I have had this problem for the last year but have worked around it by manually shutting down the system. My mac will not shutdown on command or restart during a program update or by going to the apple and trying g to restart. I have tried on numerous attempts to find a related topic but there is none to my knowledge.
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Powermac G5 2.0 dual
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
3.5 gigs mem
when occurs a suspension of hard drive activity, manually or after a period of inactivity, this suspension seems to be incomplete (a ventilator continue to run) therefore my mac (power-mac G5, OS 10.4.11) is unable to restart, no possible action from the keyboard (I must shut down and restart)
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PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.4), & PowerBook (10.3.9)
I have a '08 MBP that has the spinning beach ball showing up in all the apps during use and everything runs slower.Web pages take 5-10 seconds to load.Lightroom photos take 5-10 seconds to load. Commands and mouse selections take 4-5 seconds to respond.It slows down even more with an external monitor being used.The fan runs high 85% of the time.
Hard drive was replaced with an SSD about 2 years ago, which calm HD noise.The HD has 15.5 GB left right now, but the beach ball problem has been there even with half the HD full.This issue occurs even with only 1 app running. For instance, I'll shut all apps except one application, and it still drags, whether that one app be Safari or LR.
I realize the MBP is older, but it used to be very responsive with the same apps. Never used to see the beach ball during app usage, only at startup of app if anytime.
I believe the RAM is maxed out for what this machine can handle at 4GB, but again, the system didn't slow down before. I believe the problem may be some processes running in the background that are dragging down everything, but not sure what to look for.
Here is the EtreCheck: Hardware Information: ? MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz) (Verified) MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1 1 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores 4 GB RAM Video Information: ? GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 128 MB Color LCD 1440 x 900 Cinema HD 2560 x 1600 System
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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PowerMac
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro
whenever I use my macbook for some reason my MBP will hang on shut down when I use it for a while, and I have to do a hard shut down. but after I do the hard shut down I can restart it after that and it will be at the normal time.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2011
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Info:Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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6/17/14 10:30:23.684 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[254]: (com.apple.PackageKit.InstallStatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 8 seconds
6/17/14 10:30:23.730 AM WindowServer[137]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55815
6/17/14 10:30:23.730 AM WindowServer[137]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55815
6/17/14 10:30:23.730 AM WindowServer[137]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55815
6/17/14 10:30:23.731 AM WindowServer[137]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55815
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), mid 2012 2.6 Ghz intel core i7 8GB
I have an issue with my 13" Macbook pro mid 2010 OSX 10.9.3. It won't boot after restart, but boots normaly after shutdown and start again.
Few months ago my primary sdd Corsair hard disk (I have 2 hdds. Replaced the original with the CD-rom) which I installed 2 years ago, stopped working. Gave the macbook to authorised service provider in my country and they said I need a new hdd and a new hard drive cable. The ssd was still under warranty, so Corsair replaced it with a new one. They gave me SATA3 instead of SATA2 (which at first I didn't noticed). Later they said they don't have SATA2 anymore. Also replaced the broken cabel.
Now it's working. If you start it after normal shutdown, it boots normally. But if you restart it it won't boot at all. The apple keep spinning and the forbidden sign appears. I tried PRAM and SMC reset. Nothing
What should I do? Can the use of SATA3 instead of SATA2 hdd lead to some issues with my macbook? I can try to find and buy new SATA2 sdd hdd but they are expensive and I'm not sure it will fix the restarting issue.
The computer doesn't respond to the power button when pressed. (imac - no intel)
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm a rather new Mac user (it's been about 6 months since I bought my new aluminum iMac). Lately, I've been experiencing difficulties in shutting down my system, or even restarting it. I should probably note that I'm using 10.5.2 Sometimes, when I try to perform a system shutdown/restart, the OS gets to a point where only my desktop is shown but nothing happens (occasionally the beach ball keeps rolling, but not always).
At that point, (as far as I know) there's nothing I can do to restart/shutdown the system, besides pressing the "power" button for several seconds until the power goes down. When similar things happened on my old XP machine, I would just use CTRL ALT DEL and force quit all applications - until shutdown succeeds. There was never a scenario where I needed to cut the power in order to get the system to shut down. On OS X when this situation occurs, the CMD ALT ESC combo doesn't seem to work.
if this kind topic has been discussed before, i just have no time to check.
So i need your help ASAP.So yes i have bootcamp'ed my macbook to windows 7 34bit.
And i think i made a mistake during installing it.Well when given the partition, it was 4 partitions , i chose bootcamp partition, but unfortunately it cant be installed on it, so i tried to format the bootcamp partition, and it's ok, so i have done it.But the problem is, i couldn't get into the mac whenever i restart or shutdown and turn on back.
