Imac long boot time and slow as fudge

[PaPaBeeR]

Yeah I know that Apple updates its software to make the older models run slower. I am not sure if that is what is causing this issue though

I have a Late 2013 Imac 27" EMC 2639. For the last 6-8 Months I havent been using it a lot as it has had a booting issue where it takes ages to boot up. I suspect it might be a HDD issue, but cant get into the OS easily to test anything. Booting up to the loading screen takes 5-30min. Previously it even took 5 hours and didnt boot up.

Once i enter my password it takes another 15-45min to log in. It is very slow and not at all like it was.

What can i do or test to see what is the issue? I need to transfer my photos from the HDD so I cant just wipe it all and start over, having about 3 years of family pictures is waht is delaying a whole format.

 

[Rickster]

Yeah I know that Apple updates its software to make the older models run slower. I am not sure if that is what is causing this issue though

I have a Late 2013 Imac 27" EMC 2639. For the last 6-8 Months I havent been using it a lot as it has had a booting issue where it takes ages to boot up. I suspect it might be a HDD issue, but cant get into the OS easily to test anything. Booting up to the loading screen takes 5-30min. Previously it even took 5 hours and didnt boot up.

Once i enter my password it takes another 15-45min to log in. It is very slow and not at all like it was.

What can i do or test to see what is the issue? I need to transfer my photos from the HDD so I cant just wipe it all and start over, having about 3 years of family pictures is waht is delaying a whole format.

Do you by any chance have a spare Mac and a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable?

If so you can use Target Disk Mode.


Also have you tried recovery mode? Command + R while booting.

Or here is a way to use a Live Ubuntu USB

 

[PaPaBeeR]

Do you by any chance have a spare Mac and a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable?

If so you can use Target Disk Mode.


Also have you tried recovery mode? Command + R while booting.

Or here is a way to use a Live Ubuntu USB

I dont have another Imac or macbook unfortunately. I did boot it into recovery mode but I never made a backup so I cant resttore it even

Previous owner added extra Ram. I removed the extra ram and it worked for a bit, there was also an update so I am nott sure if the update failed previously and that caused issues with it. But it worked a bit better, butt was unresponsive after 3 hours of transfering images tto usb

 

[Rickster]

I dont have another Imac or macbook unfortunately. I did boot it into recovery mode but I never made a backup so I cant resttore it even

Previous owner added extra Ram. I removed the extra ram and it worked for a bit, there was also an update so I am nott sure if the update failed previously and that caused issues with it. But it worked a bit better, butt was unresponsive after 3 hours of transfering images tto usb

Get into recovery then go to about this Mac, click on system report, locate your HDD, see if it says smart status verified or failing.

If it's failing then you will have to take the drive out and send it to southbit for recovery.

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[PsyWulf]

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Specifically the NVRam and SMC Reset portions

 

[PaPaBeeR]

Get into recovery then go to about this Mac, click on system report, locate your HDD, see if it says smart status verified or failing.

If it's failing then you will have to take the drive out and send it to southbit for recovery.

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I did a reboot and press CMD +R it has been 2 hours and it still says 9min remaining. It just says installing on Mac. Not sure if it is an update or if this thing now recovered from a clean install.

PC is just easier WHy did I ever decide to try video editing on a Mac?

@PsyWulf I will check out those settings.

I have done this:
Desktop computers

1. Shut down your Mac, then unplug the power cord.
2. Wait 15 seconds, then plug the power cord back in.
3. Wait 5 seconds, then press the power button to turn on your Mac.

Will do the NVRam once this thing is booting up again.