Dec 04, 2013 Shutdown menu item. Alternately: short press of the power button (not a long hold) will bring up a menu with 'Shutdown'. Shutting down with a long hold of the power button will 'drop the floor from' a running OS and will lead to OSX 'holes' eventually. Press and hold the power button to force your Mac to shut down. You can also force shutdown your Mac by pressing the Control+Option+Command+Eject keystroke combination. Generally, a force shutdown is handy if your entire Mac suddenly freezes or hangs, making it unresponsive.
Mac Laptop Manual Shutdown Update
- From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences, then click Energy Saver.
- Click the Schedule button, then use the checkboxes and pop-up menus to choose when to start up, wake, sleep, restart, or shut down.
Thermal Shutdown Laptop
To shut down automatically, your Mac must be awake at the time that it's scheduled to shut down, and remain awake for at least 10 minutes past that time. If it's sleeping at the scheduled shutdown time, it continues sleeping instead of shutting down. If it's set to go to sleep after less than 15 minutes of inactivity, it might go back to sleep before it can shut down. To make sure that your Mac shuts down even when sleeping, set it to start up or wake 5 minutes before the scheduled shutdown time.