I've already tried that. I don't even have .mac set up in my system preferences. I have a .mac account which I'm waiting to expire because I don't think it's worth $100. I'm hoping that will end my problem. Thanks for the help. Cindy > When I shut down my G5, it stops and says "mirroragent canceld shutdown". Then > I'm given a dialogue box asking if I want to "continue". By clicking this I'm > able to shut down. My computer hasn't always done this. Any suggestions as to > why and how to stop it? I'm running Tiger PS10.4.11. > Thank you, Cindy Moore >Based on some quick googling, Mirror Agent is a component of .Mac. To keep >this from happening, you can disable iDisk or open the .Mac pane in System >Preferences and change the setting from "Automatically" to "Manually" for >the "Create a local copy of your iDisk." > >It also sounds like this hasn't always solved the problem. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping