On 12/11/2009, at 4:09 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
> Hi, All > > Since Monday my iMac has failed to shut down. > > I choose shutdown from the Apple menu and everything begins to quit and start > the shutdown process but it gets to the point Where I am left with only the > desktop picture. The only thing I can do other than holding the power button > down is bring up the force quit menu or Wait five minutes for the display to > go to sleep. All I have done in the last few days is uninstalled a safari > plug-in. > > I'm about to try the usual options but does anyone know what the problem > could be > > This happened to me occasionally when I was running Leopard. I would just turn the computer off with no ill-effect, reasoning that by the time the shutdown process had reached that stage most housekeeping routines had been completed anyway. Since upgrading to Snow Leopard the problem has disappeared (so far at least). -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
