Yup, finally had to. Wasn't sure why the problem was there or if that would screw up the system somehow. I'm new to OS X :-) Cheers, Brian On 4/16/05, Tom Warner <tom at dfind.com> wrote: > > On 16 Apr 2005, at 10:41 am, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Now my computer has been trying to shutdown and restart for about 15 > > minutes, but nothing seems to be happening, except the little wheel > > thing keeps spinning. What do I do now? > > Have you tried holding the power button until it shuts down? > > Tom > >