I have problem shutting down mac book pro os x lion
I have setup os x lion on my mac book pro which i bought after 2010. Over 90% when i want to shut down, the process stop at the end and rounding circle appear for so long that i should turn off the system by pressing and holding power bottom. I do verify and repair the disk permission and for a while it is ok and after some times it is the same story. I even download and install the lion again but nothing happened. As i read over the apple forum some other has the same prob but no one knows how to fix. Smebody tells that it is belong to safari and other mention some other things. Pls kindlly help me.
nahmad02 wrote:
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My Mac Book Pro OS X Lion 10.7.5 is running really slow. Takes forever to open the internet and word, please help
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