Mac Book Pro wont shut down

My Mac Book Pro won't shut down. All I get is the spinning wheel Can anyone help please?

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I bought a mac book pro last december 2012, yet i already experienced problems with my mac last january 2013. Twice it failed to open after i had it in sleep. Charger indicated no light. Twice i also had it taken in for service, in both occasions they are able to open it after several hours and days of service. During the last diagnosis, they said that they did a thorough check and it all passed. Please note that when i had it in sleep, its charge is more than 50 percent. For the third time this week, it automatically shuts down and does not open and no light in the charger also. What could be the problem? Its already the third time this happens and its really getting too tedious to have the similar problem yet the service provider said there seems to be no problem but i cant use it continuously- could i already request for replacement? Thanks.

Problem is you have a faulty Mac computer. You need to take it back in with documentation, like a movie, of the problems you are having.
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Mac Book Pro wont shut

The clasp that keeps my mac book pro closed when I'm not using it has suddenly stopped working. I can't get it to stay shut now. Does anybody know what causes this and whether it is covered by the one year warranty or if it can be fixed simply?
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how long have you had the notebook?
i had the problem with the left clasp not coming down, but this was on delivery. Having only one clasp will eventually lead to the lid becoming bowed over time. I would get it seen to asap. not sure if its covered, it should be tho as its a manufacturing defect, and don't let them tell you otherwise. One clasp will lead to bowing. see picture enclosed:
http://www.elevenbears.co.uk/images/mbp/mbp3.jpg

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Help I tried opening my Mac book pro after shutting it down and all I get is a grey screen with the apple sign and a moving mouse but I can't open it !! What should I do ??

Help I tried opening my Mac book pro after shutting it down but it won't open and all I get is a grey screen and a mo Jong mouse but nothin else so can u help me ??

Hey HJA96,
Thanks for the question. I understand that your MacBook Pro is booting to a gray screen. The following article addresses this symptom, and provides relevant troubleshooting information:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Some of the steps included:
- Disconnect, test peripheral devices and network cables
- Perform a Safe Boot
- Reset the NVRAM / PRAM
- Start from your Mac OS X Install disc; use Disk Utility
- Check your cables and power source
- Remove third-party RAM and internal hardware
- Perform an Archive and Install installation of Mac OS X
- Perform an Erase and Install installation of Mac OS X as a last resort
(See article for full information on all of the above)
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my mac book pro wont start and power adupter light is blinking
any help pls

Reset SMC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
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I've been having this problem for the past few days with my mac it started to run slow and then freezing at times. This is kind of an on going problem when I have to shut it down, it takes ages to load up to 2 hours. This is with me turning it off and on but last night it stopped loading it goes past the grey screen with the apple and on to a blue screen which it stays on the tone of the blue will change and the cursor will appear on it every now and again but it will disappear and come back on after a while. os x disk that came with it. This is in the disk drive but I cant seem to get it to work or eject I don't know what I'm doing with macs as I am still very new to it.
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I have several problems with my Mac book Pro. Problems started so that I couldn't sign in to my account, three other account worked quite normally. I did run disk utility to fix problems that there was. That didn´t fix account problem. Then I tried to install SnowLeopard again, but it hangs after a while.
Hardware test programs starts and immediatelly after that computer shuts power off.
Here is the problem from installer.log (at least I think that here is the problem) But I can not say, what causes the problem
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Preparing previous system for upgrade
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Recovery: Found existing archive on /Volumes/ProBook
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Configuring volume "ProBook"
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Preparing disk for Netbooted OS Install.
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Volume disk0s2 mounted at /Volumes/ProBook is ready
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Preparing disk for local booted OS Install.
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Physical memory statistics immediately before turning on virtual memory backing store:
Jan 1 08:30:52 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Physical Memory Allocation:   611 MB wired,   257 MB trapped,    78 MB active, 2990 MB inactive,   160 MB free, 3228 MB usable, 4096 MB total
Jan 1 08:30:53 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Activated virtual memory backing store at mount point '/Volumes/ProBook'
Jan 1 08:30:53 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Preparing disk for local booted install.
Jan 1 08:30:53 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Creating installation log on volume "ProBook"
Jan 1 08:30:53 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Reaping previous system
Jan 1 08:30:59 localhost OSInstaller[141]: System Reaper: free space before: 263.43 GB
Jan 1 08:30:59 localhost OSInstaller[141]: System Reaper: free space after : 263.51 GB
Jan 1 08:30:59 localhost OSInstaller[141]: System Reaper: free space diff : 79.6 MB
Jan 1 08:30:59 localhost OSInstaller[141]: System Reaper: Postflight ok (256.32 GB remaining)
Jan 1 08:30:59 localhost OSInstaller[141]: IFPKInstallElement (190 packages)
Jan 1 08:31:01 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Jan 1 08:31:01 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <190 packages, destination=/Volumes/ProBook>
Jan 1 08:31:02 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/BaseSystem.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:31:54 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/Essentials.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:33:26 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/BootCamp.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:33:27 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/BSD.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:24 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/iPodSupport.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:28 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/PodcastCapture.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:29 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/JavaTools.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:31 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/AdditionalEssentials.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:34 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:55 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/AsianLanguagesSupport.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:34:56 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/MediaFiles.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:35:02 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/MigrationAssistant.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:35:05 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/Mail.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:35:10 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/AddressBook.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:35:11 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/iCal.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:35:14 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Extracting /Volumes/ProBook/Mac OS X Install Data/Automator.pkg (destination=/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root, uid=0)
Jan 1 08:36:42 localhost Unknown[80]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-24/Common/DataPool.c:116: Error: finished pool without filling it
Jan 1 08:36:42 localhost Unknown[80]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-24/Common/commonUtils.c:315: Error: fh_pread -1
Jan 1 08:36:42 localhost Unknown[80]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-24/Common/StreamCompressor.c :243: Error: pread failed for /Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root//System/Library/Frameworks/Automato r.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/AMWhoseViewItem.nib/keyedobjects. nib: Invalid argument
Jan 1 08:36:42 localhost Unknown[80]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-24/Common/StreamCompressor.c :829: Error: returning errno 22 from FinishStreamCompressorQueue
Jan 1 08:36:44 localhost OSInstaller[141]: PackageKit: Install Failed: PKG: extracting "com.apple.pkg.Automator"\nError Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x12c1ed700 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Automator.pkg”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=BOMCopierFatalError Code=22 UserInfo=0x12da123a0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error") {\n    NSFilePath = "/Volumes/ProBook/.OSInstallSandbox-tmp/Root";\n    NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while extracting files from the package \U201cAutomator.pkg\U201d.";\n    NSURL = "Automator.pkg -- file://localhost/Volumes/ProBook/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20Data/index.product";\ n    NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=BOMCopierFatalError Code=22 UserInfo=0x12da123a0 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error\"";\n    PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.apple.pkg.Automator";\n}
Jan 1 08:36:44 localhost OSInstaller[141]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x12c1ed700 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “Automator.pkg”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=BOMCopierFatalError Code=22 UserInfo=0x12da123a0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. FinishStreamCompressorQueue error")
Jan 1 08:36:45 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Jan 1 08:36:47 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Allowing machine sleep.
Jan 1 08:36:48 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Memory statistics for 'Install Failed' pane:
Jan 1 08:36:48 localhost OSInstaller[141]: Physical Memory Allocation:   572 MB wired,   258 MB trapped,   389 MB active,     1 MB inactive, 2876 MB free, 3266 MB usable, 4096 MB total
Jan 1 09:31:19 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:31:19.549 Disk Utility[173:903] **********
Jan 1 09:31:19 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:31:19.892 Disk Utility[173:903] Disk Utility started.
Jan 1 09:31:19 localhost Unknown[80]:
Jan 1 09:33:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:26.138 Disk Utility[173:903] Verifying volume “ProBook”
Jan 1 09:33:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:26.152 Disk Utility[173:903] Starting verification tool:
Jan 1 09:33:39 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:39.565 Disk Utility[173:903] Performing live verification.
Jan 1 09:33:39 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:39.576 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Jan 1 09:33:39 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:39.594 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking extents overflow file.
Jan 1 09:33:39 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:33:39.698 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking catalog file.
Jan 1 09:34:23 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:34:23.329 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking multi-linked files.
Jan 1 09:34:23 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:34:23.499 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking catalog hierarchy.
Jan 1 09:34:40 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:34:40.852 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking extended attributes file.
Jan 1 09:34:53 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:34:53.358 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking multi-linked directories.
Jan 1 09:35:30 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:30.885 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking volume bitmap.
Jan 1 09:35:31 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:31.346 Disk Utility[173:903] Checking volume information.
Jan 1 09:35:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:32.176 Disk Utility[173:903] The volume ProBook appears to be OK.
Jan 1 09:35:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:32.179 Disk Utility[173:903] Repair tool completed:
Jan 1 09:35:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:32.179 Disk Utility[173:903]
Jan 1 09:35:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:35:32.862 Disk Utility[173:903]
Jan 1 09:35:32 localhost Unknown[80]:
Jan 1 09:36:49 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:36:49.595 Disk Utility[173:903] NSDocumentController's invocation of -[NSFileManager URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error:] returned nil for NSAutosavedInformationDirectory. Here's the error:
Jan 1 09:36:49 localhost Unknown[80]: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=642 UserInfo=0x106d2a0e0 "You can’t save the file “Autosave Information” because the volume “Mac OS X Install DVD” is read only." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=30 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Read-only file system")
Jan 1 09:36:49 localhost Unknown[80]:
Jan 1 09:38:57 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:38 Mac OS X Installer[141] (CarbonCore.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)
Jan 1 09:39:39 localhost Unknown[80]: 2013-01-01 09:39 Mac OS X Installer[141] (CarbonCore.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)

I wonder if it a permission issue?
Maybe chmod 777 the correct files would help
Not sure which files but you did have an error which says it cant write due to being read on. Are you the admin of the laptop and are able to mod all the files?
I could be wrong but just an idea.
Have you also tried to re-download the OS you are trying to install in case it is corrupt?

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