Why is myMacBook Pro now taking ages to start and seizing up.

why is my MacBook Pro now taking forever to start and seizing up?

Ellen285,
I don’t know. If you would provide some details about your MacBook Pro — which model it is, which version of OS X is installed on it, how much RAM it has, how much free disk space it has, whether or not it acts the same way when it’s been booted into Safe mode — perhaps possible reasons could be offered.

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