On a three year old MacBook pro shutdown times after installing Yosemite have gone to more than 3 minutes. First the screen goes black and then the spinning segmented wheel continues for about 3 minutes. No outside programs/util installed except the required Java.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
After an hour online with Apple Support, and several restarts, and throwing away anything in the two cache folders, resetting the parameter ram, etc. etc. It came down to three files in the Launch Agents and Launch Daemons folder. I had removed an old installation of Parallels from this laptop but left these files in place. After a few restarts and letting the Mac reestablish the cache files the shutdown is now about 2 seconds. I guess software mfgs will have to start including unistall utilities with their programs....
David 🙂
I has come back after a few days the same problem . I want 30/40 seconds to go off ! Monitor goes black , but the keyboard and the apple remain lit , then goes off after 30-40 seconds . I'm a little disappointed , so I decided to go back to mavericks ! 😢
Can anybody help me? I have to force the shutdown every time on my Mac because it's taking forever. Just this morning I tried to turn it off, put it in my backpack, walked to the office (15-20 min) and it was still trying to shut down. And, worst part of all, I never ever had installed Parallels in my entire life so I don't know where to look...
That is good to know! I thought it would continue, but still it was several minutes before i closed the lid. I already deleted all the non-essential files in those directories. The only ones present now are actually needed... I really don't know where to look anymore
I have kinda the saaaame problem..
Sometimes it shuts down "properly", it only takes 10-20 seconds, before used to take only 2-3 secs..
But most of the times, it takes for ever.. It actually never shuts down. It only shows the desktop background and all the apps in the bottom and it stays there.. I have to shut it down manually or it would never do.. I guest I would have to do a clean install or I dunno... I never had parallels so that's not the problem.
I have MacBook Pro Retina 15'' early 2013. It still working pretty fast with most of my apps like photoshop and maya.
I'd love to do a clean install but I just can't atm, I'm full of work.
Also, I practically never shut down the computer, it's almost always on. But sometimes I've to do a quick restart, and it takes forever cuz never shuts down...
Any solution?
THANK YOU!!
I'd been looking to try and find some Parallels stuff still on my system, which there weren't, so I was at a loss.. til I saw this mentioning to look for any other uninstalled stuff, which for me was the Logitech Control Center, and something for a Xbox 360 Controller driver, and now on shutdown/reboot, it takes all of 1-2 seconds for that 'waiting' icon to disappear and shutdown 🙂
I have this problem on top macbook pro 15 retina 2014, Shutdown gone to 5 minutes!! ON TOP NOTEBOOK BY APPLE!***?!
How do you delete parallels completely? I can't find Launchdaemons on my mac OS X 10.10
Thank you David!
Edd45y,
Just updated to Yosemite on my Macbook Pro Mid 2014 13" and now it takes 3minutes to shutdown, any ideas ????
Thanks,
I had the same problem. deleted old parallels now no problems
I had the same problem , and you help me thank you now the shutdown works perfect
any idea as i think i have and a slow load perhaps related to old parallel set up?
This solved it for me, thank you very much! 2010 iMac now shuts down in 5 secs as opposed to 2 minutes.
You are my hero David!!!!!!
Excellent advice - saved tons of frustration and time - thanks - apple should incorporate in Yosemite support FAQ
Thanks. That solved my Shutdown issue...
Slow shutdown on Yosemite
