And believe it or not, in the months that I had owned the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, I had never needed to use a power button. The (nearly) invisible power button of the 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. So I started searching for the power button on the MacBook Pro… On old Macs, the power button was useful for a similar method - shutting off the Mac and then turning it back on. On just about every recent Mac I’ve ever owned, there’s a simple method of doing a force restart - just hold down the power button until the machine reboots. I waited about a half-hour and finally decided it was time to force quit the laptop, reboot, and see if that solved the problem. The next time I looked at the MacBook Pro screen, it was black except for a progress bar that didn’t seem to be making any progress. I did so and then followed the prompt to log into iCloud. During the installation process, my MacBook Pro restarted several times, and at one point, I was asked to log in. This all happened while I was upgrading the MacBook Pro to macOS 10.13 High Sierra beta 8. Update: Ma– This tip also applies to 2018, 2019, 2020 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 MacBook Air With Touch ID models. Fortunately, I was able to figure it out, so I thought I’d pass along this tip to readers of the Rocket Yard who might also run into this situation. If your Mac regularly refuses to shut down and there are no apps or unsaved documents open, then the root cause should be investigated further instead of relying on a force quit.I have a very embarrassing admission to make: after 33 years of being a Mac user, I was completely stumped when I recently tried to force quit and restart my 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Only use this method if you need to, as Macs work better when they are shut down correctly. ![]() ![]() Wait for around 30 seconds before pressing the Power button on again.Long press the Power button on your Mac until the screen is black and the power light goes off.If your Mac still hasn’t shut down, you can use force: And on very old Macs it’s “Command” + “Control” + “Eject.” This will quit the open apps before shutting the Mac down. If not, on newer Macs try shortcut: “Control” +”Option” + “Command” + Power button.Long pressing the Power button for a few seconds, then hopefully, the dialog box asking whether you want to sleep, restart, or shut down should appear. ![]() If the cursor does not respond, then try: If you think your Mac won’t shut down because it is frozen, try moving the cursor around to confirm. On the other hand, if it doesn’t, keep reading. Once the apps are closed, your Mac should shut down as expected. You can force quit an app by right-clicking it on the Dock and choosing “Force Quit.” If an app still doesn’t shut down, you can “Force Quit.” However, this may result in lost data, so it might be worth taking a screenshot of the doc to help recreate data loss.If you choose “Cancel,” it will also cancel the shutdown request. ![]() If a file needs saving, click on “Save” from the alert window for each doc.Check if there are any app alerts on the Dock these will indicate that something requires your attention.
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