My MacBook pro will take forever to shut off sometimes?
When I want to tern off my MacBook pro sometimes it will take forever to tern off so I have to let the battery drain out and then when I use it again I have to plug it back in?
never....ever.....let your battery drain all the way down.....it can do more harm to your macbook or battery....
once you're up and running - open disk utility and verfiy your disk permissions - repair if needed then restart your macbook.....if problem persists, verify your disk and see if there are any errors....
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My 20111 macbook pro will intermittently turn its wifi off (often when it wakes up or loses signal with a station). It then won't turn back on unless I restart the computer. There are also issues with my screen starting up with a much lower resolution than normal (which reverts about half way through start up to the normal resolution). and every once in awhile a patch of checkers will appear for a few seconds and then disappear.
any ideas? are these all caused by the same problem?Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested.
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Just a minute ago I tried to boot up my macbook pro...normally the grey screen pops up with the whirring wheel, and then my Lion log-in screen comes up and all is well. This time, however, the whirring wheel spun forever on the grey apple screen. Then the wheel stopped and it went to a solid grey screen with apple...and nothing for about 10-15 seconds. Eventually it came up. BTW, this was the 2nd time I tried to boot because the first time, the grey screen with the whirring wheel stayed up for several minutes so I rebooted.
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MacBook Pro will not finish a shut-down.
I have a repeating problem. Starting with 10.5.5 on my 2.2 ghz MacBook Pro 15" (mid-2007) I began having big problems getting it to restart and to shut-down. I was getting ridiculous hangs.
I would find my machine in the morning with the fan still going and looking like it was shut down. I would hit the ON button and nothing would happen. So I had to hold down the ON button for a long time until a full manual shut-down occurred, and then I could restart my machine. This happened with most, but not all of my restarts, and just about all of my shut-downs.
Then I upgraded to a unibody MacBook Pro 15". I migrated my user, and then found I still had the problem. I was convinced it was a problem with 10.5.5. I had a lot of Finder trouble also that started right after that update.
Well, I thought all was well with 10.5.6, but it was not to be. I am still getting a lot of hangs, but mostly only with shut-downs. My restarts seem to make it through.
I am very frustrated, and wondering what to do. I am thinking of calling Tech Support, as this is happening on a new machine.I experienced the same problem. What I noticed that problem seems to occur more often when bluetooth is switched on. For instance, today I wanted to switch off bluetooth connectivity before switching off laptop completely. The bluetooth icon in menu bar from some strange reason froze completely, rest of programs and OS were working fine. When I wanted to switch off the laptop it happened again, it froze and the only way to switch it off was to hold power button.
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MacBook Pro Retina takes forever to find a wifi network and connect to it.
Hello, I have a late 2013 rMBP and it takes forever to find a wifi network and connect to it. This statrted about 4 days ago.
Hold down the Option key as you clcik on the WiFi icon in the MenuBar.
Do you have a Dual-Band Router?
How many neighbors' Routers are visible? -
I got macbook pro about a year and a half ago and up until now it has been running fine.
However, in the last few days, it has been started to run tediously slowly!
It wont allow me to open applications and i have to force quit out of any applications I finally manage to have because they freeze or stop responding.
On Google Chrome, pages become unresponsive every few minutes.
Even writing this post took more than 20 minutes as the laptop kept freezing and the webpage became unresponsive.
It also randomly shuts off and when it restarts, a message comes up saying my Macbook was restarted because of an error.
I haven't downloaded or updated anything that I know of recently that would have caused this.
Ive been reading through some of the fourms on this and I thought it'd be helpfull to post some of the information you may need to help me solve this problem!
Id be very gratefull if any of you could help! Thanks!
In the Activity Monitor, my CPU is currently:
System: 3.40%
User: 4.20%
Idle: 92.40%
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 6:22:39
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (357.93 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 44 - Corrupt!
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[not loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Android File Transfer Agent
Internet Plug-ins:
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.145
AdBlock: Version: 2.5.45
AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
12% WindowServer
4% mds
3% opendirectoryd
3% Google Chrome
2% coreaudiod
Top Processes by Memory:
205 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
147 MB Finder
131 MB Google Chrome
123 MB VLC
106 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information:
516 MB Free RAM
1.43 GB Active RAM
1.40 GB Inactive RAM
676 MB Wired RAM
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2. -
MY macbook pro shuts off by its self. Then when I relize it and go to turn it on a white screen appears saying it shut off due to an error. Then a little box pops up and says if I want to report the issue or ignore it. Please help I got the computer in August.
Your warranty includes 90 days of phone support. Call AppleCare.
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Macbook pro charge cord stopped working & shuts off unexpectedly
Hello,
All of a sudden, my charge cord has stopped working - I'm not sure if it's my actual computer or the cord. It does not light up at all anymore and the battery icon says "not charging" sometimes. It also will shut off unexpectedly and when I manually turn it on I get this message "can't verify the identify of the website" and the clock gets set back....helpDoes your MBP get HOT when you are playing games, as they use quite a bit it the way computing cycles and generate a lot of heat. I had this issue with my kids machine, try rasing the MBP up off ahy hard surface you mat have it on while playing. (I used 2 1"X1" strips of wood the increase air flow around the machine. The exhaust vents are in the back under the hinge, keep yhem clear. This simple fix seemed to work, no more problems. There also cooling trays with fans that are commecially avaiable. Are your fans spinnig up to cool the MBP? If not you might want to try a smc reset which controls the fans.
SMC Reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Macbook Pro Retina takes forever to startup.
Hi guys, i recently bought a MBP retina but lately its been taking much longer than it use to when starting up. I remember that when i first got it the computer was only taking a couple of seconds but lately it has been more like several minutes. I was wondering if anyone else has been encountering the same problem and how would i be able to fix it? Also sometimes when i turn off my computer it restarts and says that it has encountered an error, after i turn it back on it gives me the following error report.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3572 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: CA65EC2B-2324-4FA4-AFD7-B86675EAE275
Tue Aug 28 23:42:47 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802cab7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff802ca46084, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007f8059806e00, CR3: 0x000000005f315039, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef, RBX: 0xffffff7faed24148, RCX: 0xffffff8044212880, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff815d6da940, RBP: 0xffffff815d6da940, RSI: 0xffffff7faed24360, RDI: 0xffffff8041509550
R8: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff8044212880, R11: 0xffffff815d6db9d8
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R14: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R15: 0xffffff8044212880
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff802ca46084, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00007f8059806e00, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff815d6da5e0 : 0xffffff802ca1d5f6
0xffffff815d6da650 : 0xffffff802cab7b95
0xffffff815d6da820 : 0xffffff802cace4ad
0xffffff815d6da840 : 0xffffff802ca46084
0xffffff815d6da940 : 0xffffff802cb0f9a6
0xffffff815d6da950 : 0xffffff7faed23021
0xffffff815d6da9b0 : 0xffffff7faed2247b
0xffffff815d6dba30 : 0xffffff802cd40db1
0xffffff815d6dba90 : 0xffffff802caf5666
0xffffff815d6dbae0 : 0xffffff802cb09311
0xffffff815d6dbb90 : 0xffffff802cafbb09
0xffffff815d6dbc40 : 0xffffff802cafc3e2
0xffffff815d6dbf50 : 0xffffff802cde17da
0xffffff815d6dbfb0 : 0xffffff802cacecf3
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.avast.AvastFileShield(1.0.1)[A0A1FD97-2C58-7950-37D9-0CD538FAD375]@0xffffff 7faed21000->0xffffff7faed26fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
12B19
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3005059E-270B-3B9F-940D-7A66C05DDC9D
Kernel slide: 0x000000002c800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802ca00000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 3753180782699
last loaded kext at 210548503019: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7facff4000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 248075775469: com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1 (addr 0xffffff7fadbe5000, size 28672)
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com.avast.PacketForwarder 1.3
com.avast.AvastFileShield 1.0.1
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8
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Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f32
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.21)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8510, 0x1a110000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2512, 0x1d180000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0262, 0x1d182000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8286, 0x1d181300 / 8
I am not tech savvy at all so if anyone can help it would really appreciate it if you could maybe walk me through how to fix it.
thanks for your time!Uninstall "Avast" according to the developer's instructions -- not by dragging an application to the Trash or searching for files by name. There should be some kind of uninstaller. Reboot and test.
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My MacBook Pro October 2012 model just shut off at 53% battery.
Now it won't even light up to indicate that it's plugged it, and won't turn back on. Any suggestions would be much appreciate. I've tried another Power AC Adapter, and still no luck. The SMC Reset requires me to remove the battery, which Apple strongly urges I not do, and it's a pain anyway.
Feel free to request any additional data!That instructs me to turn on the computer, type a combination, then wait for it to restart.
In case I didn't make it clear, my computer will not turn on. At all. Pressing the Power button yields no result...it's as if it's out of battery, but plugging it in yields no result - it won't even light up. HOWEVER, it's not out of battery...when it crashed, it had about 53%.
Nevertheless, I tried that. Didn't work.
Thanks for your help, got any other ideas? -
Macbook Pro will not fully shut down!
Recently my MacBook Pro will not shut down. It looks as if all programs close, the dock disappears, the desktop clears, and then there is the circle of dashes that comes on when the MacBook is turning on. The circle of dashes (I'm sure there's a better name for this!) just keeps going round and round. It will go forever. Eventually I hold down the power button to shut it down. My software is up to date. What's going on?
or if you have another mac with no problems stick that sucker in T mode with a firewier and go throw disk utility from there.
or if you go throw the installation disk dont fully install it as soon as you see the word utility on your tool bar. then hit repair disk.
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Macbook Pro will not shut down AND other issues...
Macbook Pro will not shut down. Not using the POWER button, not using control/alt/command/esc, not using force quit, and obviously not by selecting Sleep or Shut down from the Apple menu.
Force quit will not even pop up when selected.
Top row keys do not work either, have gone into settings and switched them to F keys and back again, no luck.
iPhoto will not import photos and will not shut down, gives me a message stating it is importing photos (nothing is connected to computer though). Baffling.
HELP! Computer is only a month old
Thank you everyone xxPlease make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.
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my macbook pro will not boot. It gets the grey screen with the apple until the bar is half way across and then shuts down. The only screen I can get to is in safe mode and I don't know what to do with that
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup - Apple Support
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MacBook Pro will not shut down
A principal at my district has a MacBook Pro 15-inch Early 2008 (2.4/2X1GB/200-5400/256VRAM/AG) running OS 10.5.8 that will not shut down. When shut down is chosen, the computer restarts instead of shutting down. It does not matter how shut down is chosen, whether it is from pull down menu, keyboard command, click on shutdown in the login menu, etc. I have tried resetting PRAM, SMC, starting up from a known good system, and run diagnostics applications (which turn up no problems). The only way to get the machine to tunr off is hold the power button down until it shuts off.
The user complains it also gets very hot when he leaves it sitting open in sleep mode. I have not observed that particular symptom. It also tend to run down the battery faster than it should (battery check shows it to have 80+% of it's original capacity.) But Activity Monitor does not show any unusual activity.
Any suggestions what I can try next to figure this thing out?
Thanks.On occassion (like tonight) my MacBook Pro will not
shut down - even when I attempt to force quit. Any
suggestions?
Happens here too, but very rarely. In my case it mostly happens late at night when OS X is supposed to run some internal maintenance jobs, maybe some of them do not allow a shutdown?
Does holding the power button down for approx. 10 seconds work? If yes, then I would not worry about it. If no, there is something seriously odd and I would report it to AppleCare.
Cheers,
Uwe -
My macbook pro 13" unibody has randomly shut down, and will not switch on again, it is totally unresponsive. I have tried using different chargers, and my laptop had charge when it shut down,
Hey Sarahbetts,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, the MacBook will not turn on. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a good one,
Mario
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