“Power button HID event - flushing proactively” — what does this mean?

Question

I've been reviewing my system log file on my MacBook Pro.

I came across this log entry 'Power button HID event - flushing proactively'. Just wondering, does this just mean that the computer was shutdown by holding the power button?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

A little Google searching led me to the fora at MacRumors with this tantalizing comment and log file excerpt:

Ok, what’s in this log is not the kernel panic on boot but apparently the last thing the computer was doing when my mother started having problems (Safari seemed to freeze up) and she killed everything by long pressing the power button.

Nov 15 15:06:52 macintosh logd[75]: Power button HID event - flushing proactively