I've had this issue for a long while -- been coping with it in a BAD way: avoiding shutdown & restart if poss., and if I have to do either, i commence shutdown or restart, wait for a bit, then hard ...

To restart an Intel Mac in Recovery Mode, hold Command+R when the computer restarts. For Apple Silicon Macs, press and hold the power button until startup options show on the screen. Recovery Mode ...

I want to schedule a nightly restart of my OSX Mac mini server, but I always have another machine in the house connected to this machine remotely. I know how to set a scheduled restart, but it always ...