Hi James, This will happen if you have some software running that has crashed and will not properly Quit at Shutdown. Do this prior to the next attempt to shutdown: Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processesdropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.
See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem. If no process stands out then one at a time select an opened application (one you started) and try to quit the application via Activity Monitor Quit button. If you find one that won't quit properly that's the culprit. Also, open the Console application. Examine the log entries around the time of the previous attempt to shutdown. There may be an entry indicating a failed attempt to quit a process. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 06/02/2012, at 8:53 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: > i have the same blue screen sometimes after quitting applications, in my case > skype & some 3rd party apps are most likely to produce that problem > it seems to connect to a firmware update i have done last october, because on > crash there is no report produced so apple never will know about this.... > James > > SAD Technic > U3 6 Chalkley Pl > Bayswater WA > Australia > +618 9370 5307 > mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) > sad...@iinet.net.au > http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ > > Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties > disappear and obstacles vanish. > -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
