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1.25 G4 PM Won't Shut Down
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kula, Maui, Hawaii
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Aloha,
Last night I was playing realMyst, a somewhat frustrating experience as it is  , and it became time to shut down the computer. Quit realMyst and ejected the CD, in this case, a disk image. Made sure all other apps were quit and attempted to shut the computer down.
It began the shut down routine and the HD icon on the desktop disappeared, but it didn't shut down. There was just the spinning beach ball. I was unable to access anything via Finder, but could still launch apps via the dock. Eventually I manually press and held the power button and the unit shut down.
Turned everything back on and Repaired Permissions, ran Mac Janitor, and then ran Disk Warrior (didn't change any folders). Shut the computer down again and everything shut down like normal.
This is my first experience of odd behavior in the year that I've had the wonderful PowerMac.
Is the spinning beach ball and refusal to shut down a sign of something amiss? Only have a month left on the warranty, thus have concerns.
Thanks,
John
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
Turned everything back on and Repaired Permissions, ran Mac Janitor, and then ran Disk Warrior (didn't change any folders). Shut the computer down again and everything shut down like normal.
You most likely resolved any issue by taking the steps you did.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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In your case, the Finder probably crashed and refused to quit. Force-quiting the Finder would have likely fixed the problem. This is likely to have been a software glitch and therefore would not be covered under warranty. Hardware problems bring the system down... they don't tend to keep it running. 
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Originally posted by Detrius:
In your case, the Finder probably crashed and refused to quit. Force-quiting the Finder would have likely fixed the problem. This is likely to have been a software glitch and therefore would not be covered under warranty. Hardware problems bring the system down... they don't tend to keep it running.
Doh! Why didn't I think to try to force quit Finder? I'm new to Macs, I guess I didn't think of Finder as being an Application that could be force quit. Should it happen again, I'll try that.
As for realMyst, oh, nevermind
Thanks!
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Don't worry, that happened to me a gazillion times. The proper thing to do is not to think about it. If you ignore it, it might go away
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