#Force mac shutdown how to#
#Force mac shutdown pro#

I ran ps and put the output here if anyone wants to see what is still running. If neither of those options work, try a Force Restart by holding down Control + Option + Command + the power/eject/Touch ID button. You can also hold down Control + eject button to get the shutdown dialog box to appear on the screen on some models.

#Force mac shutdown pro#

I have also tried sudo shutdown -ro now and sudo /sbin/reboot and sudo reboot -q to no avail.Īside: (On a Windows PC, I would have pressed CTRL ALT DEL but there is no corresponding Mac keyboard shortcut… not that it would have necessarily worked anyway.) I am out of ideas. This method works on every MacBook Pro model. Of course my first step was sudo shutdown -r now which sent out the notice that the system was going to shutdown, but didn't. In this case, you would have to Force quit unresponsive apps by navigating to the Apple menu > Force Quit. MacBook won’t shut down if some apps aren’t responding. Click on any bouncing apps and do the required onscreen actions (save, update, force quit, etc.).

#Force mac shutdown how to#

I've tried control-C and control-Z to no avail. To force a restart your MacBook, you need to press and hold down the Command () button, the Control (Ctrl) key, and the power button at the same time. Control-click (right-click) on open apps and choose Quit from the apps menu. Reinstall macOS Extra Tip: How to Recover Lost Files After Force Shutdown or macOS Reinstall 1. So now I have a black screen, but and I can type but it has no effect (the letters appear on the screen, but don't actually execute. Sep 27 17:17:23 Pro kernel: V1.4.0: TrustedData_UserClient_SCSIType00::vendorSpecificPassThroughIn() returning failure from driver: 3758097084 Sep 27 17:17:23 Pro kernel: V1.4.0: TrustedData_driver_VendorSpecificType00::vendorSpecificPassThroughIn(): SendCommand failed, task not complete, serviceResponse = 1, TaskStatus: 2 I tried sudo killall -HUP WindowServer which made the entire GUI go away, and left me with a black screen and some white letters on it ( not the panic screen, more like console log messages). Press these keys Option, Command, and Escape at once. To restart the remote Mac, type sudo shutdown -r now. This led me to assume that the WindowServer was not showing accurate information anymore. Fix 1: Close all apps before shutting down Go to the Activity Monitor and force quit the app from there. To shut down the remote Mac, type sudo shutdown -h now. I tried to send 'kill' to the PID I could see for Finder, and was told there was no such PID. I was in iTerm, so I tried killall Finder and was told 'No processes belonging to you were found' (or words to that effect). The Finder was not responding, so I control+click'd the Finder icon on the Dock and chose Relaunch… except that it didn't relaunch.Īctivity Monitor happened to be visible and I could see that it listed Finder (including the PID) and showed it as 'Not Responding.'