UPS auto shutdown with multiple users logged in
How does this work? If I have more than one user logged in, the power goes out and the computer decides (based on the settings I have selected for UPS) to shut down, will it be able to complete the shutdown? When I do it manually I have to log out the other users.
Thanks.
It depends on what the users are/were doing.
If there are unsaved changes, OSX will put up the usual warning about unsaved changes, and shut down everything else.
If there aren't any such things preventing it, yes, it will do a complete shutdown.
See Using a U.P.S. System with a Mac for details.
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Process: iPhoto [2771]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 8.1.2 (8.1.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-4240000~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [141]
Date/Time: 2013-11-14 18:53:17.814 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 106324 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 634 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: 637A60DB-E15A-441E-BAAB-F21EF18FA1B6
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x000000000cfbc000
VM Regions Near 0xcfbc000:
JS JIT generated code 000000000cfb4000-000000000cfbc000 [ 32K] rwx/rwx SM=PRV
--> mapped file 000000000cfbc000-000000000cfcc000 [ 64K] r--/rwx SM=COW /Users/USER/Pictures/*/*.jpg
TC malloc 000000000cfcc000-000000000d0cc000 [ 1024K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
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objc[2771]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9144ebe1 memmove$VARIANT$sse3x + 35
1 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x99396ca0 _CGImageSourceBindToPlugin + 300
2 com.apple.ImageIO.framework 0x99396b63 CGImageSourceGetType + 55
3 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x939bdc4c CGImageCreateWithJPEGDataProvider2 + 166
4 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x939bddc4 CGImageCreateWithJPEGDataProvider + 47
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x001aa38e 0x1000 + 1741710
6 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0043d5a6 0x1000 + 4441510
7 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00448902 0x1000 + 4487426
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x9494f79d -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3929
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9494d7bc -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 2650
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x9494e193 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 5169
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x9494e193 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 5169
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x9494e193 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 5169
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x94947caa -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 4817
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x94940bd9 -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 1365
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x94945872 -[NSClipView _immediateScrollToPoint:] + 6543
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x94943e2e -[NSClipView scrollToPoint:] + 234
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a34137 -[NSScrollView scrollClipView:toPoint:] + 279
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a33efb -[NSClipView _scrollTo:animateScroll:flashScrollerKnobs:] + 1533
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a3711c -[NSClipView _scrollTo:animate:] + 62
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a370d4 -[NSClipView _scrollTo:] + 48
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22 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a37029 -[NSView(NSPrivate) _scrollPoint:fromView:] + 50
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x94a36fef -[NSView scrollPoint:] + 65
24 com.apple.iPhoto 0x001c08e4 0x1000 + 1833188
25 com.apple.iPhoto 0x001bff5b 0x1000 + 1830747
26 com.apple.AppKit 0x949d1508 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 9384
27 com.apple.AppKit 0x94969f77 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 4788
28 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00229973 0x1000 + 2263411
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x948fbb21 -[NSApplication run] + 1007
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x94b8cac5 NSApplicationMain + 1054
31 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00124b80 0x1000 + 1194880
32 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00003172 0x1000 + 8562
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
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1 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c80bcbd _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 642
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c80a853 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
Thread 2:: Dispatch queue: CFPreferences Background Sync Queue
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9982a71e __open_nocancel + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x914c643d _gettemp + 554
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x914c65df mkstemp + 32
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4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x968243a3 -[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSourceSynchronizer synchronizeAlreadyFlocked] + 595
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x968240fa -[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSourceSynchronizer synchronize] + 522
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9686750a __-[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSource synchronizeInBackgroundWithCompletionBlock:]_block_invoke_1 + 122
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c809fbd _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c80b943 _dispatch_queue_drain + 224
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c80b7e8 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 47
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x9c80aff0 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 187
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91478b24 _pthread_wqthread + 346
12 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9147a6fe start_wqthread + 30
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