Hi Brad, Heres a faster way to shutdown. •1 hit the “control and the delete key. •Next-hit the return key which will shut down your mac. Thats it. :) HTH Chuck PS you can explore the dialogue that comes up if you want to see the other options but I think there is a time limit for the default action to happen.
> On May 31, 2021, at 12:45 AM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > Reboot your Mac, and see if you still hear the hiss. > If you do, then disconnect the speakers, and see if you still hear it when > using headphones. > > Next time you need to shut down your Mac, try the following: > 1. Press VO + M, to place focus on the Menubar. > 2. VO focus should be on the Apple menu. > 3. Press the DownArrow key, then type the letters “SH”. > 4. Now, hold down the Option key, and press Enter, to shut down your Mac. > > - Brad - > > > On May 30, 2021, at 22:23, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com > <mailto:lorice...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > my mac mini is from the end of 2014 and I'm running Catalina. earlier this > evening I was listening to some music using the vlc media player. I started > to notice a hissing sound or white noise. at first I thought it was part of > the music but I paused it and the sound continued. It wasn't coming out of > the headphones only the speakers. the music was starting to flicker or sound > garbled. I quit vlc and went into the menu to turn the computer off. Safari > and email were both closed. my mac was responding very slowly and everything > kept being busy. When I finally got to "shut down" it said it was going to in > 43 secs or something like that but it didn't. I ended up having to push the > button. Any ideas as to what was going on? I haven't turned it back on yet. > I'm kind of afraid to. > > thanks. > Lorie > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can > reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1B947FDE-C943-4D18-852D-1B0FCC7D0292%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/560404EB-D1E0-48E3-B638-BD8824DF1198%40swbell.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/560404EB-D1E0-48E3-B638-BD8824DF1198%40swbell.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. Chuck Reichel soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6AB2EC5F-B3C5-42C9-94DA-9DD8A2BA803E%40gmail.com.
