Aperture got stuck while editing a photo in full screen mode and doesn't respond to commands

How do I stop Aperture when it is completely stuck and will not even respond to alt-cmd-esc?

then use option + command Delete to force quit Aperture.
Force quitting is to be avoided if possible, since it can corrupt the Aperture Library and the User preferences file or other settings.
If Aperture seems to be stuck and unresponsive, quite often it is a deadlock in the graphical user interface, but the application itself still may respond to the "Terminate" signal, send by other processes:
Select the Aperture Dock icon, ctrl-click and select "Quit!
Select "Restart" from the  Apple-menu.
Or use the Terminal to send a Terminate-Signal:
Launch "Activity Monitor" (from Applications > Utilities) and find the Process ID of Aperture (PID, in the first column)
Open a Terminal and type in:
kill -TERM Aperture's PID
Only if all these safer measures don't work, then use Force Quit on a database program like Aperture, but be prepared to run an "Aperture Library First Aid" afterwards, if you see signs of a corrupted library.
Regards
Léonie

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