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My MacBook Air has decided it will NOT shut down regardless of how many different combinations of force quit keys I press. The fan is blowing like crazy. It sounds like it's going to explode. I've tried force quitting and nothing is working. The trackpad is frozen. I can't do anything. When I close the lid the computer remains on and the fan continues to blow. Any ideas? Thanks!
MacBook Air 13″, OS X 10.11
How to force an app to quit on your Mac
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... press and hold the power button until the Mac turns off.
The USB mouse awakened the whole system and I was able to shut down and restart. Now the trackpad works fine, too. I'm not sure what happened, but EVERYTHING was locked up. Thanks for offering some help with this.
Again, thanks but I've tried all these force quit ideas. It's unresponsive to anything I do. It won't quit, it won't turn off, and the fan's been blasting for about 18 hours while remaining fully charged (but unplugged). I plugged it in briefly to see if it had used any battery and it showed green. Sooooo, that's where I'm at. A completely locked machine that won't quit. It's so loud I had to put it in the laundry room last night with the door closed.
I'm going to plug a USB mouse into it today to see what happens, if anything.
I’ve attached a force-quit URL just as a “memory jog”
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201276
Some others here probably have something more substantive to offer. ??!
Thank you but none of the force quit options work. It isn't responding to any input from any combination of keys and the trackpad doesn't work.
I guess all that’s left is to pull the plug. 😕
Fans at high speed consume energy quickly; the battery can’t last too long.
Looking foward to your next “report”
I have never heard of a Mac that will not shut down if you press and hold its power button / Touch ID button. Yours would be a first.
Odd and interesting, but glad it came back to life for you
Thanks for updating. 👍
Macbook Air won't shut down under any circumstances
