Force Quitting an Application

Issue/Question

How do I quit an app that has stopped responding?

Environment

  • macOS

Resolution

  1. Click .
  2. Select Force Quit... .
  3. Select the unresponsive app.
  4. Click Force Quit.
  5. Click Force Quit, again.
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