Why will my Imac not shut down unless I force it off

I have 10.58 version and lately it is not shut down unless I force it by holding power off. How can I correct this.? Also, I get a continuous spin when I select share folder in my system preference so I can select share internet. I have Verizon mobile broadband.

We'd need to see them posted here to see if it was a problem, but if it isn't repeating in Console now as it's open, hen likely not a problem.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for Shut Down problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
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Open your Activity Monitor and check to see what is running?
If there is some important Process running, then it is better to wait until it has finished instead of cutting the power and corrupting who knows what?
If there is nothing important running, then follow the instructions in the link below for resetting the SMC.
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When I use the SHUT DOWN command in the Apple Menu - programs close, the screen goes to a blue screen with a revolving time indicator and then remains that way until I FORCE SHUT DOWN by pressing the power button - then after a it makes the sound the screen goes black.
I searched the forums and tried the suggested fixes: trashing these 2 .plist preferences and reboot.
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Have you ever waited and let it do it's thing? I was ready to force mine to quit the other day after waiting 2-3 minutes, and all of sudden, it shut down. I restarted it and then shut it down again. This time it was normal.
Try this yet before doing an Archive and Install.
1. Boot from your system CD, run Disk First Aid from your Disk Utility and repair your permissions.
2. Use a utility like Onyx to clean your system cache out, including your kernel cache. The computer will restart slow right after that, but I keep rebooting the computer about 3 times in a row, and I'm back up to speed.
-Bmer
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Mac Book Pro (OS 10.4.11) WILL NOT SHUT DOWN UNLESS FORCED! HELP!!!

My Mac Book Pro 15", 2.33 GHz, 3 GB memory - runninfg Mac OS X 10.4.11 WILL NOT SHUT DOWN UNLESS FORCED! HELP!!!
When I use the SHUT DOWN command in the Apple Menu - programs close, the screen goes to a blue screen with a revolving time indicator and then remains that way until I FORCE SHUT DOWN by pressing the power button - then after a it makes the sound the screen goes black. I have restarted the machine several times and run disk doctor from the start up disk - no problems are recognized. The problem started last night. I upgraded to Mac OS 10.4.11 today - hoping that the update would resolve the issue - NO LUCK! I keep trying to get a successful SHUT DOWN from the apple command - However I have not been able to get it to SHUT DOWN without forcing the power button. HELP!

"... and run disk doctor from the start up disk"
Please explain that one. Disk Doctor was part of Norton Utilities. NU is not supported by OSX and the faster you get rid of it the better. Boot from your Installer disk and run Repair Disk from Disk Utilities. An optional way of shutting down is holding down control-option-command keys and pressing the eject button. When you are having problems address the problem. Upgrading to a new OS version will not solve the problem.
Wht you should try is running the 10.4.11 intel combo updater here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions before and after.

Hi. I recently discovered my iMac not shutting down and stalls. Everything seems to disappear except my wallpaper. If I Then go to setting on my Dock the apple sign at the top appears for me to shutdown the second time. I asked one technician's what might

Hi. I recently discovered my iMac not shutting down and stalls. Everything seems to disappear except my wallpaper. If I Then go to setting on my Dock the apple sign at the top appears for me to shutdown the second time. I asked one technician’s what might be the problem. He said that maybe it is Flash Player that runs in the background and avoid the computer to shutdown. I uninstalled Flash Player and the problem was fixed. Now I can’t watch any YouTube videos. Is there something else I can do to use Flash Player again to avoid the shutdown problem?

If YouTube is your only worry, you could instruct it to use HTML5 in stead of Flash:https://www.youtube.com/html5
Be advised though that Flash is used for other web stuff too.

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I tried to run the disk utility and it wouldn't run properly
Exactly what did you do to run Disk Utility and exactly what happened up to the freeze?
I called some place to ask for advice and they said it could be my logic board???
That's an easy answer to give but not necessarily the correct one.
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I'm not sure that a normal shutdown followed by turning off a power strip will reset the SMC. Power strips just switch off the "hot" leg of the power but do not interrupt the "cold" (neutral) leg or the "earth" (ground) connections. It may be that the SMC senses the cold-to-ground path or something like that to do a reset.
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Ok, this is a problem I've been having for a little while now. So back when I had Mavericks, sometimes (and I do stress sometimes) when I tried to shut down my iMac via the apple drop down menu in the left hand corner, nothing would happen. It would act like it was going to shut down, the little pop up box stating it will shut down in 59 seconds with the little box to check if you want to re-open your windows came up and all. But if I click the shut down button on that box, nothing happens. Usually, if I had mail open, as it was trying to shut down the "Mail" icon at the top menu bar would highlight in blue and it would just stay. I could resolve this by simply opening safari and then shut it down while in safari. Then the screen would go gray and it would shut down with no problem. NOW no matter what I do, after clicking shut down on the little prompt box window that pops up after doing as I stated before, nothing happens at all. I can open apps, etc. but not the finder. I have tried every other way of getting it to shut down but it simply will not any other way then pressing the button. I have a late 2013 iMac with the i5 processor, etc. Now, I've seen threads from others about it taking very long and to try and clear "parallels" but in my daemon folder there is nothing and in my Launch folder there are only 3. None of which were mentioned in any of the threads I've seen. In fact, right now, as I type this, I tried shutting it down about 10 mins ago and here I am still using it. So it's not a slow shutdown. It's a not shutting down at all problem. I should mention that A: I did recently delete a user who when logged into their account, had a more frequent encounter with the first problem I mentioned. And B: after turning it off from the button on the back, waiting about 30 seconds and then turning it back on, If I restart it from the menu where it asks you if which user u want, it seems to shut down fine. Anyone else having this problem?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

IMac Not Shutting Down at Times???

Hey guys, I had an issue with my iMac when i bought it a year ago where it wasn't shutting down and the top menu bar would disappear after you would click shutdown. Then I would click on Safari and the top menu bar would reappear and I could then click on the apple icon to shutdown again. It would work at that point. I took it into Apple and to make a long story short they said they fixed it but when I picked it up they ended up giving me a new computer due to a whole other issue.
So that was back around June. I was still having the same shutdown issue at times with the new machine but not as much. Seemed like it would happen mostly if I quit Safari and shutdown the computer immediately after. If I wait a few extra seconds to shut down after closing Safari it seemed to not give me that problem. Sometimes it still would though.
So now I download Yosemite and now when I shutdown the same thing will happen except when I get the menu bar back and click shutdown nothing happens (the shutdown window does not come up) and I have to hold the power button down in the back to shut it off. I have had to do this about 3 times in the past week.
I have a genius bar appointment tomorrow because I can't take it anymore and I do not want to keep putting it off.
Anybody else have this issue?

Sometimes the system will present a dialog identifying the app that is preventing shutdown. Wait a sufficient amount of time (a few minutes is reasonable) before forcing it to shut down. The dialog may appear, or not.
You can examine system.log to determine the reason it's not shutting down. To do that use the Console app - it's in your Mac's Utilities folder. Time and date-stamped entries immediately following the shutdown request and prior to forcing it to shut down may reveal the cause. Copy and paste them in a reply to this message if you wish. Remove or obscure any information you may consider personal (such as your Mac's name).

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This has been going on for a couple of weeks. I checked my settings for energy saver, but started here for troubleshooting. Another thing I noticed is when the machine is cut back on, the volume is all the way down and the finder window displays. Even if I had the volume all the way up, it reverts to silence when restarted. And the Finder window appearing is another mystery as I don't keep that window open.
To the other point of over heating, I guess that could be a cause, but I have seen no evidence of overheating and run iStat Pro to check on temps, etc.

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When I try to shut down my iMac, it the screen disappears except for the cursor and never completes a full shut down.

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By moving your iPhoto Library to an external drive, and then deleting the Library from the computer, you now have your iPhoto Library in one and only one location, the external drive.
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You could setup your system in the same way.
I have a "my passport" drive, but I've been warned that they are a bit sketchy.
I don't own a passport myself though I've seen them. Have you actually had an issue with it or is this someone else's reports of issues? If you have had issues with your drive you should contact the drive's manufacturer to get those resolved (assuming it's in warranty still).
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My iMac will not shutdown. It just goes to the grey screen and stops. I have upgraded my operating system to Mountain Lion with no improvement. Any suggestions?

Hmm, going by it's pretty poor reputation on here for mucking up Macs, Norton was probably a waste of money .
Doesn't explain the problem though if it was happening before you installed AV software.
When you attempt to shutdown, if you look in the Apple Menu>Force Quit does it show any applications not responding, or does it get past that and then just hang on a grey screen?
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