Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on the
system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do, the login
is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop to come up!
This problem started after I installed iLife '06, and tried running
GarageBand, which went into a stall after it said it was "initializing." I
CAN run GarageBand if I log in under a different user!

I ran DiskUtility on it, and the hard drive doesn't seem to have any
problems. Does anyone have a clue?

TIA,

-Antsy in Berkeley
E-mail me at jsiblywebster2@mindspring.com, only remove the 2...

Hi Jim,

> problems. Does anyone have a clue?

.... I'm totally clueless. :-) Still, 10.4.6 is out since the day before
yesterday. I applied it and it solved *loads* of problems I had with
10.4.5. So I suggest you may want to give it a try.
--
cul8er

Paul
paul.foerster@gmx.net

Hi Jim,

> problems. Does anyone have a clue?

.... I'm totally clueless. :-) Still, 10.4.6 is out since the day before
yesterday. I applied it and it solved *loads* of problems I had with
10.4.5. So I suggest you may want to give it a try.
--
cul8er

Paul
paul.foerster@gmx.net

In comp.sys.mac.system Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on the
> system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do, the login
> is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop to come up!
> This problem started after I installed iLife '06, and tried running
> GarageBand, which went into a stall after it said it was "initializing." I
> CAN run GarageBand if I log in under a different user!
>
> I ran DiskUtility on it, and the hard drive doesn't seem to have any
> problems. Does anyone have a clue?

Try deleting these two files:

/Users/you/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.cs
/Users/you/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.plist

See if that brings thing back to normal.

--
K.

In comp.sys.mac.system Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on the
> system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do, the login
> is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop to come up!
> This problem started after I installed iLife '06, and tried running
> GarageBand, which went into a stall after it said it was "initializing." I
> CAN run GarageBand if I log in under a different user!
>
> I ran DiskUtility on it, and the hard drive doesn't seem to have any
> problems. Does anyone have a clue?

Try deleting these two files:

/Users/you/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.cs
/Users/you/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.plist

See if that brings thing back to normal.

--
K.

On 05/04/2006, Jim Webster wrote in message
<C05888E4.4BEC%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>:

> Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on
> the system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do,
> the login is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop
> to come up!

Do you have any drives or folders in the Dock ?

Simon.
--
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk

On 05/04/2006, Jim Webster wrote in message
<C05888E4.4BEC%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>:

> Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on
> the system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do,
> the login is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop
> to come up!

Do you have any drives or folders in the Dock ?

Simon.
--
http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk

In article <e16n31$90b$4$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>,
Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>
wrote:

> On 05/04/2006, Jim Webster wrote in message
> <C05888E4.4BEC%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>:
>
> > Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on
> > the system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do,
> > the login is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop
> > to come up!
>
> Do you have any drives or folders in the Dock ?
>
> Simon.

I have both my Documents folder and my Applications folder on the Dock
and my 500 MHz G3 iMac loads my login in seconds, not minutes. I doubt
that's the problem.

I would try bypassing login items. Hold down the shift key while
logging in to prevent the login items from loading. If this makes
login normally fast, your problem is in your login items. Find the
one that's causing the trouble and disable it.

(You'll find these in System Preferences->Accounts->Login Items)

In article <e16n31$90b$4$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>,
Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>
wrote:

> On 05/04/2006, Jim Webster wrote in message
> <C05888E4.4BEC%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>:
>
> > Hi, I'm running 10.4.5 on an iMac halfdome. Three users are installed on
> > the system; my wife and son have no trouble logging on, but when I do,
> > the login is painfully slow--it takes nearly half an hour for my desktop
> > to come up!
>
> Do you have any drives or folders in the Dock ?
>
> Simon.

I have both my Documents folder and my Applications folder on the Dock
and my 500 MHz G3 iMac loads my login in seconds, not minutes. I doubt
that's the problem.

I would try bypassing login items. Hold down the shift key while
logging in to prevent the login items from loading. If this makes
login normally fast, your problem is in your login items. Find the
one that's causing the trouble and disable it.

(You'll find these in System Preferences->Accounts->Login Items)