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Mac book slow and not responsive

Hi all My Mac book is so slow and when I take screen shots it goes to a white page .

when I shut down it doesnt shut down fully. Open book up again and home page is still there with no password ??

can any one help please

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 12, 2022 11:32 PM

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Posted on Feb 13, 2022 6:29 AM

Debronfab wrote:

Hi all My Mac book is so slow and when I take screen shots it goes to a white page .
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/87db0174-11b5-41ba-8429-4f851abb8365
when I shut down it doesnt shut down fully. Open book up again and home page is still there with no password ??
can any one help please
.



Try rebooting...


You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-mide/guide/mac-help/mchlp2522/mac

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Feb 13, 2022 6:29 AM in response to Debronfab

Debronfab wrote:

Hi all My Mac book is so slow and when I take screen shots it goes to a white page .
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/87db0174-11b5-41ba-8429-4f851abb8365
when I shut down it doesnt shut down fully. Open book up again and home page is still there with no password ??
can any one help please
.



Try rebooting...


You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-mide/guide/mac-help/mchlp2522/mac

Mac book slow and not responsive

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