Cannot shut down my Mac Pro 2015 without forcing it by pressing the power button

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Cannot shut down my Mac Pro 2015 without forcing it by pressing the power button

It has been happening for past few weeks, maybe even months. I choose Shut down option from menu, all the apps close, everything on desktop disappears (menu bar, all icons), only background stays displayed with cursor being able to move on the screen. It stays like that for minutes and then goes to sleep after the set time but never shuts down unless I force it to.

It's an old mid 2015 boy, 15" i7 16GB ram, with Big Sur 11.6 macOS, otherwise working still quite well.

Can anyone please suggest a fix for it?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Oct 22, 2021 5:41 AM

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leroydouglas

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Oct 22, 2021 6:00 AM in response to soninka

soninka wrote:

It has been happening for past few weeks, maybe even months. I choose Shut down option from menu, all the apps close, everything on desktop disappears (menu bar, all icons), only background stays displayed with cursor being able to move on the screen. It stays like that for minutes and then goes to sleep after the set time but never shuts down unless I force it to.

It's an old mid 2015 boy, 15" i7 16GB ram, with Big Sur 11.6 macOS, otherwise working still quite well.

Can anyone please suggest a fix for it?

Hmmm...

How much free storage do you have on your Mac? SSD like to have 20-25% free storage to function efficiently...

You can try a SafeBoot to clear system cache files— then restart as normal and test your shut down.

Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

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Oct 24, 2021 8:53 AM in response to leroydouglas

alright that actually helped, thanks a lot!

and yeah, I have around 25GB free out of 250 so it's not a lot, will have to clean it a bit.

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