MacBook Pro :: How To Shut Down After Installing New OS
Mar 22, 2012
I am selling my MBP, so I used the Snow Leopard desk to "wipe" my data from the machine, and then I re-intalled OS 10.6. Now the computer is at the "welcome" screen as if it was just purchased at the store. It asks you to select your country, your languge, etc, and then it asks if you are restoring from a Time Machine backup or what exactly you'd like to do.
My problem is (and I know this sounds stupid) I don't know how to turn the computer off now that it's as this "beginning" stage. It doees ot have the usual selections at the top of the screen (like the Apple Menu, etc), so I'm not sure what to do. For now, I just closed the lid and I'm hoping that it worked and it's currenlty sleeping. Â
But I'd like to be able to shut the machine down so that I can ship it to the new buyer. Â
PS: I also have the new iLife that I'd like to put on it (it had it before I wiped the data), but I can't figure out how to do that either. The machine is not setup for a user yet, and I don't want to mess it up for the person who is buying it. Is there anything I can do that will allow me to install it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Oct 7, 2009
I've just upgraded to 10.6.1 from leopard. Whilst on leopard I had no problems at all with my Macbook Pro (Early 2008, 2.5Ghz) and for the most part snow leopard seems to work pretty well. However I'm having some issues with sleep. To start with my computer wouldn't even shut down properly after installing snow leopard; it would shut down for 3-4 seconds and then restart of it's own accord.
I've tried a few solutions that I've seen in forums for people with similar problems (such as reset PRAM, SMC, repairing permissions and deleting certain PLIST files) and now my mac will properly shut down, but still not sleep correctly. Now my mac will only sleep if it is on battery power and I activate sleep by closing the lid, if I activate it in the menu or if the power cord is connected (by any method of activating sleep) then my mac will sleep then 3 seconds later turn back on. As far as I'm aware I've got no programs that are causing this and I have turned all network and bluetooth 'wake' demands off. I also have nothing connected to my mac.
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Apr 9, 2012
I'm frozen trying to install lion so I want to shut down. How do I?
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jan 16, 2009
I bought an ibook a little while ago because I wanted a small, simple notebook and I love my home iMac. I found one for a good price on eBay and when it arrived everything seemed ok. I wanted to re-install the OS and set everything to my specifications because I was having a little trouble with some of the apps. Anyway, I went through the lengthy re-install and just as it finished counting down the seconds to completion, it shut down. I thought it might be in sleep mode because the little white light was on, so I hit a key and the light went off but nothing happened. Nothing on the screen, no HD noise, nothing. I'm at a loss because I really don't know much at all about hardware or software, which is why I liked the user-friendly Mac so much. The only thing that tells me it's getting power is the little green light at the power connector. I tried a PMU reset (there's no reset button on my model so it was a button combo of shift-ctrl-option-power I think) but that didn't do anything.
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May 18, 2012
After installing the 10.7.4 update my computer shut down. I restart the computer and the finder is not working any more.What can I do?
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Apr 7, 2009
I am getting a pop up "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?".
The one we get, if pressed the power button to switch it off?. The problem is not consistent and mostly I get if left inactive for some time(random). I have run the hardware test(installer DVD and pressing D) without any issue found.
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Jul 28, 2009
I just finished up a fresh install of Windows 7 and downloaded and installed the NVidia driver from their site directly since the one in the Boot Camp files is pretty old and technically the Vista driver anyway.
But I still need the Brightness, Sound, etc key functionality. Is there a way to selectively install Boot Camp drivers? That's the only one I need. The wireless, chipset, video and everything else works just fine (and in some cases better) than the ones included in Apple's setup.
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Jun 1, 2010
Or is it better to leave it on for weeks?
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Feb 15, 2012
My new macbook pro 13inch is taking forever to shut down. When i clicked the shutdown button, everything goes on as per normal till it reaches the white screen with the roller and it just stays there forever, draining battery till I force shut it down.
Info:MacBookPro
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Feb 17, 2012
I just converted from Windows to Mac yesterday and today I'm trying to shut down my Mac, but there's no Start button! How can I get my Start Button back?
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Feb 25, 2012
I can't shut down my MacBook Pro. Each time I try, I get the following message: "The Finder can't quit because some operations are still in progress." How can I determine what is running?
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MacBookPro
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Mar 20, 2012
I spilled Gatorade on my MacBook Pro and now if i don't touch the trackpad for about 4 seconds it asks if i want to shut down, go to sleep, or restart. If i don't hit cancel within about 5 seconds it will shut off. It will also shut off if i close it. The only way it stays on is if i hold down the command key.
Info:MacBookPro
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Mar 23, 2012
Why my macbook pro does not shut down?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1
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May 1, 2012
I'm a new Mac user. A few days ago, I tried to turn my Mac Air off by clicking "shut down" as I always do.But it wouldn't shut down.Moreover, there was no indication that I had even clicked "shut down." No rainbow circle telling me to wait.Days later, I'm still trying to restart or shut down my Mac, and I can't.It's like my computer isn't hearing what I want it to do!I press "shut down" and nothing at all happens.I can, however, just resume using my Mac as usual (internet works, ITunes opens, etc.)I've been browsing forums all day and nothing has helped.
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MacBook Air
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May 7, 2012
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro, and everytime I open iTunes and sync one of my iDevices, my MacBook Pro won't shut down. I went in Disk utility, fixed the permissions, verified my HardDrive and everything appeared to be OK.
This is really staring to anoy me because, I can shut down my MacBook Pro but I have to do a force shut down and that damage's the HD!
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 750 GB HD, 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM
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Jul 4, 2012
i tried to set up icloud but not its greyed out and now i cant even shut down my mac air?
Info:MacBook Air
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Mar 25, 2009
My Aluminum Macbook (Late 2008) won't shut down unless I hold down the power button or shut down from the login screen. I've tried to repair my disk, disk permissions, uninstalling some applications, scanning for viruses, resetting the PRAM, and leaving the battery out over night.
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Jun 11, 2009
I don't really remember what I was doing but it just turned off then when I tried to turn it on it would make a sound like when you turn it off. I think its the hard drive stopping but its like high pitched to low. and it kept doing that then after a few times I got it to start up.
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Sep 3, 2009
First time this has happened to me during shut down. Second time it has froze in the 1.5 years I have had it. I simply selected shut down and it was shutting down for over 10 minutes. The background was the Purple Leopard background and the Loading Wheel was on the screen. (Not the Pinwheel but the wheel in the lower center of the screen.)
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Jan 25, 2010
I have a June 09 MBP 13", and in my TV editing class lab this morning, we were getting all the students' external HDs formatted and setup for Final Cut Pro. Our lab equipment is really old, dual G5 Mac Pros, and it was taking the instructor a long time because only hers was authorized to reformat drives. I offered to help since I had my MBP with me, and formatted a couple of drives. Then, there was one that her G5 wasn't recognizing, so we plugged it into my MBP. My MBP was on battery, and her HD was plugged into the wall outlet. It's a WD MyBook, one of the 3.5" big ones.
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Jul 31, 2010
Someone please explain me in detail when it's best to put a MBP to sleep and when to shut it down.
Personally, I shut down every night and boot it the next morning.
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Aug 4, 2010
I am using my macbook it gets hot pretty fast and shuts down. Then when I start it up it shutsdown right away. If i leave it for a while it will work for 5-10 mins then shutdown. What to do?
Specs:
OSX 10.5.8
2gb ram
nvidia 9400m
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Mar 18, 2012
My battery is at 36% and all of a sudden, my screen went black for about two seconds, then came back on for a second, then repeated by came back on and remained on.
Info:MacBookPro
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Mar 20, 2012
i have a macbook pro. i use it in my lap alot.do i have to use a "thermal " pad to keep it cool? do i have to fully shut it down before i move it?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 21, 2012
I own a macbook with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50b) operating system. The problem with my macbook is that when i shut it down freezes before it turns off. In order to fix the problem i repaired th disk permissions and i reinstalled the operating system but the same thing happens all the time.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 29, 2012
2010 11" macbook air won't shut down for the second day in the row.
I used the menu to shut down three hours ago, it cleared the desktop and has been showing me the spinning rainbow ever since.
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Info:MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Why won't it shut down?
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Apr 24, 2012
My macbook pro won't shut down completely. It stops at the blue screen-when left to continue shutting down, it drains the battery. I have to power down by holding the power button during this process.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 26, 2012
While using Safari, a page started to cycle and wouldn't load...the message said to try again later, but the page kept cycling. Now I cannot shut safari down, or restart the computer or shut down the computer.Â
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2009)
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May 14, 2012
As soon as I hit the power button the light on the charger turns green and my battery indicator says "Battery not charging". I tried taking the battery out and pressing the power button to restart the SMC but I'm not sure if it worked (is there any way to tell?).Â
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Power Mac G5, Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.3.9)
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May 23, 2012
My Macbook pro randomly shut off. When i hit the power button, i can hear it start up, but after a click sound, it stops booting up.
Info:MacBookPro
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