These are instructions on how to force quit a Mac OS X application. You may need to do this if an application has stopped responding and you cannot quit normally.
There are three different methods that can be used to bring up the Force Quit dialog.
APPLE MENU Step One Select Force Quit... from the Apple Menu.
Step Two Select the application you would like to quit from the list then click the Force Quit button.
Step Three When asked to confirm click the Force Quit button again.
DOCK Step One Hold down the Control key and click the dock icon from the program you would like to quit. Click to select Force Quit from the popup menu.
Step Two Select the application you would like to quit from the list then click the Force Quit button.
Step Three When asked to confirm click the Force Quit button again.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT Step One Press the Command, Option and Esc keys together.
Step Two Select the application you would like to quit from the list then click the Force Quit button.
Step Three When asked to confirm click the Force Quit button again.
If you have tried Force Quitting an application and it still won't close there is still something else you can try. Click here for instructions on how to use the kill command.
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I understand that many people might not know how to do this but surely not anyone who has enough knowledge to be on the look out for recent technology post on a website such as iClarified. They way I figure is that there are two ways to find this:,1. search "How to force quit" on google. 2. Be a fan of the site. If they don't know how to force quit they probably don't even know what it means and they probably don't come into this site because its a tec. enthusiast site.
wow...you put all the pieces together. Didn't you think thats what iClarified might want??? That someone searches on google and finds a link to iClarified on how to do something. Even if its stupidly easy??