Comments on: 6 Ways to Force Quit Mac Applications

By: How to View All Running Apps & Processes in Mac OS X

How to View All Running Apps & Processes in Mac OS X — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:37 +0000

[...] menu is that it allows you to actually take action on running apps directly, letting you force quit them if they have become errant or are shown in red font, which signifies they are not responding [...]

By: Philippe Qwadjo

Philippe Qwadjo — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:23:21 +0000

Very usefull.
The tip 3 is very efficient
Thanks a lot.

By: dick ludlow

dick ludlow — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:31:49 +0000

I have always just turned off the power to my mac, then on again. Is this bad for the computer?

By: RB

RB — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:33:52 +0000

Command+w closes window, but the application still runs.
Command+q quits application.

By: Jacob Nikom

Jacob Nikom — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:45:58 +0000

What about killing a MAC window?

Do you always have to use red button at the left upper corner?

Does MAC have any keyboard shortcuts for that?

By: Niku

Niku — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:50:18 +0000

Finally! I finally got rid of it thanks to you and Activity Monitor. I just wonder why none of the other sites I searched suggested Activity Monitor as a way of disposing of files that you couldn’t get to go away any other way. Thanks again.

By: lee potter

lee potter — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:37:05 +0000

tried all six to try to quit frozen iphoto, none of them worked?

By: Sunny

Sunny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:15:33 +0000

Thank you for the information. Brilliant. I used # 5 – Activity monitor. Works well. Thank you.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:25:49 +0000

Had NO idea about the first one (adding shift to command-option-escape): NICE or the last one (killing apps on iOS). Thankfully, I have had very few problems with stuck apps on iOS.

By: 맥의 6가지 강제 종료 (Force Quit) 방법 | Mac n Life

맥의 6가지 강제 종료 (Force Quit) 방법 | Mac n Life — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:17:06 +0000

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By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:49:36 +0000

kill like a boss:
# Kill Like a Boss
Killall() {
QSTRING=$*
PROC=`ps aux | grep -i ${QSTRING} | grep -v grep | awk ‘{print $2}’`
if [ ! -n "$PROC" ]; then
echo “0 PID found with the matching String: \”${QSTRING}\”.”
else
NUMPROC=`echo $PROC | awk ‘{print NF}’`
echo “Found $NUMPROC PIDs with the matching String: \”${QSTRING}\”.”
sudo kill -9 $PROC
echo “All process Killed.”
fi
}

By: KhaBu

KhaBu — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:54:56 +0000

i Just loved the first one … thank you

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:53:22 +0000

Thank you! This is great information…