Slow shutdown on Yosemite

In my case, I had a fully functional installation of Parallels, still on my system, that was an earlier version and no longer supported or functional under Yosemite. The only files I needed to move out of the way were the Parallels files in /Library/LaunchDaemons and /Library/LaunchAgents .

oipioOct 20, 2014 12:17 PM Re: Slow shutdown on Yosemite
Re: Slow shutdown on Yosemitein response to dbail22

I had the same problem with about 1.5min shutdown (SSD). In my case the reason was an external usb-drive, which I had protected with a password. Since I have removed the password protection, it's shutting down within seconds like before.

Thanks, with your advice I solved the problem !!!

Now my mac shutdown within seconds.

MacBook Pro 15 "Retina mid 2014 Yosemite 10.10.1

In my case it was "ClamXav Sentry" a virus scanner that monitors folders like Downloads for viruses. If I quit that before I shutdown, my MacBook Pro Retina shuts down in couple seconds. If that is running when I shutdown, my MacBook Pro Retina takes about 32 seconds to shutdown.

If you have "ClamXav Sentry" installed, try Quitting that before you shutdown to see if you are having the same problem that I had.

BTW: Before I discovered that, I tried rebuilding the system caches with kext... and I also tried the "sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/[...] ExitTimeOut -int 1" commands mentioned in other posts related to this shutdown problem, to no avail.

I hope this helps someone.

Nothing to do with Parallels but as I found the solution to slow shutdown in this thread I though it could help someone else...

I looked at both /Library/LaunchDaemons and /Library/LaunchAgents folders and I found a "leftover" from an old HP printer software - com.hp.launchurlagent.plist at the Agents folder.

After deleting it shutdown time decreased from 2+ minutes to 3 seconds!

iMac 27'' / i7 / 16GB RAM / SSD

Thank you David.

I also had used Parallels and also had deleted it, or so I thought.

After I read your comments, I found and deleted a file entitled "com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist," Shutdown time was subsequently reduced from 2 1/2 minutes to 5 seconds.

Thanks again.

Bruce

Thanks a lot David and others who joined this topic , I resolved the same problem ( Shutdown was 2 minutes 45 seconds) .

Thanks to you I remembered that I had in 2010 installed "Parallels Desktop" + Bootcamp , and uninstalled it after few weeks (a nightmare).

I found all "Parallels" junk software remains pieces in :

MacintoshHD / Library / LaunchAgents

MacintoshHD / Library / LaunchDaemons

MacintoshHD / Library / Preferences

Thanks again.

Jean-Louis.

I had the same problem with about 1.5min shutdown (SSD). In my case the reason was an external usb-drive, which I had protected with a password. Since I have removed the password protection, it's shutting down within seconds like before.

Hi I had the same issue. Macbook Pro with 1TB SSD 8GB ram, 2 minutes plus to shutdown or restart.

I found a post suggesting tick the Reopen box and restart. Then un-tick the box as in the image and restart. 2-3 seconds to restart !!

Not sure why toggling the button on and off would work but fixed a very frustrating problem. I had previously tried everything else I could find.

frengo_it wrote:

Don't get confused by the fact that some of us are talking about Parallels. Parallels is NOT the problem.

Problems arise when some "orphaned" files remain in the above mentioned folders, after removing an application... in my case, for example, there were some files left from Parallels and other files from another application: I had to remove all of them to solve, not just those related to Parallels.

Quite correct. I deleted old Parallels preferences, but another app left some traces in LauchAgents and LaunchDaemons subfolders. After I trashed them all, my Mac shuts down in a few seconds. Thanks a lot for the tip.

Thank you for the tip, David. I also had used Parallels and also had deleted it, or so I thought.

After I read your comments, I found and deleted a file entitled "com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist." Shutdown time decreased from 2 1/2 minutes to 5 seconds.

Thanks again.

Bruce

Dittos for me too. I had a previous install of Parallels. Same problem on my Macbook Pro 17" late-2011. Several minutes to shutdown or reboot after installing OS X Yosemite. Moved the /Library/LaunchDaemons/*parallels* files out (also the /Library/LaunchAgents/*parallels* files) and rebooted (this reboot will still take minutes). Now shutdowns and reboots take a few seconds.

Thanks.

This issue was driving me bananas. On my Mid-2012 MBP with SSD, I was seeing shutdown times in the 5 minute range and an occasional grey screen on startup that a problem occurred and that I should wait. I cleaned my computer to no avail then I searched in my library and came across the leftover .plist files for Parallels, so I re-downloaded Parallels 7 and mounted the DMG and clicked the uninstall option within the DMG. And voila, Parallels scrubbed its leftover files and now my computer shuts down in a few seconds and I haven't noticed the grey error screen on startup.

Thanks BillHahn! My shutdown time was around 30 seconds in Yosemite and no matter what I tried to reduce it, nothing worked. After quiting ClamXav Sentry, shutdown is virtually instantaneous.

Thanks a lot man - situation was similar on my 2011 iMac. Not quite as bad as 2 1/2 minutes, more like 1 minute or so, but surely annoying. Whereas the MBP 13" shut down within a finger-snap after the Yosemite installation and significantly faster than with Mavericks.

Apart from Parallels leftovers there was also other residue from uninstalled programs in the Launch Agents and Launch Daemons folders. Deleted all that and also some Parallels junk in the Preferences folder. Additionally trashed my Cache folders and repaired volume permissions.

Now the iMac shuts down within a few seconds too. Once more, thanks a lot. I hope someone at Apple has already moved this solution into the Yosemite troubleshooting knowledge-base.

Note: it's not always Apple who are to blame if something goes wrong with their computers. Unfortunately there are a few too many sloppy software developers out there and it really seems as if the days of living without the need for uninstall utilities are also over in Apple-land...