Q: Slow shutdown on Yosemite

I have this problem on top macbook pro 15 retina 2014, Shutdown gone to 5 minutes!! ON TOP NOTEBOOK BY APPLE!***?!

I have the same problem with my late 2012 model 27" iMac with a fusion drive.  After installing Yosemite beta 2, my shutdown and/or restart time increased from approximately 10 seconds to more than 2 1/2 minutes.  The problem still exists, even after installing the released version of Yosemite.  I have sent feedback  concerning this problem on three separate occasions.

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

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 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...

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.

How do you delete parallels completely? I can't find Launchdaemons on my mac OS X 10.10

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.

thank you! I was getting so frustrated! I reset the pram and did multiple restarts, then I read this and deleted all the old parallels files like you said and voila! From 5 minute restart to 3-5 seconds!

Thank you David!

I finally found the solution. Similar to whatever David has mentioned.

I couldn't find any launch agent or launch daemon

So I simply went to this website

http://kb.parallels.com/en/5802

Download the version of your parallels. Uninstall completely and there you have it. 3 seconds shut down time.

I have  MBP 2010 that I upgraded the Yosemite recently and noticed a long shutdown. I was following another thread about deleting contents of caches, launchdeamons, and launchagents prior to finding this thread now my start up is longer than usual and the shutdown still takes forever. I also was able to delete parallel components in those folders. Now I need to fix this new problem. I am already thinking of doing a clean install. Hope someone can help.

I also had the same problems and after deleting the Parallels files my shutdown time went from more than 2 1/2 minutes to just a couple of seconds. Thank You