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by antaviana 3094 days ago
Indeed, I always buy iMacs instead of MacBooks because I can actually pull the plug whenever something takes longer than anticipated.
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tomduncalf 3094 days ago
You can just press and hold the power button to shut a Macbook off. I assume this is a hardware level interrupt as I’ve never seen it fail. Granted not quite as satisfying as physically pulling the plug!
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bluedino 3094 days ago
When they had power buttons you could
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jsmthrowaway 3093 days ago
They still do, it just also does Touch ID now. Source: Have one.
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zulln 3094 days ago
It should not be too hard to build in a hardware-switch. Sure, it would take some time but think I would prefer that over always being stationary.
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sigjuice 3094 days ago
Pulling the plug is a bit extreme. Perhaps you might consider logging on from another computer to troubleshoot?
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