iMac Boots After Shutdown

[alansmallen]

Hey guys, so for the last couple of months I've had this issue that whenever I shut down my iMac, it automatically turns on anywhere between 10-25 minutes later. It's not always a set time, so I know it's not the energy saver setting, but has anyone else encountered something like this?

Alan

 

[alansmallen]

Haven't been able to fix this issue. Is there any way I can check a log of what caused it to boot?

Alan

 

[eagandale4114]

Haven't been able to fix this issue. Is there any way I can check a log of what caused it to boot?

Alan

Go to disk utilities and run a permissions repair.
Don't bother with verifying it just repair the permissions.

 

[alansmallen]

Go to disk utilities and run a permissions repair.
Don't bother with verifying it just repair the permissions.

Should this fix the issue or tell me why the computer boots?

 

[eagandale4114]

Should this fix the issue or tell me why the computer boots?

It should in theory fix the issue. It won't tell you why it was doing it.

 

[alansmallen]

It should in theory fix the issue. It won't tell you why it was doing it.

Thanks for the attempt but it still booted up after

 

[eagandale4114]

Thanks for the attempt but it still booted up after

If it still has issues contact AppleCare. They should have an answer.

 

[alansmallen]

If it still has issues contact AppleCare. They should have an answer.

I haven't renewed my AppleCare yet so I'm gonna have to schlep the iMac over there. Since this is the kind of thing that sometimes happens a minute after I shut it down, sometimes an hour, how am I going to show apple?

 

[product26]

Do a SMC reset and Pram reset on the iMac.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

 

[eagandale4114]

I haven't renewed my AppleCare yet so I'm gonna have to schlep the iMac over there. Since this is the kind of thing that sometimes happens a minute after I shut it down, sometimes an hour, how am I going to show apple?

Try and video record it.