Won't shut down

1. Paul Krause - 25 December 2007

   New iMac 2.4, 20 inch with Leopard.

   At shutdown all programs quit, desktop clears off like it shoud, and the little circle thingy starts working.

   and working, and working, and working but machine won't shut off without pushing the power button.

   any suggestions?
   Paul

2. Wim - 25 December 2007

   Repair diskpermissions?

3. Joe - 25 December 2007

   Paul Krause <p.e.krause@comcast.net> writes:

   New iMac 2.4, 20 inch with Leopard.

   At shutdown all programs quit, desktop clears off like it shoud, and the little circle thingy starts working.

   and working, and working, and working but machine won't shut off without pushing the power button.

   any suggestions?

   I have an older iMac (a year or so old) that does the same thing at times since I installed leopard. I just push the power button. Sooner or later it starts working right for me.

   The solution I'm starting to think seriously about is re-installing Tiger. Everything worked fine then.

   Joe

4. Jolly Roger - 25 December 2007

   You probably have a malfunctioning startup item. What items do you currently have in /Library/StartupItems?

   Also, take a look at your system log. It will give you an indication of what's going wrong on shutdown.

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   JR

5. Jolly Roger - 25 December 2007

   Repairing disk permissions isn't the answer here.

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   JR

6. Wim - 25 December 2007

   I just want to help...

   Do not top-post.
   Your answer belongs after (or intermixed with)
   the quoted material to which you reply,
   after snipping all irrelevant material.

7. Jolly Roger - 25 December 2007

   And I appreciate that, but repairing disk permissions still isn't the answer for this type of problem.

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   JR