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mike935
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Mac will not turn off

Hi, I have a Mac M1 and it will not turn off.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Posted on Oct 22, 2026 3:04 PM

2 replies

neuroanatomist
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)

Oct 22, 2026 3:36 PM in response to mike935

Choose Apple menu > Shut Down. If that does not work or if your Mac is frozen, then can force a hard shutdown by pressing and holding the power button until your Mac shuts down. You may lose unsaved changes in open documents.


More info from Apple: Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support


mike935 Author
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 22, 2026 3:53 PM in response to neuroanatomist

Forced hard shutdown did not work, but did a force shut down of finder and the normal shut down worked after that.

Thanks

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256381153