by Reader Simon Hansen finds his Mac slow to do his bidding. He writes:
My Mac has been running very slowly lately and I wanted to see how much faster it would be if I disabled its startup items. But when I try to start up in Safe Mode, it shows the progress bar, but that bar never fills up and my Mac doesn’t boot. What’s going on?
For the benefit of readers who are unfamiliar with Safe Mode (also known as Safe Boot mode), let’s back up and explain how to access Safe Mode and exactly what it is.
You enter Safe Mode by shutting down your Mac and then starting it up while holding down the Shift key as soon as your Mac’s monitor lights up. You can let go of the Shift key when you see the Apple logo and a progress bar. According to Apple, this is what happens during Safe Mode (and I quote):
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