IMac keeps shutting down when asleep. Need to unplug and start again.

iMac keeps shuting down after being put sleep or going to sleep on its own. Requires disconnecting and restart. Is there a fix?

Gary...
Try Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
Power:
The computer doesn't respond to the power button when pressed.
A portable Mac doesn't appear to respond properly when you close or open the lid.
The computer sleeps or shuts down unexpectedly.
The battery does not appear to be charging properly.
The MagSafe power adaptor LED doesn't appear to indicate the correct activity."

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Hi,
My imac keeps shutting down my programs when I'm using them. For example I can change my screensaver image to images from a chosen, when I try the program shuts down, same as safari and mac the ripper. Some of my other programs do not even open for me, like pages and keynote, they just do nothing. Pleas help its getting really annoying and I've tried to find out whats the problem but nothing I do is helping.
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Welcome to the discussions!
Have you tried creating a new user account and launching the apps there? If they work under the new account, then it is possible that you have a corrupted pref file.
I had this happen on my eMac, but it was when I was a newer Mac user and didn't know much. I ended up reinstalling to OS - which corrected it - but that is a bit drastic.
Let's not do that, but try some other troubleshooting first.

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Could, also, be failing hard drive , power supply or logic board.
You may have to make an appointment and take your iMac in to Apple or Apple authorized repair center for diagnostics and a repair estimate.
If your iMac has a 1 TB internal hard drive, it maybe a Seagate drive and maybe eligible for free replacement under the Apple Seagate 1 TB internal hard drive replacement program.
If you can get your iMac running, you need to backup all of your data ASAP!. Either backup to optical disc, flash drive/s or purchase an external hard drive for backup. You can use a data cloning program such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to make an exact copy of your iMac's internal hard drive.
You can check for eligibility for free hard drive replacement by inputting your iMac's serial number here.
http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/

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birdiemac:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Where in the process does it shut down? When you try to drag a photo into the book or into a page?
If it's when trying to add a photo, can you edit that photo without crashing and do you use Photoshop Elements or Photoshop for any of your editing?
Do you Twango?
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Hmm. The problem still may be the RAM - Apple buys the RAM it puts in its machines from third-party vendors (usually Hynix) so it could be a RAM problem.
There are a couple of things that you can do yourself before taking your machine into an Apple Store or an AASP... download and run an application named Rember that will run a RAM test for you - let it run for a couple of hours or even overnight. If it turns out that your RAM is faulty, Rember will let you know. If it is faulty, then you have a couple of options - replace the RAM yourself or (particularly if you're under warranty still) take the machine to an Apple Store or AASP and have them replace the RAM.
If Rember finds no fault with the RAM, then you'll need to take it into an Apple Store/AASP and get a free diagnosis on the machine. Three beeps do usually indicate faulty RAM, but if it tests good with Rember you likely have another problem - it could be something as simple as the RAM, somehow, not seated correctly or signs of another hardware problem.
Run Rember first... call back with results.
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iTunes keeps shutting down when I open it up. The message says iTunes has stopped working. A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solutions is found.

For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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Our iMac is shutting down when it attempts to sleep. This started following a Yosemite security update, though of course it is difficult to determine for sure that that was the cause.
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kernel[0]: Failed to get hibernate image filename
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I reset the SMC by following Apple's instructions for this computer (turn off, unplug, wait, replug, wait, turn on)

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2. When sleep is first initiated, I am seeing this in the console (not normal?):
2015-03-25 9:22:05.987 AM ScreenSaverEngine[485]: Preflight for plugin com.apple.ILPhotosPlugin failed, so it will not load. Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3587 "The bundle “iLMBPhotosPlugin” couldn’t be loaded because it is damaged or missing necessary resources." (dlopen_preflight(/Library/Application Support/iLifeMediaBrowser/Plug-Ins/iLMBPhotosPlugin.ilmbplugin/Contents/MacOS/i LMBPhotosPlugin): Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoLibraryPrivate.framework/Versions/A/Phot oLibraryPrivate
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Reason: image not found) UserInfo=0x7fed83841320 {NSLocalizedFailureReason=The bundle is damaged or missing necessary resources., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Try reinstalling the bundle., NSFilePath=/Library/Application Support/iLifeMediaBrowser/Plug-Ins/iLMBPhotosPlugin.ilmbplugin/Contents/MacOS/i LMBPhotosPlugin, NSDebugDescription=dlopen_preflight(/Library/Application Support/iLifeMediaBrowser/Plug-Ins/iLMBPhotosPlugin.ilmbplugin/Contents/MacOS/i LMBPhotosPlugin): Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoLibraryPrivate.framework/Versions/A/Phot oLibraryPrivate
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total 80
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 30 Jan 07:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 238 30 Jan 07:46 ..
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http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
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