Yosemite Dock Restart Problem

Funny, I had this same problem. However, I ended up solving it (somehow). Then I got another problem. When I would restart/shut down from the Apple menu, I I would go to a black screen with just my mouse. I'd then have to hit the power button to shut down. I solved that problem messing around with my wallpaper. Seems my custom wallpaper was an issue, as it would load the default paper at login (blurry back), then switch to mine. Solved that, and now I can restart so fast, my dock doesn't even have time to move out, when I restart, I go to black screen, then I see a progress thingy, then it restarts. It's super fast. But I did change some speed in Terminal.

However, I just did a clean install for a friend who has the identical computer, and she is having the dock problem. Also, I'm getting Finder messages upon restart, stating it couldn't shut down windows, etc. Really strange. All the issues I've found seem to be involved with start up/shutdown.

On Monday I'm going to try and solve the problem for her, and if I get any results, I'll post back.

Also, I did a clean install from a Yosemite USB key.I have FileVault enabled, she doesn't. I may enable it for her and see if her problem persists.

Bryan

Are you running 1Password by any chance?

George- That's the problem *I* don't really understand how I solved it, as I have about 4 separate login problems, and I'm basically throwing everything including the kitchen sink. Also, because I have FileVault and my friend doesn't, I can't compare 1:1 on our issues, but only that we have shared the same issues, I've fixed some, and my friend still has the dock issue.

Now, I may start a new thread about Startup / Shutdown issues, because all the bugs/issues I have involve that process. I don't know if any are interrelated or if they are just random, etc. But when I solve one by doing *something* another pops up.

If you went to the Apple store and saw that dock issue, that at least makes me think it's an OS issue that they know about. However, I did manage to solve my dock issue, but because I was trying for 2 hours I can't recall all the steps I did, or things I tried.

These issues may drive me nuts enough that next weekend I may do another clean install on my computer, and chart each step, then check after adjusting settings, etc. until I find the issue. I've spend hours already, but I'd rather spend a day with a fresh install and either give up or find a solution.

I'll post a link to any new thread I start in the forums I posted detailing all the issues I've had around startup / shutdown.

Bryan

Have you checked System Preferences/Dock to make sure Automatically hide and show Dock is checked?

Same issue here. I have also tested it with a clean installation of yosemite. Same issue with 10.10.1 😠

shame on apple

i went into a apple store they said its ok its all to do with the system shutting down

am not to sure. i upgraded from mavericks and it did not do that so what going off or what is going on apple

with yosamite.

i think its full of bugs i can't wait for the next operating system to come out😟

o i forgot iCloud drive . mail and safari all slow

and thats a bad apple

If you are still having that problem Boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down), select Disk Utility, repair both the disk permissions and disk and reboot normally. Any improvement?

nope don't work i made another user acount still not working

like i said apple staff its ok if it happens

any more help out there

like i said apple staff its ok if it happens

That's ridiculous. It shouldn't act that way. There's something wrong with the installation. Reboot into the Recovery volume and reinstall Yosemite.

i no it shouldn't act in this way. but apple staff its ok for that to happen. i tried that last week still no good

any more i have tryed lots of thing like repair permissions

still no luck

Just to be clear that we have the same issue:

On my machine, if i select 'Restart' or 'Shut Down' from the Apple menu, it quits all of the running applications, as in a normal reboot, but then it simply stops.

The Dock is still accessible, but nothing else happens (i even tried to leave it for 3 hours, with no change)

In fact, i can launch Terminal (i have it in the Dock), then, in sudo mode, type reboot and it'll finally reboot..

Note: i've compared the Console log of the machine in question with one that is not exhibiting the problem, and i think i've found the culprit:

the application 'Install in Progress' seems to start as soon as i click 'Restart', but there are no updates to install...

I'm pretty sure that this is what is happening: for some reason, 'Install in Progress' seems to think that there are updates to run, and it just hangs there, and hangs the whole system with it...

I have tried clearing the caches (using the shareware Cocktail), to no avail..

If anyone can figure it out, please help! It is driving me nuts!!

PS: there are no other error messages in the logs, and i can find no log or preference file that is associated with the application 'Install in Progress' (itself located in /System/Library/CoreServices)

I got this totally wrong...

I just figured out what the problem was:
For some reason, the internal update system in TotalFinder (an amazingly great shareware app) had stopped working, and it left an installer and some files in a folder located at:
~/Library/Application Support/TotalFinder/

All i did was trash this folder (and reinstalled TotalFinder from a downloaded .dmg for good measure), and the system is now restarting and shutting down correctly again...

i can't believe i didn't thin of that before, but for some reason, i didn't think it was related to TotalFinder..