Endless spinning wheel on shut down

If I boot up and do not initiate any software and then shut down, shut down occurs normally. If I initiate any software, I get a blue screen and the endless spinning wheel. I tried the repair disk and repair permissions from the startup disk, to no avail. This is something that began just recently, possibly with upgrading to 10.6.7 but I'm not sure. Safe boot makes no difference either. I am running on a 2.8 GHz, i7, quad core.
Thanks,
Jacob

Hi Jacob,
Just to do a quick rundown on what you have done so far in terms of troubleshooting:
Repair Permissions.
Verify the start up disk. Does the disk utility indicates if "Macintosh HD appears to be OK"?
Boot from installer disk and use the" Repair Disk" option.
Now a few questions:
When you mean "initiate any software", do you mean like initiating software update or app such as Safari or iPhoto?
When was the last time you installed something on your computer?
I think you have done everything in regards to avoid a total system reinstall. But before we go with the steps of reinstalling the OS, I will suggest one more step, since you mentioned that the problem might have arised after installing 10.6.7.:
Reinstall OSX 10.6.7. Update via Combo updater:Get it from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1361
Report back after installing the combo update.
About combo updates as a trouble shooting steps (from Cnet):
Combo
Apple's Combo updater includes all the files necessary to bring a major release of OS X from any previous version to the one represented by the update. For example, if you have the OS X 10.6.7 Combo updater then you can use it to update any Mac from any version of OS X Snow Leopard to OS X 10.6.7.
While Software Update will also provide you with this option, the Combo updater, like the Delta updater, is more universal and can be applied to any Mac system, regardless of its hardware or software configuration. Additionally, it can be reapplied to a Mac that has already been updated. Because of this, a Combo updater is frequently used when troubleshooting odd problems in OS X since it can be used to essentially replace a number of system files with fresh ones, without requiring a full reinstallation of OS X.
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Thanks in adavance,
Richard

Yes we are using the newest version. A client of ours is experiencing the exact same problem with a completely different setup (different location, different mac, different accounts, different app)
Maybe it has something to do with the ftp server restart AdobeDigitalPub mentions on twitter
(@richardbrammer is it still happening? We restarted one of our servers earlier this morning due to slow FTP transfers.)
Bets regards,
Richard

Downloaded iTunes update. Clicked to restart but am stuck on gray screen with an endlessly spinning wheel.

Downloaded iTunes update to my Mac mini (2007). Pressed restart but computer is hung up on a gray screen with a spinning wheel. Doesn't respond to power switch. Disconnected but returns to same screen when plugged back in.

FWIW, have a look at this user tip.

Mac hangs at white screen with spinning with loading wheel while shutting down.

I've had a problem with my computer recently that really bugs me, because I been needing to install os x updates, but when i try to shut my computer down, it hangs at a white screen with the grey loading wheel forever until I forcibly shut it down. This has been bugging me a lot, and when I try other peoples' solutions, (e.g. resetting NVRAM, uninstalling apps), I can't figure out what apps to uninstall, and resetting the NVRAM is no luck. I have a console log of the shutdown here:
3/14/2014 8:12:04.325 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 37731
3/14/2014 8:12:04.327 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 37731
3/14/2014 8:12:04.327 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 37731
3/14/2014 8:12:04.327 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 37731
3/14/2014 8:12:04.328 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 37731
3/14/2014 8:12:04.347 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: (com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert[483]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.354 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x15 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.354 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x14 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.354 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x13 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.354 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x11 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.354 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x10 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.355 AM WindowServer[133]: _CGXGetWindowOrderingGroup: Operation on a window 0x71 requiring rights 0x5 by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.355 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ShareKitHelper[299]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.355 AM WindowServer[133]: CGXOrderWindowList: Operation on a window 0x15 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightPresenter by caller Dashboard
3/14/2014 8:12:04.355 AM DashboardClient[496]: CGSOrderWindowList
3/14/2014 8:12:04.364 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.internetaccounts[279]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.364 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: (com.intego.commonservices.integomenu[263]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.387 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: (com.apple.iTunesHelper.17984[270]) Exited with code: 1
3/14/2014 8:12:04.387 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: (com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.10416[354]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.387 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: (com.apple.gamed[275]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.390 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[210]: ([0x0-0x37037].com.apple.AppleSpell[391]) Exited: Killed: 9
3/14/2014 8:12:04.428 AM _cvmsroot[534]: audit warning: allsoft
3/14/2014 8:12:04.428 AM _cvmsroot[535]: audit warning: soft /var/audit
3/14/2014 8:12:04.453 AM _cvmsroot[537]: audit warning: closefile /var/audit/20140314120742.20140314121204
3/14/2014 8:12:04.481 AM sessionlogoutd[538]: sessionlogoutd Launched
3/14/2014 8:12:04.497 AM loginwindow[92]: ERROR | -[Application setAppContext:] | Unable to get PID for context [0,53261]
3/14/2014 8:12:04.505 AM sessionlogoutd[538]: DEAD_PROCESS: 92 console
3/14/2014 8:12:04.541 AM gamed[530]: CKSoftwareMap: Registering with Daemon
3/14/2014 8:12:04.562 AM loginwindow[92]: ERROR | processNotificationManagerLSNotificationCallBack | LWCASProcessNotificationManager UNEXPECTED NOTIFICATION of type: kLSNotifyApplicationBirth
3/14/2014 8:12:04.593 AM airportd[113]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “ThompsonFamily1”. Bailing on auto-join.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.599 AM com.apple.kextd[12]: Can't create kext cache under / - owner not root.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.602 AM com.apple.kextd[12]: Rescanning kernel extensions.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext loading now disabled.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext unloading now disabled.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext autounloading now disabled.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Kernel requests now disabled.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.602 AM com.apple.kextd[12]: Can't create kext cache under / - owner not root.
3/14/2014 8:12:04.602 AM shutdown[539]: halt by _cvmsroot:
3/14/2014 8:12:04.602 AM shutdown[539]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1394799124 602127
3/14/2014 8:12:04.632 AM Dock[221]: XPC error messaging com.apple.IconServicesAgent: Connection interrupted
3/14/2014 8:12:04.632 AM Dock[221]: XPC error messaging com.apple.IconServicesAgent: Connection invalid
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks.

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IMac G4 starts up to gray apple screen progress wheel, then shuts down.

I was trying to boot to an external drive when this started. I was holding down key combinations (I think at the time it was Option-Command-Del), and the screen went black. Power Off.
Now, even after resetting PRAM and PMU, among other things, the same process occurs:
1) I press Power Button.
2) Chimes.
3) Gray screen, progress wheel. Little sound inside. Wheel stops.
4) iMac shuts off by itself.
When trying Verbose mode, I see it says "CPU Halted" the second before it shuts off.
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Try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption.
It's worth trying the repairs several times with fsck or DU, you never know. But, more then likely you will need a more robust utility, DiskWarrior, to repair that fairly serious error. It costs a few bucks, but if your data is worth saving DW may fix it.
We always recommend users, here, have at least one backup drive. I have two bootable backups. I have had backups also go bad, so two seems safer to me!
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DALE

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