Re: Help (Stuck at Logout)


"Dave Balderstone" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <SfSdneZN4PZGS2XVnZ2dnUVZ_uKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Naym
<nicknaym@[delete_this]gmail.com> wrote:

"Dave Balderstone" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <696dnUac5N2UTGXVnZ2dnUVZ_uKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Naym
<nicknaym@[delete_this]gmail.com> wrote:

I was having some minor problems, and decided to logout and then log
back
in. However, apparently the iMac is stuck at logout: The grey screen
appeared, along with the spinning gear icon, but it hasn't progressed
beyond
that. It's been "hung" like this for the past hour.

Suggestions?

PS: I'm quite hobbled without my Mac...I'm using someone else's
Windows
machine to post this.

Hold down the power button for a few seconds to force a shutdown. Then
start up again.


OK...I'll give it a try.

1. Do I need to turn off my external drives (I'm concerned about
losing/corrupting data, inasmuch as I didn't dismount tem prior to
logging
out)?

Just shut down the Mac, already.


LOL!

OK...I did. After restarting, about a million windows opened up (seems like
every window i had opened in the past 48 hours); obviously, my original
"logout" attempt never was executed.


2. How "unusual" is this situation (i.e., what could cause such a "hang
up")?

*** happens.


Any idea what _kind_ of ***? ;)


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