iMac Never Shuts Down!

[No0b3rT]

Okay, so Recently, I've noticed that my iMac will never shut down. Literally NEVER. Usually, before I go out anywhere, I check for updates and let it reboot. So 2 Days ago, I did that. Came back 4 (FOUR) Hours later and it was STILL Shutting down.

I have a Late 2008 Mac, with 4GB of RAM 2.66GHz, and it's Running Mac OS X Lion. Also, Last night I was on Xbox. I started playing Xbox at maybe around 10:30, and I got off at 11:45. During that whole time, my mac was trying to shut down. So that's 1 Hour 15 Minutes.

Then, I went to bed and let it shut down while I slept. I woke up at 8:45 in the morning. So that's 9 hours + 1 hour 15 Minutes = 10 Hours and 15 Minutes.

10 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES! And it was still shutting down!

What can I do? I'm so sick of having to force shut it down whenever it reboots/shuts down.

Help. Please.

 

[product26]

You can check the logs in Applications>Utilities>Console I can't tell you exactly what to look for but that is where you would start.

Okay, so Recently, I've noticed that my iMac will never shut down. Literally NEVER. Usually, before I go out anywhere, I check for updates and let it reboot. So 2 Days ago, I did that. Came back 4 (FOUR) Hours later and it was STILL Shutting down.

I have a Late 2008 Mac, with 4GB of RAM 2.66GHz, and it's Running Mac OS X Lion. Also, Last night I was on Xbox. I started playing Xbox at maybe around 10:30, and I got off at 11:45. During that whole time, my mac was trying to shut down. So that's 1 Hour 15 Minutes.

Then, I went to bed and let it shut down while I slept. I woke up at 8:45 in the morning. So that's 9 hours + 1 hour 15 Minutes = 10 Hours and 15 Minutes.

10 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES! And it was still shutting down!

What can I do? I'm so sick of having to force shut it down whenever it reboots/shuts down.

Help. Please.

 

[ljonesj]

Try Disk Utility Disk repair as sometimes that will correct issues

 

[LostSoul80]

Maybe it just loves to work.

 

[Glen Quagmire]

Try resetting the PRAM - hold down Command+Option+P+R when powering on.

Have you got any startup items? Try disabling them in System Preferences.