UPDATED: Slow Shutdown Time With 10.8.2 AND 10.8.3

[SR45]

MacMini 2011 > 5400 rpm Hdd >16 GB Ram > Integrated Video > Only "Pages" > "Ad Blocker" installed on system

22/25 second Shut down

40 seconds Boot up

 

[colloc]

EDIT:

Used a stopwatch and from off to gray Apple and wheel spinning is ~30 seconds and login screen is about ~40 seconds. Around 15-20 seconds. I have a mid-2010 MBP. i5 2.53Ghz 8GB RAM 25GB GB Samsung 830 HD and WD Blue 1TB HDD in the optibay.

Your start up time is really long for a SSD-powered MBP. From watching several the start up tests on youtube I think yours should have been only about 15 secs. Seems like shutdown time is not the only thing that is worsen in 10.8.2.

 

[Prof.]

As I mentioned before, I cleared my system caches and it seemed to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the problem is back - my new MacBook Pro is slow-to-shutdown again.

 

[ultraspiracle]

As I mentioned before, I cleared my system caches and it seemed to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the problem is back - my new MacBook Pro is slow-to-shutdown again.

That's pretty interesting...

 

[vmz]

+1. Hope Apple will fix it soon.

 

[Dreamer2go]

hey guys
my startup is okay with rMBP

but when I restart (as i want to go to boot camp), I always receive a Spinning Gear every time I "shut down" Mac OSX

does it happen to you?

 

[famusc]

I tried this on my mba mid 2012

sudo atsutil databases -remove

and it solved slow shutdown. But it works once.
I have to retype it everytime.

Wuold you try and report?

 

[alberto85]

I was with the same problem. Finally i've solved my problem. The problem was a Widget in Dashboard. If i loaded the Dashboard, slow shutdown and if not, fast shutdown.

The problematic widget for me was Wunderground Weather widget. Hope can help someone

 

[razmarino]

same here on 2011mba/i7/256ssd.. tried everything, but it stills very slow to boot up and shutdown after clean install of 10.8.2. but have to admit, that everything else is much more faster and stable than on 10.7.5

 

[SR45]

I was with the same problem. Finally i've solved my problem. The problem was a Widget in Dashboard. If i loaded the Dashboard, slow shutdown and if not, fast shutdown.

The problematic widget for me was Wunderground Weather widget. Hope can help someone

Only widget in dashboard and still slow down issues on Shut Down

Thanks anyway.....

 

[Mike MA]

same here on 2011mba/i7/256ssd.. tried everything, but it stills very slow to boot up and shutdown after clean install of 10.8.2. but have to admit, that everything else is much more faster and stable than on 10.7.5

Also went through all the proposals recommended the last few days - nothing worked for me either. Shutdown time still increased from approximately 1 (10.8.1 and before) to 15 seconds (10.8.2) with no heavy usage or whatsoever. Startup is the same as before.

Now it's Apple's turn.....

 

[Zmijutin]

I was with the same problem. Finally i've solved my problem. The problem was a Widget in Dashboard. If i loaded the Dashboard, slow shutdown and if not, fast shutdown.

The problematic widget for me was Wunderground Weather widget. Hope can help someone

I don't even use dashboard but shutdowns are still slow

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Weird. I'm having the exact OPPOSITE happening since 10.8.2. I have a 2011 iMac 27". Typical times are below.

Cold boot: 30 seconds
Warm boot: 20 seconds
Shut down: <5 seconds (!)

I have no idea why shutting down is that fast. It's so fast that my timing method can't accurately capture it.

 

[MacBird]

I followed the advice to delete Google Chrome and it shuts down very quickly now. It also fixed the missing sounds in Apple Mail after sleep. I'll keep my fingers crossed that Chrome was the culprit.

 

[colloc]

Weird. I'm having the exact OPPOSITE happening since 10.8.2. I have a 2011 iMac 27". Typical times are below.

Cold boot: 30 seconds
Warm boot: 20 seconds
Shut down: <5 seconds (!)

I have no idea why shutting down is that fast. It's so fast that my timing method can't accurately capture it.

Do you have chrome currently installed?

 

[Colombianito]

I have been following this thread because I too have had slow shutdown times. I deleted chrome, deleted cache, launch agents and launch demons. I was still getting around 30 second shutdowns.

When shutting down and leaving reopen windows when logging back in unchecked I am still getting 30 second shutdowns.

However, if I CHECK it, I get around 5 second shutdowns.

I am running a 13-inch, Early 2011 Macbook Pro, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, and Samsung 830 512GB SDD.

 

[velo]

I've tried all the suggestions and still get slow shutdown times on a 2012 mba.

Deleting Chrome worked once but the very next shutdown went back to being slow.

 

[ParryD]

It surely has to do with Mountain Lion rather than all our machines. Have a MBP 13 Late 2011 bought in June 2012 with Lion 10.7.4 and have experienced Slow boot-up, Slow Shut down & less battery backup with upgrading to ML.

Deleted my system Caches, LaunchAgents & LaunchDaemons; also tried with checking & unchecking of login window but no luck. I am experiencing 35 secs to Login Screen & 10-15 secs thereafter. And shut down is 25-30secs.

Have tried Apple Support Communities and just had a word with Apple Support all they have to say is we have tried all troubleshooting only last resort is a Clean Install.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Do you have chrome currently installed?

Hmm. Odd. I do have Chrome installed, and set as the default browser... but that 5s shutdown must have been a one-time blip, because the next time I shut it down, it took 35s. Surely having 2 external drives connected isn't helping.

 

[Zmijutin]

I have been following this thread because I too have had slow shutdown times. I deleted chrome, deleted cache, launch agents and launch demons. I was still getting around 30 second shutdowns.

When shutting down and leaving reopen windows when logging back in unchecked I am still getting 30 second shutdowns.

However, if I CHECK it, I get around 5 second shutdowns.

I am running a 13-inch, Early 2011 Macbook Pro, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, and Samsung 830 512GB SDD.

same thing here. Doesn't make any sense?!

 

[yanki01]

mid 09 MBP and its slow here.

 

[marshy82]

deleting the java folder from library worked for me, shutdown time gone back to 2 seconds

Thanks

 

[colloc]

deleting the java folder from library worked for me, shutdown time gone back to 2 seconds

Thanks

Make sure it's a permanent fix. Many of us here got the same problem again after a 1 time fast shutdown.

 

[razmarino]

Make sure it's a permanent fix. Many of us here got the same problem again after a 1 time fast shutdown.

confirmin' this

 

[Zmijutin]

That's good for some of you, but I don't have Java folder in my Library