Slow iTerm or Terminal start

Posted on Fri 16 December 2011 in Mac

If your iTerm or Terminal needs some time to start and the bash needs some time to appear if you create a new window.

Short solution is to delete the logs if they are to big:

sudo rm -rf /private/var/log/asl/*.asl

Here the source from os x daily:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/06/speed-up-a-slow-terminal-by-clearing-log-files/