I see a small window displaying "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now". How do I stop appearing this window

I see a small window displaying "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now". How do I stop appearing this window

Is this after you've chosen to Shutdown from the Menu, or just on it's own?
You can press the esc key to cancel, or Enter key to shutdown.
Check your System Preferences>Energy Saver>Schedule & see if it's set to shutdown at a certain time.

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    I am in OS 10.8.5 on a Mac Pro. I get repeated message  upon start-up "are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?" Restarting does not stop the message. Nor does canceling it. It keeps occuring, blocking my ability to do applications. Because it comes to the front all the time, and the "shutdown" button is lit, if I inadvertently hit a return key while typing something else, the computer shuts down. I have a western digital backup disk-dismounting that has no effect. I have also run the disk utility permissions repair a few times to no avail.
    Thanks for any advice.
    Nov 26, 2013

    This might happen if your power button is malfunctioning.  Remember a slight tap of the power button will bring up that screen.  Bring it in for service if it is readily reproducible.

  • "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?" message on start up

    This morning on startup I received the popup message "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?". Canceling has no effect. The message just reappears on restart. I've verified the disk; it's fine. I've repaired permissions and I get this message: "Warning: SUID file System/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired. Any ideas as to what is going on?

    Can you perhaps look in the console (/utilities/console) and watch for what's written around the time of the dialog?
    Perhaps an indication is there.

  • When i remove power adaptop it says ''are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?'' what should i do????

    when i remove power adaptop it says ''are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?'' what should i do????

    It sounds like you need a new battery. Does it show any charge left when you unplug AC?
    If it does, try this:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

  • The "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?" window continues to pop up... I'm not pressing the power key on my 2008 Macbook.

    It's easier to just show you -
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNC8zml7LSs&feature=youtu.be
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    Probably has something to do with the coffee that was spilt on it a year ago... but I haven't had anyissues until now. Please advise, is there away to turn it off? any work arounds anyone knows of?
    Johnny

    Check this or maybe the coffee has finally taken it's toll and you might want to take ot in to Apple.
    Best
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10834

  • Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now? Message

    This seems to happen repeatedly with a Macbook Pro and the 30" cinema display.
    I have resolved this by unplugging the monitor and plugging it back it.
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    The display consumes much more power than your MBP, hence the glich. Always use your poewer supply, unless it will be a very short presentaion

  • Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?

    I keep getting the subject message when I start up the computer. The only way I can get rid of of the message is if I keep rebooting the system for a while. Any one have any ideas as to what is causing this??? Thanks
    Model Name: Mac Pro
    Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
    Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 2
    Total Number Of Cores: 8
    L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
    Memory: 10 GB
    Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
    Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
    SMC Version (system): 1.25f4

    You'd have to do more and try eliminating one by one.
    But first step would be clone your system and run Disk Warrior on the clone, then from there, use DW on your system as well.
    As to what other hardware you have, from PCIe to USB/FW, including cables.... the same as FAQ for kernel panics and how to avoid and prevent as the MacFixit/Cnet tutorial goes into.

  • My MacBook Pro 13" Solid state Retina display stars then it will randomly show a gray boxed message asking:Are you sure you want to shut down your computer. It gives 4 alternatives Re start, sleep cancel or shut down

    My 2013 MacBook Pro 13" Solid state Retina display stars then it will randomly show a gray boxed message asking:Are you sure you want to shut down your computer. It gives 4 alternatives Re start, sleep cancel or shut down. This is what it shows before shutdown.
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    This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.

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    "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer?" prompt pops up for no reason and continues to pop up after selecting Cancel. How can I stop this?
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    Then I suggest you read this thread regarding the 30" Apple Cinema Display and that particular message pop up... several possible causes... common denominator, the display.
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  • HT3964 my macbook air keeps coming up with a message" are u sure u want to shut down..etc" after which it switches off by itself. now it's off and will not power on altogether. any suggestions?

    my macbook air keeps coming up with a message" are u sure u want to shut down..etc" after which it switches off by itself. now it's off and will not power on altogether. any suggestions?

    Does it power on if you plug in the charger?
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  • I HAVE A SONY VAIO WITH WINDOWS VISTA- SUDDENLY I'M GETTING A BLUE SCREEN (crash dump)THAT SHUTS DOWN MY COMPUTER. HOW DO I STOP THIS. ALREADY TRIED TO UNINSTALL AND RE INSTALL. MAY NOT HAVE DONE IT CORRECTLY ?

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    Hey Ishland,
    You are not alone. I'm getting the same thing I'm running Vista. I'm reading that Windows 8, 8.1 preview, Vista and XP.
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  • Has the "You shut down your computer because of a problem" message changed?

    When I restart the computer after a Kernal Panic I get the message "You shut down your computer because of a problem. Click Report to see detailed information and send a report to Apple"; 2 buttons are shown: "Ignore" and "Report...". For some time now, when I click on "Report..." the message disappears but I used to get a window allowing me to type in information about (something like) what I was doing prior to the problem occurring with a button (something like) 'Send Report". Since the "Report" button now causes the message to disappear, is a Report still going to Apple? Thank you.

    Open Console app
    View the System Diagnostic Reports by clicking on the disclosure triangle next to it in the log list. If the log list isn't visible, click the Show Log List button.
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    Select the report and it will show in the pane on the right.
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    Copy and paste it into a reply here.

  • White screen with Message "You shut down your computer because of a problem"

    Computer will not boot up.  White screen with message "You shut down your computer because of a problem"

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    I had a computer crash and since then I get a prompt after login (administrator or any other account) stating: "You shut down your computer because of a problem" and even when I choose to open the apps that were open during the crash it still prompts me again after a reboot.
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    3. Used Onyx to clear the cache on boot, kernel as well as applications
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    15014356 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    15014360 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    15014368 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20014942 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20014961 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 140546161005056/-7
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    20015069 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        PID is still valid
    20015087 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Killability: dirty/idle-exit unsupported
    20015098 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        PID is still valid
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    20015121 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20015130 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20017392 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20017409 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 140546157876984/-7
    20017416 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Dispatching kevent callback.
    20017437 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    20017465 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Sent SIGKILL signal
    20017470 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    20017473 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20017485 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20017524 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 69
    20017532 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Receive right returned to us: com.apple.SecurityServer
    20017558 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Tried to dispatch an already active job: PID is still valid.
    20017564 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: No submanagers left.
    20017569 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Job is active: PID is still valid
    20017574 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Job was sent SIGTERM and SIGKILL.
    20017578 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Job is active: PID is still valid
    20017583 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Job was sent SIGTERM.
    20017587 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20017590 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20019370 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20019379 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 37/-1
    20019411 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    20019414 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20019421 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20019447 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20019457 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 16/-5
    20019463 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Dispatching kevent callback.
    20019494 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        EVFILT_PROC event for job.
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    20019534 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      16        Exited 20.002413 seconds after the first signal was sent
    20019543 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      0         Exited while shutdown in progress. Processes remaining: 1/1
    20019547 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      0         Job is useless. Removing.
    20019553 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      0         Closing receive right for com.apple.SecurityServer
    20019561 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      0         Mach service deleted: com.apple.SecurityServer
    20019569 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.securityd      0         Removed
    20019574 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: No submanagers left.
    20019578 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Job is active: PID is still valid
    20019582 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Job was sent SIGTERM.
    20019586 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    20019589 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20019596 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20019927 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20019936 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 140546156860424/-7
    20019941 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Dispatching kevent callback.
    20019954 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    20019973 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Sent SIGKILL signal
    20019976 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    20019980 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG demux succeeded.
    20019986 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG request.
    20020571 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         MIG callout: 137000
    20020579 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 73/-1
    20020597 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Handled kevent.
    20020601 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         Dispatching kevent (ident/filter): 92/-5
    20020605 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Dispatching kevent callback.
    20020608 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        EVFILT_PROC event for job.
    20020611 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Reaping
    20020630 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 92        Exited 20.000797 seconds after the first signal was sent
    20020637 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Exited while shutdown in progress. Processes remaining: 0/1
    20020648 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Job was last to exit during shutdown of: System.
    20020652 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Job is useless. Removing.
    20020657 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Closing receive right for com.apple.coreservices.appleevents
    20020681 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Mach service deleted: com.apple.coreservices.appleevents
    20020689 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.coreservices.appleevents 0         Removed
    20020694 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: No submanagers left.
    20020697 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Removing.
    20020701 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Removing job manager.
    20020704 com.apple.launchd                1        0x7fd373c27610.anonymous.launchd 1         Reaping
    20020711 com.apple.launchd                1        0x7fd373c27610.anonymous.launchd 0         Removed
    20020849 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Userspace shutdown finished at: Tue Jul  9 14:36:55 2013
    20020860 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Userspace shutdown took approximately 20 seconds.
    20020904 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         VM statistics (now): Free: 1481341 Active: 163424 Inactive: 183775 Reactivations: 76638 PageIns: 1514234 PageOuts: 0 Faults: 187281111 COW-Faults: 20294866 Purgeable: 44 Purges: 47114
    20020929 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Stray process at shutdown: PID 11232 PPID 1 PGID 11231 tuxera_ntfs_dae
    20020941 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: Sending SIGTERM to PID 11232 and continuing...
    20020959 com.apple.launchd                1        com.apple.launchd        1         System: About to call: reboot(RB_HALT).

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    My Mac Mountain Lion desktop computer keeps saying, "You shut down your computer because of a problem." How do I keep this from happening?

    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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