Since upgrading to Lion, I've experienced very long start time on almost every app. In Snow Leopard, most apps would open in one or two bounces in the dock. Since upgrading most apps take 38 to 40 bounces.
Recently I took my MacBook Pro on the road and was surprised that apps started much quicker. When I got home, same story - very slow startups. After some playing around, I discovered that my MyBook Firewire 800 2TB external drive, configured as a 1TB RAID 0 array, was the culprit. When it is unplugged, apps start quickly. When it is plugged in, apps take forever to start. What's curios is the apps I'm starting don't use the drive as I use it to store media files for Final Cut Express and Virtual Machine backups.
Any assistance on how I might resolve this issue will be much appreciated.
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MacBook Pro Mid 2010 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
500 GB Hard Drive
8 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3
OS X Version 10.7.1
Recently I took my MacBook Pro on the road and was surprised that apps started much quicker. When I got home, same story - very slow startups. After some playing around, I discovered that my MyBook Firewire 800 2TB external drive, configured as a 1TB RAID 0 array, was the culprit. When it is unplugged, apps start quickly. When it is plugged in, apps take forever to start. What's curios is the apps I'm starting don't use the drive as I use it to store media files for Final Cut Express and Virtual Machine backups.
Any assistance on how I might resolve this issue will be much appreciated.
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MacBook Pro Mid 2010 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
500 GB Hard Drive
8 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3
OS X Version 10.7.1