Hi Ronni -- -- Yes, that was it, never saw the power button before. Operated that, and all back in order.
-- Maybe partly dimmer eyesight, partly dimmer brain. Maybe getting more like my father -- for him, we had to put a large label on any new equipment, saying "IF ALL ELSE FAILS, READ INSTRUCTIONS". Cheers -- David ======= On 2 November 2010 17:19, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Noel, > > Hi Noel, > > The Power Button is on the Unibody NOT the Keyboard , top right of body. > The Eject Key on the keyboard is the top right hand side ( ⏏ ). > What MacBook Pro is it? Perhaps download the Manual if you don't have the > little book that came with your MBP. > <http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macbookpro> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 02/11/2010, at 3:24 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Noel, > > Need some information on why the MBP froze. Have you been experiencing > freezes? > What were you doing when the MBP froze? > > Were you using an Application that froze? > Try these keyboard Commands: > > *Control-Eject:* > > The dialog box "Are you sure you want to shut down?" appears with options > to Restart, Sleep, Cancel or Shut Down. > > *Control-Command-Eject:* > > Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open > documents) and restarts the computer. > > *Control-Option-Command-Eject:* > > Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open > documents) and shuts the computer down. > > On 02/11/2010, at 3:15 PM, David Noel wrote: > > -- Hi Ronni, thanks for the suggestion, but no luck. Any other things to > try? > > Cheers, David > > ==== > > On 2 November 2010 15:08, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 02/11/2010, at 3:02 PM, David Noel wrote: >> >> > Hi, my MacBook Pro seems semi-frozen, how to I force a restart? Apple >> menu does not offer drop menu, holding power button at top right for 30 >> seconds has no effect. With my iMac, I'd have disconnected the power at this >> stage, but can't do this with a laptop. What to do, please? >> > >> > David Noel >> > Nov 2 >> >> >> Hi David, >> >> Try: Press the control key, the command key, and the power button >> simultaneously and hold for three-seconds to try to restart the MBP. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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> >> >> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- 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> > -- 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>
