It will depend upon what you were doing previsously, etc. At times
there could be a large number of files and background processes
running and so it will take time for all of these to end and files to
be closed. This is not just a Mac thing, I use a windows at work on a
Dell laptop and it also at times can take up to 3 minutes to shut down.
On Jan 12, 2008, at 12:08 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
It's possible that I'm just being impatient then I guess. Next time
it happens I'll leave the beast running for ages and see if it shuts
down in the end.
Does anyone know why the time can vary so much? During one of those
mamoth 2 minute shutdowns, what's going on?
Scott
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and make sure you wait, it can take up to two full minutes to shut
down some
times.
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Subject: Re: Odd Mac behavior. Please help.
Hi,
Here's my take on Mac laptops, Mac Book and Mac Book Pro, if you shut
the lid before the system shuts down, it will often put it into sleep
mode rather than shutting it down. I've found that you need to wait
until you hear the fan and hard drive go dead before you close the
lid. I've found this is often the cause of such behavior.
In addition, the hinge sensor that detects the lid position can be
loose and on some Mac Books it will wake up before the lid is opened,
draining the battery and causing a hot hot laptop in a padded bag.
On the disk fragmentation, imho, it's not even worth worrying about
unless you have less than 20 percent free on your hard disk. Rare
these days, but possible in some cases. If you are experiencing
performance issues, I'd make sure you have at least 1gb of RAM in
that Macbook.
Best of luck,
Scott
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