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How To Quit Frozen App On Mac
To quit (close) a Mac app in the normal fashion, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar or press Command (⌘)-Q. If the app doesn't quit, follow these steps to force the app to quit. How to force an app to quit. Press these three keys together: Option, Command and Esc (Escape). Or choose Force Quit from the Apple menu in the top left. If an app has frozen and quitting it won’t work, Ctrl+click its icon in the Dock, then hover the pointer over the Quit button. Hold Option (labeled as Alt on some Mac keyboards) and Quit becomes. Though Mac does not have the Ctrl + Alt + Del combination, you can use another shortcut to close frozen apps on Mac. When an app is not responding, hold down Option + Command + Esc at the same time to open the Force Quit window. Select the unresponsive app marked in red and click on Quit process in top left corner. Now click on the Force quit button to end it. For users migrating to Mac from Windows, imagine Activity Monitor as the equivalent of Task Manager in Windows.
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Mac OS X is almost always very stable, but sometimes you may encounter an app that is not so stable. Some apps may become frozen, unresponsive, or stuck. This short tip explains how to force an application to quit. Note that when you force close an application, any unsaved changes may not be saved. So force quit an app only if you are unable to quit in the usual way.
To force quit an application, navigate Apple menu > Force Quit (or you may press command-option-esc), then choose the app that you wish to close and click Force Quit (see IMG1 and IMG2). https://coveyellow885.weebly.com/blog/how-to-put-password-on-apps-on-mac.
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