Adobe Reader 11.0 prevents iMac from shutting down
Unless I quit Adobe Readert 11.0, my iMac (Mountain Lion) will not shut down. This has not been a problem with other versions of Adobe Reader. Can this be fixed?
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TimeMachine sometimes slows down the iMac. For example, when saving ("save as") in Photoshop CS4 it takes *for ever* - that is 40 seconds - for the Finder to come up with the save-as-window. This only happens while backing up in TimeMachine is active. If there is no back up occuring there is no delay. The delay is in Finder; I have not noticed delays within CS4 applications; nevertheless it rather slows down the workflow.
I don't recall seeing that reported very often. When OSX puts up that save window, it has to list all the places you could possibly put something, and checking the network for the status of all such locations, while a backup is busily using the WIFI connection, takes longer.
Try the things in #D2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
I have experimented with putting the iMac to sleep instead of shutting down, and this appears to work without problems.
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TimeMachine prevents iMac from shutting down?
I am a proud owner of the new 27" iMac with a new 1TB Time Machine. No problem there.
However, when the Time Machine is backing up and I choose shut down (from the shut down menu) TM should stop and resume the interrupted backup next time I start up. Instead shut down proceeds normally until I get the blank screen with a small spinning black wheel (the last thing we see before a Mac turns itself off), and then it stays there - forever. Twice I came in the next morning and found the spinning wheel still going on. Other times I give up after 2-3 minutes and force a shut down. Shut down is problem free if I have stopped the back up to the Time Capsule prior to shut down.
I have a slow internet connection and so I am wondering if that is the problem. Any ideas?olai99 wrote:
TimeMachine sometimes slows down the iMac. For example, when saving ("save as") in Photoshop CS4 it takes *for ever* - that is 40 seconds - for the Finder to come up with the save-as-window. This only happens while backing up in TimeMachine is active. If there is no back up occuring there is no delay. The delay is in Finder; I have not noticed delays within CS4 applications; nevertheless it rather slows down the workflow.
I don't recall seeing that reported very often. When OSX puts up that save window, it has to list all the places you could possibly put something, and checking the network for the status of all such locations, while a backup is busily using the WIFI connection, takes longer.
Try the things in #D2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
I have experimented with putting the iMac to sleep instead of shutting down, and this appears to work without problems.
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How to track down an app that is preventing my iMac from shutting down
Hello! I lately discovered that an application is preventing my iMac from shutting down . I have The Sims 3 installed on my computer but i don't think it's preventing my computer from shutting down.
So my question is, how can I find out what app is preventing my iMac from shutting down.What's Keeping Me?
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When I try to exit a video on the internet I received a screen asking if I was sure I want to leave. It to not have a confirmation tag. But it has prevented Safari from shutting down. Now I can not turn off my Mac? How do I reset?
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Disable "this program is preventing windows from shutting down"
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My application, that I am porting from Embedded Standard (XP) to WES7 uses the standard power on/off switch of a PC to power on/off. I intercept the FormClosing event and cancel the OS from shutting down. I then display a dialog box in my program asking
if the user wants to shut down the system. If they respond yes then I shutdown the system from within my code. This works fine on XP, but with WES7 you get the screen telling you "this program is preventing windows from shutting down". I then have
to press 'Cancel' to get to my application as before. Does anyone know of a way to prevent WES7 from showing this message and allowing my program to block shutdown quietly.
Many thanks
Steve Wpennbank is correct that holding the power button will stop the computer. But it stops *all* processes mid-step, which can leave some of OSX in an incorrect state because of pending internal file updates that were killed. I do not like to use that method if anything else will make it respond. For example, once the computer was not responding when I was using a BT trackpad. I eventually removed the batteries from the trackpad to force it dead, and the release of the BT channel freed the MBP.
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Preparing move to trash preventing me from shutting down
A window showing the message "Preparing to move to trash" runs constantly and is preventing me from shutting down my computer. The window is titled "Trash" and has a horizontal blue & white striped moving cylinder (like a sideways barber pole) and indicates there is 1 item to delete. I tried to force close but that does not work. Looking for a way to close this window. Thanks.
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You're likely to have to Power down with the power switch, then do some repairs...
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, or things don't load/run, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates again, or even do an A&I if you have enough free disk space.
The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
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Repair Permissions after re-install, then reboot again.
If all the above do not resolve the problem, then it's time for an Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
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Mail keeps preventing me from shutting down
This has happened a few time now that when I try to shut down or restart my computer it doesn't untill I force quit mail even though it doesn't freeze or crash it just keeps saying mail is preventing my computer from shutting down. When I ok that though mail doesn't show it's window when I click it in the dock and thats when I have to force quit it.
I do keep mail as a seperate desktop or "space" but it works fine till I have to shut down. This doesn't happen all the time but its done it now and again, has this happened to anyone else?Yes, this has been going on for a while. If you open Window > Activity' from the Mail menu bar, you should see that what's happening is that its trying to close the connection with your webmail server.
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My computer (running Win8, FF 22.0, just installed) is set for maximum performance, which means it enters sleep mode only when I tell it to. But recently FF 21.0 and 22.0 has started shutting down to 5% of its normal operating memory use after as little as 60 seconds or so of inactivity. Then when I try to use it, it will SLOWLY reload, sometimes taking as long as 5 minutes or more! This is a relatively new behavior and a basically intolerable one. I cannot find any setting under Tools that addresses this, and the right click on the icon upper left now only deals with resizing. I do not want to go back to IE and have never liked Chrome at all, so I would hate to leave FF but I simply cannot continue to wait several minutes do do everything.
At: “https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Menu+bar+is+missing Hidden menu bar:” the following appears. This reference was given in an earlier post here. My comments are added below inside << … >>>.
"If you're using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you now have an orange Firefox button that takes the most common functions and puts them in one menu." <<THIS CLEARLY SAYS “ORANGE BUTTON” AND THAT BUTTON SHOWS ON THE SCREEN SHOT, BUT THIS ORANGE BUTTON DOES NOT DO ANYTHING BUT OFFER “RESTORE, MINIMIZE, CLOSE”>>
"To temporarily show the old style menus, just press the Alt key. "<<THIS DOES NOT WORK AT ALL>>
"• To have them shown all the time, right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip and check Menu Bar in the pop-up menu. "
<<WHEN THE MENU BAR IS REMOVED, THERE IS A FIREFOX DROPDOWN MENU – NB NOT A BUTTON IN ANY NORMAL SENSE OF THAT WORD—BUT THE INVENTORY OF FUNCTIONS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE MENU BAR’S INVENTORY AND THEREFORE NOT THE EQUIVALENT AT ALL.>>
<<IT MAY WELL BE THAT THE WRITERS HERE ARE USING “BUTTON” IN A SLOPPY, IMPRECISE WAY (RATHER, IN TWO QUITE DIFFERENT WAYS) AND THE ORANGE ”BUTTON” THEY ARE REFERRING TO IS SOMETIMES IN FACT THE DROPDOWN MENU TAB, AND NOT THE ORANGE BUTTON AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH THEY WRITE “ORANGE BUTTON” AND DISPLAY A SCREEN SHOT WITH AN ORANGE BUTTON. IN ANY CASE NOTHING IN THIS WHOLE MESS IS ACCURATELY DESCRIBED.>> -
The mail app on my macbook pro is preventing me from shutting down, how do I fix this?
The mail app on my computer is open but nothing is displayed on the screen. When I go to shut down a small message appears saying "unable to shut down as mail is still open". However, when I try to close the mail app it won't let me. What do I do?
Thankspennbank is correct that holding the power button will stop the computer. But it stops *all* processes mid-step, which can leave some of OSX in an incorrect state because of pending internal file updates that were killed. I do not like to use that method if anything else will make it respond. For example, once the computer was not responding when I was using a BT trackpad. I eventually removed the batteries from the trackpad to force it dead, and the release of the BT channel freed the MBP.
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Does anyone know of a way to force quit Mail. It is preventing me from restarting or shutting down my MacBook Pro running Maverick iOS 10.9.
Thanks.itsKeef,
You're having the same problem? Do you ALWAYS have to Force Quit Mail or will it sometimes just Quite when you select Quit? Which model MacBook Pro do you have (e.g., "15-inch Late 2011"), which version of OS X are you running and which version of Mail do you have?
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AcroRd32.exe: This program is preventing Windows from shutting down.
Hello,
when i try to shut down i have to kill the process first/Force the shutdown.
Reader and Firefox still running - that shouldn't be a problem?
Is there a solution available?
Thanks!pennbank is correct that holding the power button will stop the computer. But it stops *all* processes mid-step, which can leave some of OSX in an incorrect state because of pending internal file updates that were killed. I do not like to use that method if anything else will make it respond. For example, once the computer was not responding when I was using a BT trackpad. I eventually removed the batteries from the trackpad to force it dead, and the release of the BT channel freed the MBP.
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Mail app preventing mac from shutting down
Trying to shut down mac book pro. Just imported all mail into mail app. Error message stating mail canceled shut down and to quit mail and try again. Did that, same error message
Was your import completed? Do you have any other ongoing Mail activity? Check what the Mail process is doing:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown 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 (>=70,) 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.
I would suggest as a start to move the com.apple.mail cache folder to the Trash, but do not Empty it. You will find it in one of the Cache folders in the /Library/ or /Home/Library/ folder unless you are running Mavericks. -
Mail repeatedly prevents Macbook from shutting down
When I attempt to shut down my computer, after the countdown, a dialog box saying that my Macbook can't shut down due to Mail not quitting pops up. I force quit Mail and then it shuts down correctly, but this has been an ongoing thing. It originated maybe 2 weeks ago. Prior to that, I never had any problems with Mail preventing shutdown. Any ideas?
Bryan, RC-R, TBrad, Barry, Eric;
I am new posting here, and only a 10 month Mac User. I have had a similar problem with Mail. I did try opening the activity window to examine for any processes working, during any Laptop shutdown actions. The "Activity" screen for MAIL was empty.
I did find a thread (but I very helpful thread here) which worked and solved the issue. I cannot find that thread again. But what I did was follow the instructions, via FINDER, to GO TO a specific folder from the the MAIL. It was called Cache.db The forum instructions to drop it into the TRASH. That particular folder on my laptop was about 6.7 Megabytes in size. I dropped it into the TRASH. Then I went through the LOG out process. MAIL still required a forced shutdown. Upon restarting the Laptop, I tested MAIL for OPENING and CLOSING and this corrected the problem..
Search the MAIL threads here, you will find the this solution, with better detail than I can provide. What I can say is that it worked for me. And there were 3 to 4 other replys on that thread with the same good outcome. This fix was easy and simple, and produced no interruption in my use of MAIL. No need to enter re-enter any information of any kind, nothing is lost other than eliminating the "hang up" of the MAIL application. I am running Maverics 10.9.2
Best of luck to all of you.
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I first was not able to install ITunes 10.5. Apple upgrade installer caused a data protection execution error and windows reverted the process back to the original software. I then removed ITunes through the control panel ap. I removed Bonjour and quicktime. I could not use the windows uninstaller to remove the apple upgrade installer and had to find a fix it program on the microsoft web site to fully remove this program. After doing this, I was able to load and install itunes 10.5. However, now when I try to sync my new 4S phone, the sync only goes to the 2nd or 3rd step before eliciting a DPE error and causing itunes to shut down. I tried making a new user profile. Opened I tunes in the new profile and began to search for music on my computer. The program again elicited a DPE error. I looked to see if quicken was still on the computer and maybe causing a hangup, but it is no longer installed. Ok, I am at wits end and have spent much too much time on this issue. Please help.
I was able to finally stop ITunes from crashing after many days of searching n restarting my computer many times.
a) First I went to this site ->http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1119812.htm that showed me how to disable DPE. Please make sure that u have good virus...etc.. protection first before doing this. I have Avast Internet Security. RESTART UR COMPUTER..
b) I then uninstall ITunes by following this site ->http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1923 RESTART UR COMPUTER..
c) I then downloaded a beta version of ITunes. I happen to download beta 7 before the final of 10.5 version came out. Installed it. After installing I click on it n it said somewhere along the line of "this ITune ver. expired" I checked in my Programs n Features n notice that QuickTime was installed w that beta version.
d) Go online n download the final version of ITunes ->http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ ...... After u finish dling install that. After that's done connect your IPod, IPhone...etc... n click on ITunes, it should sync all the way.
I was finally able to sync all thru the steps insteading of it crashing on me midway. Hopefully this will work for you. Good luck !
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