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Have to force shutdown my Mac Book Pro

I can't shut down my Mac Book Pro if I leave it one for more than a couple of hours. It seems to be related to the Finder, because I can't get the Finder to relaunch. In addition, I can't restart, log out, or switch users.

MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 2:51 PM

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Posted on Apr 2, 2020 2:54 PM

You can force quit the machine by holding the power button/ToucID button for ~6-10 secs.

How to turn your Mac on or off - Apple Support



If that fails reset the the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295



You can Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.


How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


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Apr 2, 2020 2:54 PM in response to h82w8

You can force quit the machine by holding the power button/ToucID button for ~6-10 secs.

How to turn your Mac on or off - Apple Support



If that fails reset the the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295



You can Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities>  Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.


How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


Have to force shutdown my Mac Book Pro

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