Q: cannot shut down my Macbook air
My Macbook Air will not shut down.
Text wrangler application will not quit, I tried force quit and nothing happens.
After attempted shut down I have problems re opening Safari.
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Dec 27, 2014 11:32 AM
Community Specialists
Hi Janet,
This is certainly frustrating, but I have two more suggestions for you to try to clear stop the Text Wrangler application and force your computer to shut down.
1) Use Activity Monitor to try to quit the Text Wranger application. You can find it in the Applications > Utilities folder. Select the Text Wranger application (Step 2) and then click on the X to quit the process.
Activity Monitor: Quit a process
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5147
Some processes use more memory or require a higher percentage of the computer’s processing time than others. If your computer seems to be working more slowly than usual, you can use Activity Monitor to quit a background process.
- Open Activity Monitor, in the Utilities folder in Launchpad.
- Select the process you want to quit.
- Click Quit Process.
- Do one of the following:
Click Quit. The process quits when it is safe to do so. If quitting the process could cause data loss or interfere with another application, the process doesn’t quit. This is the same as choosing File > Quit within an application.
Click Force Quit. The process quits immediately. If the process has open files, you may lose data. If the process is used by other applications or processes, those applications or processes could experience problems. To see if a process is used by another process, choose “All Processes, Hierarchically” from the Show pop-up menu in the toolbar
Another option is to Shut Down the computer and remove the checkmark to reopen windows.
OS X Yosemite: Log out, sleep, restart, and shut down
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18786
Shut down
Do any of the following:
Click on the Apple logo in the upper-left corner of your screen and choose Shut Down.
If you don’t want the app windows you currently have open to reopen when you restart your Mac and sign in, deselect “Reopen windows when logging back in.”
If your Mac won’t shut down, press and hold the power button for 5 seconds to force a shutdown.
Important: If you force a shutdown, you may lose unsaved changes in open documents.
The Mac is completely shut down when there is a black screen, no active power light, and no fan or drive noise.
Important: If you have a portable Mac, wait for it to shut down completely before closing the display. If you close the display while the Mac is shutting down, it may not shut down properly and may start up more slowly the next time you turn it on.
I hope this does the trick!
- Judy
Posted on Dec 29, 2014 3:12 PM

