A standard Quitting of a Mac app will close the app in an orderly fashion, saving your work and settings so you can pick up where you left off. But if an app has stopped responding, you can't do that. Force Quit forcibly kills the app in place — no unsaved files or settings will be preserved, but if the app was frozen that wasn't going to. Here, we will have a glance at some of the methods to force quit app mac. Method 1: Using Force Quit Option from Apple Menu. One of the most recommended solution to force quit app mac by Apple is through the Apple menu. Step 1: Go to the Apple menu bar located on the upper-left corner of the screen.
To quit (close) a Mac app normally, 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 upper-left corner of your screen. (This is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC.)
Then select the app in the Force Quit window and click Force Quit.
You can even force the Finder to quit, if it stops responding: Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch.
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While the apps you use on your Mac will generally run efficiently and politely, occasionally one may decide to freeze up, and won’t respond no matter how much you click. Luckily, it’s easy to force quit an app in macOS. We’ll look at our two favorite ways in this “How To.”
How To Force Quit An App On Macbook Air
Method 1: Force Quitting an App via the Menu Bar
If an app refuses to respond to any of your input, and won’t quit from its own menu, do the following to close the app via the Menu Bar:
1.) Click the Apple logo in the upper left-hand corner of your Mac’s Desktop.
2.) Click the “Force Quit…” menu option in the pull-down menu that appears.
3.) In the “Force Quit Applications” window that appears, click the name of the app you want to quit.
4.) Click the “Force Quit” button.
5.) You’ll be prompted to confirm that you wish to force quit the app, warning that you will lose any unsaved changes in the app. Click the “Force Quit” button in the new prompt.
6.) Close the “Force Quit Applications” window.
Method 1: Force Quitting an App via the Keyboard
1.) Press the Command + Option + Esc keys simultaneously, as shown on the keyboard seen below.
2.) In the “Force Quit Applications” window that appears, click the name of the app you want to quit.
3.) Click the “Force Quit” button.
4.) You’ll be prompted to confirm that you wish to force quit the app, warning that you will lose any unsaved changes in the app. Click the “Force Quit” button in the new prompt.
5.) Close the “Force Quit Applications” window.
How To Force Quit An App On Macbook Air
Note: If you want to force quit the active, or front-most application on your screen, simply hold down the Command + Option + Shift + Esc keys simultaneously, as seen below. This will force quit the front-most unresponsive window that is on your Desktop.
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