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Force Quitting an Application
Force Quitting an Application
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frozen
iMac
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MAC
OSX
quit
unresponsive
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Issue/Question
How do I quit an app that has stopped responding?
Environment
macOS
Resolution
Click
.
Select
Force Quit...
.
Select the unresponsive app.
Click
Force Quit
.
Click
Force Quit
, again.
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Article ID:
1108
Created
Wed 1/21/15 5:27 PM
Modified
Wed 7/29/20 12:11 PM
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Check out this article I found in the ITS Client Portal knowledge base.<br /><br /><a href="https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=1108">https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=1108</a><br /><br />Force Quitting an Application<br /><br />Instructions on how to force quit an unresponsive application on a Mac.