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OPTIMISE YOUR APPS

When you first launch a brand new Mac its zips through the startup process. Then, as you continue to use it, startup slows down and seems to take much longer. As you use your Mac and install software on it, some of that software installs launch agents or launch daemons which load before login and thus slow down the startup process.

In addition, some apps install login items, which load after you have logged in, but before your Mac has finished starting up. Login

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