What's your startup sequence?

Hi guys,
Just a quick question, and maybe silly, but I wondered what sequence other people's MacBooks booted in? The reason I ask is because I'm sure one phase didn't occur originally for me. Here's my sequence:
Press power - Superdrive makes it's strange whirring noise.
Chime
Blank grey screen for 10 seconds (does anyone else get this? I'm sure I never used to but can't remember when it started)
Grey Apple logo and spinning gear
Blue screens
Login Window
It's not really a problem, I just wondered if it was normal behaviour. I've made sure the correct startup disk is selected in system preferences so it shouldn't be struggling to find OS X. Although I do have boot camp installed whether that makes a difference...
Thanks everyone!

Hi Andrew,
I had this problem when I changed HD, startup took about 2 minutes instead of 25 seconds.
Here is how I solved:
*Reset NVRAM:*
Right after you turn on your Mac press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps.
*Reset the System Management Controller (SMC):*
- If the computer is on, turn it off.
- Disconnect the AC adapter and remove the computer's battery.
- Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button.
- Reconnect the battery and AC Adapter.
- Press the power button to restart the computer
I suggest you to try these two methods, i'm sure your startup sequence will improve, mine went back to normal 25 seconds!
Kim

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HT201364 You need 4.93 GB of available space. I cannot download OS X Mavericks. I obtain the following answer: Remove items from your startup disk to increase available space. How do I know what items I should remove in order to make more space available?

You need 4.93 GB of available space. I cannot download OS X Mavericks for I obtain the following answer: Remove items from your startup disk to increase available space. How do I know what items I should remove in order to make more space available? Thanks.

You should never, EVER let a conputer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space.
If it does, it's time for some hard drive housecleaning.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your Mac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Look through your other Mailboxes and other Mail categories to see If there is other mail you can archive and/or delete.
Other things you can do to gain space.
Once you have around 15 GBs regained, do a search, download and install OmniDisk Sweeper.
This app will help you locate files that you can move/archive and/or delete from your system.
STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Good Luck!

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what do i do if Your startup disk is almost full?

About “Other”
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047
Try these steps.
1. Startup in Safe Mode
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
2. Increase Disk Space
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806?viewlocale=en_US
3. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Hold the option key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
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    Empty Trash. Restart.
4. Repair Disk
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
5. Local Time Machine Snap Shots
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14329
6. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
    iTunes > Preferences > Devices
    Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
7. Re-index Macintosh HD
   System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
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tia mike

Gulliver,
great, it worked.
What I did:
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com.apple.ATS.plist
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- repair again permissions
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- photoshop CS 2 starts Up
- Illusterator CS 2 Starts Up
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Thanks a lot.
Absolutely recommendable tipp page!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607542
Maria

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          "Paul Hammond" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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          >
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          >
          > Paul
          >
          >
          >
          >
          > "Paul Hammond" <[email protected]> wrote:
          > >
          > >This is a problem that follows on from my last posting.
          > >
          > >To recap, we have multiple WL servers not clustered, one acts as the JMS
          > >server that
          > >all of them use as their MDB jndi-provider-url so when a message (on a
          JMS
          > >topic)
          > >is published to the main server, all the WL servers receive it.
          > >
          > >The main WL server acting as the JMS server is started up first, then the
          > >others.
          > >
          > >The following problem can occur.
          > >
          > >A message can arrive at the main server while another server is booting
          > >up. The MDBs
          > >on this booting server can deploy it's MDBs before it's EJBs. Because
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          > >server
          > >is subscribing using the JMS server on the main server, the message is
          delivered
          > >and the onMessage() method is called. But this method may have to do
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          > >on EJBs
          > >that have not been deployed yet.
          > >
          > >So the question is, is it possible to ensure that all the EJBs deploy
          before
          > >the
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          > >control
          > >the order, or can you control the order within a JAR file or have you
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          > >no control
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          > >
          > >Paul
          > >
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With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space.
If it does, it's time for some hard drive housecleaning.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your iMac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Look though other Apple Mail folders like the junk mail and delete the mail that is in there. Look through your sent items folders and see there is any mail in there that can be deieted.
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Other things you can do to gain space.
Once you have around 15 GBs regained, do a search, download and install OmniDisk Sweeper.
This app will help you locate files that you can move/archive and/or delete from your system.
STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
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