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How Can I Speed Up Terminal.app or iTerm on Mac OSX?

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Every time I launch either iTerm or Terminal after not using it for a few hours, it takes anywhere from 10-20 seconds to return a prompt. The screen is blank, and although I can type I can't actually run any commands. If I quit either application, subsequent launches (if done relatively soon therea…

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Try deleting the Apple system log files in : This did the trick for me.

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