When i press shut down my mid2010 mbp restarts, please help!

when i press shut down, my mid 2010 mbp restarts, please help!

OK, that eliminates a sticking power button, which would have been a possibility if you were using that button to bring up the Shut Down option.
Does this problem occur when you're running on battery power, on AC power, or both?
In System Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter tab, do you have "Start up automatically after a power failure" checked? If you do, uncheck it, quit System Prefs, and see whether the problem persists. Post back with results.
Oh, and since you say this also happens when you select "Sleep" — does it happen when you close the display to put the machine to sleep, or only when you select the "Sleep" command from the Apple menu?

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this has been happening for the last two weeks; whenever i run my MBP on battery, it goes blank/shuts down after about 30 mins...would start back on, but shut down even before the login screen comes! i checked the battery display under the laptop-it showed 3 green lights!! TIA!! i bought my MBP off the apple website last september!

With your symptoms, most likely, yes. If you have a 17" MBP, you are out of spec (based on Apple's specification of 80% health for 300 cycles). If you have a 15" MBP, you're in spec (84% health), but your symptoms indicate a problem (i.e. a defective battery). So, contact AppleCare!
You can't calibrate now. I asked because if a battery goes too long (150-220 cycles) without calibration, the "sudden loss of power" can result.
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Graham, that's why I inquired about calibration, but with the OP's cycle count, that's not the issue. Also, FYI the "battery condition" information is part of System Profiler with Leopard; the OP lists Tiger, and did post all the information available under Tiger.

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hi, im new to macs so i need help! my ibook g3 700hmz was acting completly normal and i was using elmedia player on it, suddenly it went on hybernate while i was using it. i could not revive it no matter what i did and i could not shut it down so i took the battery out. now it will not start up, power on, or do anything at all. it makes no difference if i plug it into the charger, take battery out or anything. i tried to reset the PMU but had no success. i took out the ram and tried to start it but still nothing. someone sugested it could be the logic board but would it just suddenly die all of a sudden? another suggested the hard drive but it should still power on with a bad harddrive shouldnt it? could it be the dc board? the battery is low but when you press the button on it one light does come on and blinks for about 10 sec. i have no way of testing the charger but it worked fine the night before. any help would be apreciated.

It's really hard to tell whether the battery would have enough capacity to boot. Lack of bootability may be due to hard drive corruption, as well. Having the CDs (or DVD, as the case may be with Mac OS X 10.4, from which to boot could help you figure out whether that is a problem, although I would expect it to at least start up to a flashing question mark folder if it were a hard drive problem.
When a battery doesn't charge properly, the most likely problem is the battery.
The next-most common problem is the adapter. They do wear out, and it's entirely possible that this may be the cause of the problem.
Next in line for consideration is the power input (DC-in) board. This is the part of the iBook that houses the adapter port. Usually when it goes out, the adapter doesn't work at all. It won't charge the computer, and it won't run the computer. In this case, once the battery runs down, the only way the computer will run is with a battery that has been charged externally (by another iBook or an external battery charger).
The least frequent cause of a battery not charging is the logic board. The power management unit (PMU) can be permanently defective. If this is what is going on, you probably won’t see any charge to the battery at all, but, in my experience, the adapter does run the iBook (unlike when the DC-in board is at fault).
My best estimate in your case is that the battery died completely, since you were using it from the battery when this happened. My 800 MHz iBook came back from a logic board repair with a defective logic board that wouldn't allow me to use the battery at all. As soon as I unplugged from the adapter, the iBook died. It didn't just go to sleep, though, it died completely. So if you had a sudden failure of the logic board, I wouldn't expect it to just go to sleep. Suspect, in this order: battery, adapter, DC-in board, and, finally, the logic board. Because of the way this happened, unless you dropped it or spilled something on it, I would not expect it to be a logic board problem (but that's just my best assessment of the situation, based on my experience). If you want to have it analyzed by professionals, DT&T Services in Fremont, California may be your best bet. They do free diagnostics, but it would cost you shipping charges both ways in order to find out what's wrong with it for certain. They also offer the cheapest logic board repair I've found, often less than what you'd pay for a logic board without labor, and they have a six-month warranty on the part(s), but I'm not sure whether that six-month warranty includes labor. You'd need to ask.
Good luck.

Moved iWeb before MobileMe shut down but need new host, please help

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I successfully moved my iWeb site to a new host before MobileMe shut down and I remember a discussion offering lots of hosting sites that were good and free and some for pay. I cannot find that discussion or the sites, although I thought I bookmarked them, there was one I even called and they were great but I can't find that bookmark UGHHHH.
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The other thing that concerns me about some of the other hosts is that they often offer introductory rates to entice their buyers. Once a user signs up and uses their services for 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, whatever it may be, the user will often have to pay a much higher rate when that introductory term is over. This is something I personally do not like, and as a consumer, I don't think it's a very fair way to get people to use a service. And the most important thing for an iWeb user, is that these big companies don't really know iWeb very well.
MacMate is more of a MobileMe replacement, and a better option for iWeb users who will want to take advantage of customer support geared towards an iWeb user. I like that they saw a need for a MobileMe replacement and are delivering. Their price is a bit high though, but still in line with the second-term prices of some of the other companies.
Rage software does offer all of the services of an ordinary host. So I think there was some mininformation there. The things I like about Rage is they've been a pretty big part of the iWeb community for many years, so their support team knows iWeb in and out. A quick look at their price shows that they are actually one of the cheaper hosts ($5/month on the 3 year term, no introductory rate or more expensive rate upon renewal). They also provide their well known iWeb SEO Tool software for free to their hosting customers, which is a pretty big bonus in my opnion. Also, take a look at all their videos showing tips and tricks for iWeb users http://youtube.com/ragesw
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Flash shuts down after start up screen - please help

I had a strange problem develop yesterday. Whenever I start
Flash 8 the start up screen shows for a moment, then disappears and
the program shuts down and never starts. I ran Ad-Aware, Spybot,
HijackThis and even did a file search by date to see if anything
appeared on my computer that would cause this but I found nothing.
I have Flash MX installed as well and it was doing the same thing
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Your capacitors are leaking, this is a known issue with Rev A G5 iMacs, and they should be replaced, along with the logic board. Take it in and if t stays up long enough, try to clone it to an external drive to save your data. I use SuperDuper! to do this.
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Mail Crashes and shuts down whenever downloading e-mail - Please Help!

Hallo, I´ve got a serious Problem / Bug:
Whenever I want to receive mails, Mail app crashes and quits.
I am using Leopard 10.5.1
I am able to compose and send mail, but not receive any.
I found a post about mail.app crashing, which describes a situation when mail quits, because of a smart mailbox referring to an adressbook smart group: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1296368
I´ve had indeed a smart mailbox referring to a smart adressbook group. And I´ve had a rule referring to a smart group. But after deleting them, the problem persists! The only thing that has changed, is that mail now seems to crash a couple of seconds later. That means, now the crash occurs after downloading about 4 e-mails. Before that the crash regularly occured while downloading the first e-mail. Well its a small improvement, but a crash is a crash.
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How come when i press the sleep on my MBP it auto shut down?

How come when i press the sleep on my MBP it auto shut down?

Pressing the Power Button brings up a dialog: "Restart Sleep Cancel Shut down (default button).
Teddy Mack; are you just giving the Power Button a light touch, or holding it down?

HT1414 My Ipod Touch have a black screen when an app shut down and I can not shut down the Ipod. The screen is still black and I did the press two buttons solution and it doesn't work. What I have to do now?

My Ipod Touch have a black screen when an app shut down and I can not shut down the Ipod. The screen is still black and I did the press two buttons solution and it doesn't work. What I have to do now?

Try:
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- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
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Whilst working on iMovie my screen has frozen. Cannot use any menus or dock icons. Tried turning off but asks am I sure. If I press shut down button it doesn't respond. Any ideas?

Cannot use any menus or dock icons. Tried turning off computer but message appeared asking 'am I sure'. If I press shut down button it doesn't respond. Any ideas? I was dropping multiple clips into my movie/project when it happened. It has been frozen for over an hour now. I can't hear the driving doing any work.

Thanks a lot. I had previously held the power button down and up popped the 'are you sure' message whhich provided a shut down button to press but it didn't work. Thanks for you help. I'll have a look in iMovie now to see if I've got any corrupted files. Thanks a lot
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I was using my Macbook when it suddenly shut down, I was updating a program so I had the charger on even though there was still 90 percent of power in the computer. I tried to turn on the computer several times but is not working, what can I do?

I was using my Macbook when it suddently shut down, I was updating the operating system so I had the charger on even though there was still 90 percent of energy. I tried to turn my Mac several times but it doesn`t turn on, also the green light of the charger is not working, it`s looks like the charger is dead too. What`s wrong with my Mac?

Try resetting the SMC.
MacBook and MacBook Pro with a battery you can remove
Shut down the computer.
Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
Remove the battery.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
Press the power button to turn on the computer
To reset the SMC on newer Mac portables with a battery you cannot remove
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.

When I close Firefox and then come back to it layer a box comes up that says it's already running. It ays to close Firefox first but when I hit close nothing happens and the box comes up again. I have to shut down my computer and restart to get into Firef

When I close Firefox and then come back to it later a box comes up that says it's already running. It says to close Firefox first but when I hit close nothing happens and the box comes up again. I have to shut down my computer and restart to get into Firefox again. If I can't get this fixed I will start using someone else. Someone told me a way to close Firefox but I forgot what they said.
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== a couple of months ago

Hello Brian.
You don't need to restart your computer to open Firefox again: you just need to close it manually through your application manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC in Processes tab). Anyway, hopefully this support article is what you need:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs
What's probably happening is that you may be having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?
Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you should make sure it's not coming from one of your installed add-ons, be it an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do that easily and cleanly, run Firefox in [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode safe mode] and select ''Disable all add-ons''. If the problem disappears, you know it's from an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode, and enable them one at a time until you find the source of the problem. See [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes this article] for information about troubleshooting extensions and theme. You can troubleshoot plugins the same way.
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Firefox scrolls to the bottom of the page when I press the down arrow, instead of moving through the text.

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When I use safari I keep getting a small coloured circular icon which in turn does not allow me to navigate at all. the only way I can get rid of it is to shut down and reboot. Can anyone help?

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Getting an error when trying to shut down R12 application.

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Regards,
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Hi,
Database and listener are up and running...
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I was charging and updating my mini ipad last night when it suddenly shut down and will not turn on since then. What do I do to turn it on again?

Try this - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.) No data/files will be erased.
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Resolve these most common issues:
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http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/ipad/
iPad Frozen, not responding, how to fix
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iPad Frozen? How to Force Quit an App, Reset or Restart Your iPad
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 Cheers, Tom

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