Re: MacBook Pro won't shut down

Hi Ronni, Please, get some sleep!!! You need it to cope with the eventual tidy up, etc, etc. I hope your house is unscathed. Many thanks for your suggestions. SMARTReporter advised a faulty TM backup disk, so I'll try as soon as TechTool Pro 6.0.4 has finished scanning. So far only the 1.5GB

Re: MacBook Pro won't shut down

Hi James, Disconnect the Time Machine backup Drive from your MacBook Pro. See if you can then shut down MBP as normal -  Shut Down If Time Machine was backing up when you forced a Shut Down, it could cause some corruption on the Time Machine backup. Get the Shut Down process sorted first,

Re: MacBook Pro won't shut down

Hi Ronni, For me a normal shutdown is to use the Shut Down item in the Apple icon in the Tool bar. Yes, mostly the final stage is the blue screen with a spinwheel. This has lasted up to 12 hours - overnight Cheers, James Hi James, What is happening when you try to do a normal shutdown?

MacBook Pro won't shut down

I'd very much like help please. For the sake of running AppleWorks an Eudora my MacBook Pro late 2010 6,1 is running OS X 10.6.8 and will only shut down when the power button is held down. It won't from either the Apple's Restart or Shut Down. I have re-installed 10.6.8 and all updates,

Re: MacBook Pro won't shut down

Hi James, What is happening when you try to do a normal shutdown? When you shutdown the system normally does it stay on the blue screen with a spinwheel running? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/06/2012, at 10:10 PM, James I Fraser jifra...@southcom.com.au wrote: I'd very much like