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Mountain Lion won't sleep, shut down, restart, or log out.

Hi All,


After Mountain Lion my 2010 iMac 27" won't sleep, shut down, restart, or log out.

Basically most functionalities of clicking the apple icon are disabled - "About this Mac" doesn't work either.

Please help!

Before Apple fixes this, is there another way of putting my Mac to sleep or shut down?

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 5:42 AM

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Aug 2, 2012 12:25 AM in response to Anos65

this is what I said earlier in this thread:


Are you sure you are looking at your home directory?

Right click on Finder on your dock and select "go to folder..." and type in ~/Library/Preferences/

You can probably find those files in that folder.


If you still don't see those files in that folder, then I don't know what to say.

Aug 5, 2012 12:31 PM in response to hifidk

my imac is restarting itself and on a grey screen saying sytem is shutdown because of problem and press any key to continue i think its similar to kernel panics so can you tell me how to resolve this problem


un Aug 5 21:18:07 2012

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80254438d8): "zalloc: \"kalloc.256\" (2525584 elements) retry fail 3, kfree_nop_count: 0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.7.9/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:1826

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80a5643a70 : 0xffffff802541d5f6

0xffffff80a5643ae0 : 0xffffff80254438d8

0xffffff80a5643bc0 : 0xffffff80254245bd

0xffffff80a5643bf0 : 0xffffff80257ee16d

0xffffff80a5643c20 : 0xffffff802584fd87

0xffffff80a5643c70 : 0xffffff802584fd1e

0xffffff80a5643c90 : 0xffffff7fa59f4fe2

0xffffff80a5643cb0 : 0xffffff7fa59f42b2

0xffffff80a5643ce0 : 0xffffff7fa59f1b80

0xffffff80a5643d20 : 0xffffff7fa5b618fb

0xffffff80a5643d90 : 0xffffff7fa5b63e44

0xffffff80a5643de0 : 0xffffff7fa5b6785f

0xffffff80a5643e70 : 0xffffff7fa5aa638b

0xffffff80a5643ed0 : 0xffffff7fa5aa99b0

0xffffff80a5643f40 : 0xffffff7fa59f543c

0xffffff80a5643f60 : 0xffffff802543dcae

0xffffff80a5643fb0 : 0xffffff80254b2677

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000->0xffffff7fa5a19fff

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.5.1)[E4EAAA05-F607-3299-AE72-998D19 A5EA17]@0xffffff7fa5aa3000->0xffffff7fa5ab8fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[A3CC4E44-8E10-3D9A-BA8E-95743E79D125]@0xff ffff7fa5979000

com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore(5.2.2)[F1208D07-4D35-0191-3638-3D7CA8C9D5CF ]@0xffffff7fa5b5e000->0xffffff7fa5b96fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.1.6)[3D499FAA-A5C4-3ED8-BF37-3B561ED21D64]@0xffff ff7fa5a42000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.5.1)[E4EAAA05-F607-3299-AE72-998D19 A5EA17]@0xffffff7fa5aa3000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[A3CC4E44-8E10-3D9A-BA8E-95743E79D125]@0xff ffff7fa5979000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2(4.2.0)[2B060BAD-9A9B-3A52-A742-A37CDFC59570]@0xf fffff7fa5b40000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task



Mac OS version:

12A269



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 8D5F8EF3-9D12-384B-8070-EF2A49C45D24

Kernel slide: 0x0000000025200000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8025400000

System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 30502264303372

vm objects:18659424

vm object hash entri:2325600

VM map entries:6658240

pv_list:17633280

vm pages:73527624

kalloc.32:2224128

kalloc.64:169959424

kalloc.128:648798208

kalloc.256:646549504

kalloc.512:2396160

kalloc.1024:1949696

kalloc.4096:2015232

kalloc.8192:4415488

ipc ports:2021184

vnodes:16507128

namecache:6315840

HFS node:21312128

HFS fork:6541312

cluster_write:1833216

decmpfs_cnode:1994944

ubc_info zone:3640608

vnode pager structur:2035920

vstruct zone:1201088

Kernel Stacks:1933312

PageTables:43495424

Kalloc.Large:14420882



Backtrace suspected of leaking: (outstanding bytes: 250624)

0xffffff8025443589

0xffffff80254245bd

0xffffff80257ee16d

0xffffff802584fd87

0xffffff802584fceb

0xffffff7fa5b601ac

0xffffff7fa5b67922

0xffffff7fa5aa638b

0xffffff7fa5aa99b0

0xffffff7fa59f543c

0xffffff802543dcae

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000->0xffffff7fa5a19fff

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.5.1)[E4EAAA05-F607-3299-AE72-998D19 A5EA17]@0xffffff7fa5aa3000->0xffffff7fa5ab8fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[A3CC4E44-8E10-3D9A-BA8E-95743E79D125]@0xff ffff7fa5979000

com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore(5.2.2)[F1208D07-4D35-0191-3638-3D7CA8C9D5CF ]@0xffffff7fa5b5e000->0xffffff7fa5b96fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.1.6)[3D499FAA-A5C4-3ED8-BF37-3B561ED21D64]@0xffff ff7fa5a42000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.5.1)[E4EAAA05-F607-3299-AE72-998D19 A5EA17]@0xffffff7fa5aa3000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.8)[A3CC4E44-8E10-3D9A-BA8E-95743E79D125]@0xff ffff7fa5979000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.5.1)[4CCC048B-060B-3C07-8D85-A8 4CEA02CD25]@0xffffff7fa59ef000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2(4.2.0)[2B060BAD-9A9B-3A52-A742-A37CDFC59570]@0xf fffff7fa5b40000



last loaded kext at 19766758576024: com.apple.filesystems.ntfs 3.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa7746000, size 368640)

last unloaded kext at 23917682845031: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7fa7735000, size 57344)

loaded kexts:

com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 5.2.2

com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore 5.2.2

com.apple.filesystems.udf 2.3

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 75.15

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothSCOAudioDriver 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothA2DPAudioDriver 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.0f2

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.0f2

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.1.0

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 34

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.5

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40 600.70.23

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39

com.apple.security.quarantine 2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 196.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 165.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 165.5

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 235.27

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc9

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 1.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSource 1.1.8

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.2

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d11

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 19.0.26

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.4

com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 8.0.0

com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 8.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2 4.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 220

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 344

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Aug 12, 2012 3:58 AM in response to shinaki

In my MacBook Air 2010 no Lion has worked as smoothly as Snow Leopard did. Wake up times are sometimes very long, screen backlight is not always turned on and I have to put my mac to sleep and wakeup couple of times before the backlight wakes up. Also, every now and then when the screen saver is running and I try to unlock my mac the login window does not show up. However, if I just blindly write my password I can log in. I assume the screensaver runs on top of the login screen.


When I started to use Mac the biggest difference to Windows was that the computer slept and woke up very quickly. It did that every time and never woke up on its own like Windows does. Now I'm not sure if Mac OS works any better than Windows anymore. That's a shame. Apple should consider not to add useless functionality to OS X, but instead make sure the most important features actually work each and every time as they did in the past.

Aug 13, 2012 12:12 PM in response to varun kimidi

Maybe this is your problem:

com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 5.2.2

com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore 5.2.2


These drivers seem to be for 10.5?

What kind of drive are these drivers for? Do you still need them?

Try to look for an upgrade or uninstall them, if you do not need them.

Could it be the seagate drive is formatted in NTFS? This was the last loaded kext.....

Sep 8, 2012 5:51 AM in response to shinaki

Hi all,


Had exactly the same problem - wouldant shut down at all.


I repaired permissions in disk utility but still no joy. I then used force quit for all applications that were running on the background etc and it shut down first time - I believe that if anything is open on your dock it wont shut down - maybe wrong but its worked for me

Sep 10, 2012 5:04 PM in response to tquang

The delete for dock.plist and sudo reboot does not work for me.

i am back to the original dock but after 10 time - i can always not shutdown/sleep/reboot.


I have deleted all my launch agent - i have no login item - i have killed my dropbox and reinstall the OS from the recovery partition... what could i do more ?


Mountain Lion 10.8.1 on Macbook Pro.


Help is welcome !

Mountain Lion won't sleep, shut down, restart, or log out.

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