Can't shut down.
longlife (61 pencils) | Wed, 2004-09-15 17:34I tried to shut down from the Apple menu, but it won't work. The pop-up window doesn't come up. I'm afraid to just pull the plug. Is it safe to do that?
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I don't know if it is safe but I have done it before.
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Just because you're not paranoid doesn't
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you can press Alt (Option) while selecting the restarty to avoid the pop-up window. or you can type "restart" into the Terminal. that should work.
Related link: 2004/08/os-x-fast-restart-or-shutdown.html
You might try the key cammand as well:
Control-Command-Eject Quit all applications and restart
Sorry, that was the restart key cammand, Shutdown, [Control + Eject] should bring up the shutdown restart dialog box. :oops:
this happened to me just the other day. i had just used OnyX, a freeware utility, on my PowerBook (with 10.3.9) to customize OS X's login window. it turns out i really wish i hadn't.
after customizing the login window (and enabling Fast User Switching to logout and quickly login again), the Sleep, Restart, and Shut Down commands no longer worked. i forced LoginWindow to quit (from the Activity Monitor) and then all the users in the login window simply disappeared.
aiyee!
i had to reinstall OS X just to be able to login again.