this would be great.
Pages under iOS6 opened quickly, and there was an immediate loss of performance when I upgraded. I am finding this very frustrating because I don't feel that the new Pages has added to the facilities I was using, but a slowness to open documents is frustrating.
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Pages on my iPad3 has become very slow to open documents after upgrading to ios7.
I posted on here about this a few weeks back and someone suggested force-closing Pages -- and that does indeed enable me to open things -- but I have had to force-close many times in the last 24 hours, which is worrying. Are there any other suggestions?
I am sometimes also finding that, when I have been writing something and then click on "documents" the screen goes blank, there is a wait of around a minute and then the same document is re-displayed, before clicking "documents" again lets me look at other documents -- which is a pain if I am trying to move between documents repeatedly. Again, words of wisdom on this would be great.
Pages under iOS6 opened quickly, and there was an immediate loss of performance when I upgraded. I am finding this very frustrating because I don't feel that the new Pages has added to the facilities I was using, but a slowness to open documents is frustrating.
Thanks
Mark

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i bought my macbook pro 2 months a go..it has become very slow as i don't have movies etc. should i format my mac , please advice ???

Have a read here...
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html

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Help.....Help......Help....My database is not posting records has got very slow.

What to do know.
My database has got very slow.
Repeatedly I am getting 12571 error in UDUMP
FATAL ERROR IN TWO-TASK SERVER: error = 12571
*** 2002.06.29.15.44.23.992
ksedmp: internal or fatal error
No current SQL statement being executed.
----- Call Stack Trace -----
No operator is able to post any records.
What to do, Please Help.
Sumeet

What to do know.
My database has got very slow.
Repeatedly I am getting 12571 error in UDUMP
FATAL ERROR IN TWO-TASK SERVER: error = 12571
*** 2002.06.29.15.44.23.992
ksedmp: internal or fatal error
No current SQL statement being executed.---->please notice this line why no any SQL statement is executing
----- Call Stack Trace -----
No operator is able to post any records.
What to do, Please Help.
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Run it's report then post it back to this forum.

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Is there a telephone number I can call after 7:00 p.m.? I'm not at home and I need to call Support to help me speed up my MAC. Ever since I upgraded to the Maverick my computer has been very slow and it's very annoying.

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Message was edited by: Esteban Celis1

Esteban:
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I am not sure what maintenance procedures you do regularly. I suspect that one of the issues is that your computer needs maintenance. Download and launch MacJanitor and run the daily, weekly, monthly tests.
Here are some article on maintenance procedures which have al lot of excellent suggestions and links to resources:
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance
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Tuning Mac OS X Performance
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cornelius
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