Won't shut down - asking to quit other programs first

Hi Everyone,
I've had my iMac for about a year now. No issues until now. Recently when I try to shut down from the apple menu it doesn't do anything for a minute or so, then I get a pop up that asks to to quit a certain program or programs that are open. It asks me to force quit them. It seems to be anything I had open, like mail or safari. This never happened before. It would always just shut down. So, if I go back and quit all the open programs I think are open, then try to shut down, it still doesn't shut down. I then have to manually hold the power button to force it to shut down. When I quit all the programs, I don't get an task bar at the top to pick the apple icon to then shut down as well. Can anyone help with why this might be doing this recently and how to fix it? No new programs of any kind have been installed recently. I'm not real good at computers but I know something is not right with this now as it always would just shut down from the apple menu with no issues.
Thanks in advance for your help!
JB

I've had my iMac for about a year now.
Unless you bought the iMac used, I think you, like many others, may have been mislead to the wrong forum section due to a poor choice of words in labeling the forums. This forum is for older iMacs with G4 processors and the "desk lamp" type of articulated monitor support arm that were discontinued in mid-2004.
Do "About this Mac" from the Apple menu. If that shows the processor type as "Intel" then you should repost your question in the forums for Intel iMacs here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=189
For faster and more effective help, it's always useful to include the version of the Mac OS your computer runs either in your post or, better yet, in the Equipment line in your profile.

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