Macbook will turn on and off but won't restart so i can apply a system update.

lately i've been having trouble with my macbook pro retina display early 2013 model running 10.9. i've had a system update available for a while now but when i try to update the app store will download the update and prompt me to restart but when i try to restart my mac does nothing. i've tried manually updating by downloading the update directly from apple.com, but i get the same result. if i use the restart command from the menu bar apple drop down i get the same result. i can force a restart by holding down power, but the update doesn't get installed. i've tried running a disk check and it repaired a few things and says the disk is fine now, however i still can't find a solution to this very frustrating problem.

bump? i've been trying to figure this out with google and a few friends and have made no progress.

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