One thought I have is the power supply. If it’s switching from battery to plug maybe that’s triggering the Mac?
> On Jun 29, 2025, at 20:57, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Right, the old style button that has to be pressed. Lid was closed. And > it happened again. I will have to flip the lid, start up then shut down. > second time today. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Reality.sys corrupted. Universe halted. Reboot(Y/N) ? > > My e-Mail: > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 6/29/2025 6:27 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: >> Ok, so it’s not one that would start with a touch of the key. Did you have >> the lid open when it restarted? >> >>> On Jun 29, 2025, at 19:14, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> 2012 MacBook Pro. >>> >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> Reality.sys corrupted. Universe halted. Reboot(Y/N) ? >>> >>> My e-Mail: >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 6/29/2025 4:54 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: >>>> What type of Mac? >>>> >>>>> On Jun 29, 2025, at 18:53, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I have an older Mac running the above. I am finding it has started up >>>>> even though I initiated a shutdown. I cannot find the option I need to >>>>> change to prevent this behavior. Appreciate the help with this. >>>>> >>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>>> Reality.sys corrupted. Universe halted. Reboot(Y/N) ? >>>>> >>>>> My e-Mail: >>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark >>>>> at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>>>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>>> >>>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/394230c8-6778-4540-99ad-aae09002cba9%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/4D42EEBE-2F52-48FD-A98C-502A19A82C5D%40gmail.com.
