Shut down problems- sometimes need to manually shut down?

Over the past few months, I've noticed my macbook doesn't shut down occasionally so I have to manually press the button to shut it down. Does anyone know the cause and what I can do to solve this?

Try that process of resetting the SMC two or three more times, sometimes it takes more than once. if that doesnt work I could only suggest making an appointment and hauling it in for service.

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