Mac pro/mail won't quit thus computer can't shut down

mail won't quit, thus computer won't shut down

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Force an app to close on your Mac - Apple Support

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New to mac OS on mac pro- mail won't quit; light grey?

I cannot open my mail now; have tried to close it and turned off computer but it is still locked. Any solution suggestions?

Solved my problem too. Thanks a lot kjelar

Hi, my mail won't open from my dock on my mac and it won't quit so I can't restart. Anyone help?

Hi, my mail won't open from my dock on my mac and it won't quit so I can't restart. Anyone help?

Hello ward886,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like Mail is unresponsive, and you are unable to access it or restart your system. In a situation like this, I recommend force quitting Mail and restarting your computer.
Use one of the following methods to force Mail to quit:
Using the Force Quit feature of OS X makes an application close, even when it is not responsive.
Important: Normally you should not need to force quit an app to close it. When an app is forced to quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved, so try these methods to normally close the app first:
Choose Quit from the app menu. For example, in Safari, choose Safari > Quit Safari.
Choose Quit by right-clicking or control-clicking on an app's icon in the Dock.
If your app does not close using the steps above, use any of these steps to force the app to quit:
Switch to another app, such as the Finder, then choose Force Quit from the Apple menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.
Press Command-Option-Esc, then select the unresponsive app from the Force Quit window that appears, and click Force Quit.
Hold down the Control and Option keys on your keyboard, and click the icon of the unresponsive app in the Dock. Select Force Quit from the menu that appears.
Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder or the Spotlight menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Activity monitor window. Choose Quit Process from the View menu, or click the Force Quit button in the toolbar of the Activity Monitor window.
If you cannot switch from the unresponsive app, press Command-Option-Shift-Esc for three seconds to force it to quit. This key combination tells OS X to force quit the frontmost app.
Find the full article here:
OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

TS3276 When I click on my mail icon nothing happens...it won't open or quit (so I can't shut down my computer). What's going on?

When I click on my mail icon nothing happens...it won't open or quit (so I can't shut down my computer). What's going on?

Which Mail icon? That in the Applications folder, that in the Dock, or some other? You do not have to quit your applications in order to shut down your computer (heck, you hardly ever need to shut down your computer).

My mail is stuck, and the computer will not shut down. What should i do?

My mail is stuck, and the computer will not shut down and the Mail is not responding. What should i do?

Hi Clinton,
This happens to all the time and this is what I normally do. (Press and hold the pwer button until the computer shuts down) but, this doesn't seem to answer the real issue. Its just like you cut of the power to shut it down.
Kind Regards
Francis

Opened Safari and it has an open window that says "Congratulations you are the winner for April 11th. Please select your prize and enter your email" I did not follow the link but I can't quit safari. Can't shut down either Safari stops my request

Opened Safari and it has an open window that says "Congratulations you are the winner for April 11th. Please select your prize and enter your email" I did not follow the link but I can't quit safari. Can't shut down either Safari stops my request. How do I get Safari to be normal again?

Opened Safari and it has an open window that says "Congratulations you are the winner for April 11th. Please select your prize and enter your email" I did not follow the link but I can't quit safari. Can't shut down either Safari stops my request. How do I get Safari to be normal again?

I can't quit mail and thus, I can't shut down the computer. How do you "manually " shut down mail or computer (control-alt-delete in wintel world)

I cannot quit mail for some reason. How can I shut it down?
I need to do this before I can shut down the computer.

To Force Quit a program go to the Apple Logo item in the menu bar and select Force Quit. Select the program from the list and click Force Quit.
To Hard Power down it is the same as Wintel. Press the power button until the system Turns Off. Not the best solution but needed sometimes. Yes even on a Mac.

HT1222 iTunes won't quit and won't allow the computer to be shut down

Does this update fix the fact that once iTunes is launched I can no longer quit the program (it automatically restarts) and it won't let me shut down the computer (or force quit) or restart. This problem just started. Once launched, you can't quit iTunes and you can't shut down your computer. You can't install software or perform any function that requires iTunes to be closed. I have searched the web and have found other users with the same issue but no real solutions (or reasons why it is happening). It is weird that iTunes has a mind of its own and can just cancel shut down or restart. It immediately relaunches if you force quit. I no longer can listen to my music because I am afraid to launch iTunes! I was able to choose restart once and then shut down from the restart screen the first time it happened but after that it would not even let me restart. Once it worked by logging out user and shutting down from that screen but then the next time it wouldn't allow it. It is like it learns how you are working around iTunes to shut down your computer and then it figures out how to cancel it. Eerie and annoying. Any ideas? I should say that I am running an iMac with OS 10.6.8. Thanks.

Try this thread > iTunes keeps restarting after I exit: Apple Support Communities

Why can't i delete my avi files off my sd card on my mac pro (10.7.5) but will work on most recent mac pro? won't move to trash can either? please help

my older brother has the most recent mac pro and it works completely fine on his.
when i go to move videos filess off the SD card on mine however, it doesnt work. Nor does it let me post the new videos on there (althought it did last week)
please help!

my older brother has the most recent mac pro and it works completely fine on his.
when i go to move videos filess off the SD card on mine however, it doesnt work. Nor does it let me post the new videos on there (althought it did last week)
please help!

E-mail stuck in send loop and can't shut down

I've 'sent' a couple of e-mails this morning and they don't appear to have gone, and i can't get back in to mail or shut down my machine....
In PC land i would ctrl alt delete but don;t know what to do with my shiny MacBook Air

Oooh i've found the answer in the more like this section, problem solved!

My ical won't stop upgrading, I can't shut down my macbook

when I click ical, it just started to upgrade by itself and it wont stop upgrading, and I cant quit the app neither shut down the macbook.

Jen,
First of all from the  Menu select "Force Quit..." and choose iCal.
Then try removing the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. To find the Preferences folder, use Finder>Go Menu>Depress the "Option" key>Library. Drag the .plist file to your desktop, and log out/in or restart and check iCal for functionality.

Mac Maverick mail won't quit

I up grade my Imac to OS 10.9, every since frequently get notification about e-mail, no e-mail in inbox?? Then tryed to upgrade to OS 10.9.1 to fix some of these bugs and go figure cannot quit mail so cannot install upgrade??? How do I get out of mail. It does not even give me the option. Frustrated!!!

Go to  > Force Quit or press Alt, Command and Esc keys, select Mail in the list and force quit it

Mail won't close, can't shut down my MacBook Pro

Dear Apple Community,
since 10.7.4 Mail won't close sometimes. I use mail sometimes in Full-Screen, sometimes in the standard mode. If I'm finished with Mail, I close mail using "cmd+w" & "cmd+Q" or "cmd+Q". The programm is closed (window is gone), but the little blue bubble stays under the Mail icon at the dock. If I want to shut down my MacBook Pro (early 2011) I get the message "Can't shut down. You have to end Mail."
This *****. Any suggestions for a fix?

I had this issue and got frustrated having to force quit all the time.
I usually quit all programs with shortcut keys.
MAIL now quits everytime if I just click Mail-Quit Mail
Don't use shortcuts to quit it and it will be fine

My air won't open mail and I can't shut down computer because I can't quit mail

My MacBook Air won't open mail. Now I can't shut down the computer because mail interrupts shutdown but I can't quit mail either

Try doing a reboot by holding both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears, ignore the red slider if that appears.

Can I drag my Mac Pro Mail folder to my MBP?

I have POP accounts on my Mac Pro (MP) which is my main computer. My MacBook Pro (MBP) I use when on the road, duh..
I want to be able to access my Apple Mail from my MP when on the road using my MBP (Mountain Lion).
I have an external mirror backup of my MP plugged into my MBP so I can access all files. But I'm trying to find a good
solution how to access my MP On My Mac Apple Mail folders.
If I drag my MP > Library > Mail folder to my MBP and replace my Mail folder on my MBP, when I launch my Mountain Lion (ML)
version of Apple Mail app on my MBP, that will now be accessing my MP Mail folder files, will my MBP Apple Mail be able
to access and read the replace Mail folder and thus I will be able to see all my MP stored On My Mac mail folders and mail?
Apple doesn't support this kind of POP stuff, but I'm exploring if I could damage my ML OS, or ML Mail application?
If the mail got lost, I still have it on my external backup and of course on my MP at my office.
I gather you can't launch Mail from an external drive while booted up off the MBP internal drive...
The other idea I'm contemplating is getting something like SplashTop which would allow my MBP to access my MP
and just launch Mail remotely.
And.. I did try option booting my MBP off the bootable external drive, but because it's got Lion on it and not ML,
the fans on my MBP didn't operate, so that's bad and I shut down immediately.
That's the saga... I can't be the only person on a MBP trying to work with and access Mail folders/files from another
computer and hoping for some creative solutions.
Thanks,
Steven

I actually have it the other way thinking of my iDevices as windows into my mail and my MP as my main repository. I also set my devices to delete of server any mail I move from my devices inbox to minimize multiple deleting unwanted mail.
But the real issue was to be able to access all my stored mail on my MP when traveling. IMAP is a way to go, yes. But my concern, please educate me if I'm wrong, I have 6 email accounts. With POP I can drag any email from any account to the ame folder on my MP.
As I understand IMAP each account would have its own sets of folders. So where I have "Work" ot "ToDo" folder that hold all mail regardless of account, I couldn't have one folder "Work" and drag all mail to it because folders are created per account, per ISP (and I have multiple accounts from various ISPs).
So I'd have to have a Work folder for each IMAP account and have check each instead of one the way it's set using POP - ON MY MAC on my MP.
If I'm right abou this, then using a remote app like SplashTop 2 to use any device to login to my MP to read, reply, delete, store, then is a great solution since I'm actually working on my MP remotely. Only problem would be if I forgot to turn my MP on before traveling.
Am I on the right path?

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