How do you force quit an import

My IPhoto will not quit because it says it is importing from a no name device that is not connected to the computer. How do I force quit an import?

Option-command-Esc ... brings up a list of aplications that you can force quit.
Some tell you to hold the power button for a few seconds, but force-quits even the OS which can leave the OS in an incpmplete state, and should only be used when really required.

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How do you force quit an application

my mail is frozen and now so is safari what's going on and how do i force quit the apps

COMMAND-OPTION-ESC will bring up a Task Manager. Select the item and click on the Force Quit button.
CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the application's Dock icon and select Force Quit from the contextual menu.
Open Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder. Locate the application in the list, select it, click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Then click on the Force Quit button.

How do you force quit an app?

I was doing a drawing on Sketchbook Pro Ink and it froze on the gallery page. Their support forum suggested (to another member) that the first thing to do was force quit the app. But that was a year ago and I don't think his directions apply to my most current iPa

iPad Frozen? How to Force Quit an App, Reset or Restart Your iPad
http://ipadacademy.com/2010/11/ipad-frozen-how-to-force-quit-an-app-reset-or-res tart-your-ipad
iPad: Basic troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3274
 Cheers, Tom

How do I force quit firefox?

The the tool and navigation bars are gone, I don't know why. Now I want to quit, or rather force-quit firefox. How in the world can I do it?
Methinks this browser is getting ever worse, with every new version!

Please change the title of this discussion, if you're only talking about how to make the command bar visible. Your title is misleading.
My problem is, how do you Force Firefox to QUIT when you want to shut down a session that is taking an unacceptable length of time to do whatever bulls* the programmers thought was so important that the didn't leave any exit points for Users to exit, for minutes at a time.

How do you force itunes comments to ID3 tags in MP3 files?

I have comments all throughout itunes. The mp3 files do not have those comments in the ID3 info.
How do you force itunes comments to write out to ID3 tags in MP3 files?
The folder and files all have write permission.

Yeah, don't do that, you probably also degrade the sound quality... If you've confirmed it is something odd with multiple tags try this.
Select a group of mp3 files (You might want to start with a smart playlist so you don't mess with any other format)
Right-click and use Convert ID3 Tags > None (may need to repeat this step if multiple tags)
Then right-click and use Convert ID3 Tags > v2.3 (v2.4 support still patchy from various accounts)
Downside is that it will lose any embedded artwork, but it should preserve all other meta-data, both tag-based and stored within the library itself.
In fact, if you use my CreateFolderArt script before and after updating the tags it should archive any artwork as a local Folder.jpg image for each album and then reinsert that image on the subsequent run... Check it out on a single album first. If it doesn't work as expected let me know and I'll tweak the script to achieve this end.
tt2

How do you save photos from import or Photo Stream to an album?

How do you save photos from import or photo stream to an album? I have a MacBook Air (which keeps telling me my start-up disk is full) and I am trying to organize photos so there aren't duplicates and triples. I have photos in events, last import, photos and albums....I feel like they are all taking up space. If I move a photo from photo stream to an album, then delete the photo from photo steam its deleted from the album. That doesn't make sense to me. There should be a way to clean up photo stream, and events, and last import by putting photos into albums. Even more bizarre; I imported photos from my 4S, and only a fraction of them transferred over.
I am completely lost. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
sarah

and I am trying to organize photos so there aren't duplicates and triples. I have photos in events, last import, photos and albums....I feel like they are all taking up space.
Sarah,
Only the photos you are seeing in the events and the Photo Stream will take up space. iPhoto stores each photo only one. After you import it, it will be assigned to one event.
Then you can use it in many albums and projects. Using the photo this way will only reference the one single copy of the photo in the event. The albums don't store the photos and do not require additional space. If you delete a photo from an event, it will be removed from all albums that have been using the this photos.
What you are seing are not actually duplicate photos but different ways to access the same photos.
The "Last event" is the same event as the last one you imported. It is there for a quick access to your recently imported photos. Photos is a quick access to all photos in your library as an endless stream of photos. These are also no duplicates.
So if you want to save space and delete photos, do that by browsing your events. Deleting a photo from an event will delete the original image file and remove the photo from all albums, books, and other products. You have only duplicate photos, if you are seing the same photo twice in an event.
Even more bizarre; I imported photos from my 4S, and only a fraction of them transferred over.
That is a different problem, but it may be related to to fact that you need to free space.
If you get a warning, that the system needs space, don't do anything but update the backup of your mac and move files to an external disk to free space.
It is not save to keep working, when the system is running out of space.
How much free space do you have? Anything below 15GB free space is really critical.
-- Léonie

How do you force LR to start in 64 bit?

How do you force LR to start in 64 bit?
I have Windows 7 64-bit and also downloaded LR 64 bit. But I don't see "x64" in the LR title bar. http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html
Can you force LR to start in 64 bit mode?

The Lightroom Installer has both 64bit and 32bit included and should automatically install the correct version. I can think of two ways to see which one is installed on your system. a. Click on the Start button and look under All Programs and it should show what version is installed. b. From the Lightroom main menu bar click Help > System Info and the dialog box that pops will display the details of your system and the software running i.e Lightroom.

How do I force quit calendar

My Calendar is frozen and will not allow me to refresh nor quit. How do I force quit ?

basil,
Try these steps:
1. Disconnect your computer from your internet connection.
2. From the  Menu, select Force Quit...>iCal.
3. Remove the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder.
4. Then open the Calendars Folder in that Library Folder, and move any any files with "Cache" listed in the name field to your Desktop.
5. Next open the Preferences Folder in the same Library Folder, and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop.
6. Log out/in or restart, and open iCal.

I accidentally unplugged my iphone from my computer before it finished importing, how do I force quit?

heeeelp

Howdy alexfromtexas,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.
I'm not sure which application you were using to import the Photos from your iPhone, but if you follow the directions below you can force quit any app on your Mac.
Choose Force Quit from the Apple menu, or press Command-Option-Esc
(this is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC).
Select the unresponsive app in the Force Quit window, then click Force Quit.
Force an app to close on your Mac - Apple Support
Have a good one,
Alex H.

How do you FORCE FCPx to re-render a clip?

here's the problem.
Final Cut Pro X FREQUENTLY screws up transition renders. Did I say FREQUENTLY? It CANNOT be stressed enough, that FCPx DOES SOMETHING BAD to its transition renders Quite Often.
ok, until Apple fixes that nightmare, I want a workaround. I thought I had it:
if you hit control+r you tell FCPx to 'render selection.' its right there in the menu.
but its a lie. what it SHOULD read in the menu is: 'render selection, if it is not already marked as having been rendered.' This is a problem for me, because FCPx FREQUENTLY SCREWS UP TRANSITION RENDERS*.
*ok, I think I've said it enough, time for an example:
imagine a crossfade, standard, stock crossfade, using the standard timing... EVERYTHING is standard. Well, How would you feel if you were scrubbing an otherwise perfect edit... to find that your crossfades... ALL OF THEM... pop the resulting image, into the first frame of the transition? I bet you'd be mad.
How would you feel if you HAD NO RELIABLE WAY TO FORCE FCPx TO RE-RENDER THOSE TRANSITIONS? You'd be livid. Lets put some more firewood on here... How would you feel if this happened randomly, all the time? I really do mean ALL THE TIME. I can scarcely look at FCPx without it screwing up the transitions of my edit.
point is. FCPx has a wonderful editor. its a joy to use. But its chock FULL of bugs, and its so SMUG that it doesn't provide ANY workarounds. The Documentation is a joke. So I'm here... trying to find a way To FORCE FCPx to re-render something IT thinks is already rendered. the smug jerk.

OP here.
I'd like to make a few comments.
Apple has been slowly fixing critical bugs in FCPx, I'm happy with the direction things are headed. But we still have a long way to go.
the "delete Project Render Files" option is a late edition, and I "think" it is meant to address this specific issue. I find however that in practice, it introduces as many problems as it solves. deleting the project render files forces a re-render on the entire timeline, and as stated way back in the OP, FCPX screws up transition renders.
Let me dig into that a little bit. Randomly, FCPx will cut out the first frame of a transiton, creating a jarring full frame jump (as it skips to the second frame) just at the front of a transition, and fill the last frame with black. All I want to do at this maddening point is force FCPX to re-render specific parts of the show, one at a time, because if I ask it to render the other stuff, invariably I will be subjected to the same amount of render bugs I am trying to eliminate. (or more) FCPX does this randomly, so if I can force it to re-render only a specific segment, there's a chance it won't render that bit incorrectly. And with finite control, I can step through and fix each transition, forcing as many re-renders as necessary, always getting closer to done, rather than starting from scratch at every step.
so, the tip is appreciated, it just doesn't answer my needs. I like FCPX, and sometimes its a dream but it is still riddled with critical bugs and the lack of percision control over the system is a design flaw, IMHO.

My email program keeps freezing on my iPad 3 , how do I force quit and get it working?

MMy iPad 3 mail program keeps freezing , how do I unfreze force quit and get it working?

You can force quit any program on iOS by double tapping the home button. This should bring up a swipe-able panel of all of the apps currently running. Simply swipe up on any app you want to close.
As an aside, all of the apps on this panel are backgrounded to some extent (i.e. waiting for you to come back) and are using some system resources. On older devices you may want to keep an eye on how many are there because it can be a performance drain. I've personally had this issue.

HT5902 How do you force "my photo stream" on a pc to update with an iPad or iPhone?

How does one force photostream on a pc to update with an iPad or iPhone photostream? All devices are on the same wifi network.

Hey BDHProjects!
Here is an article that will help you troubleshoot this issue with iCloud:
iCloud: My Photo Stream troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3989
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Wireless Mesh topology parent child optimization. How do you force a reconfig?

Release 6 controller
9 Mesh APs. 1524 (2x 5G radios, 1x 2.4G) and 1522 (1x 5G radios, 1x 2.4G)
Designed for 3 linear hops and then a split to the rest.
AP1 = Root AP
linear to
AP2
Linear to
AP3
Linear to
AP4
equidistant to
AP5 and AP6
The rest are further away from AP4, but have visibility back to AP 4
The issue is after an event (say a power outage) at AP4.
AP5 uses AP3 as it's parent.
That's okay during the power failure, but when AP4 comes back up, I want to force AP5 to switch it's parent to AP4.
You may ask why, if AP5 can reach AP3 okay, it's okay to leave it that way.
Well, doing link tests...
test   --------packet loss %-----
speed AP3toAP5 AP3toAP4 AP5-AP4
===== ======= =======   =======
54M     100        0         0
48M     100        0         0
36M      52.6      0         0
24M       1.44     0         0
18M       0.89     0         0
So you can see it's desireable now that AP5 uses AP4 as it's parent.
Over time, the system might figure it out, but our limited experience shows it seems to stick to the way it is.
To complicate matters, sometimes we've found that it doesn't seem to reconfigure when the channel number has changed so AP5 can reach AP3, but AP4 (1524) comes up with a different channel on it's downlink radio.
So, how can we force a mesh topology reevaluation/change for either 1 AP or the whole bridge group?
I thought changing the bridge speed from "auto" to 54M (on AP3 above, for example) might force the attached children to rethink it, but it didn't seem to work (maybe I needed to wait an hour?).
I also thought tweaks to "Radio Performance Profile" for radio might help. (not sure what to change, or how long to wait for a result)
suggestions on how to quickly reconverge?
reseting APs and hoping they come back in a better topology is painful and slow.
Thanks - Glen

Glen, I know this is a very old topic but we are suffering from similar conditions on our end. Even using directional antennas we are having a difficult time having the Mesh network consistently optimize itself. Did you guys ever find a tweak that worked for you to have the system re-evaluate the connection by packet loss on speed?
Thanks!

How come a force quit application would NOT quit?

Hi,
I have now had two instances when an application which I needed to force quit, would not quit.
Both instances were with _*Elgato EyeTV version 2.5(3011)*_. OK the application would look as if it quits and disappear form the screen, but when checking in the DOCK the little triangle is there there. There was an error message "-600".
I tried to repeat force quit to no avail. Douple clicking to restart the programme fully would not work either. Restarting would however resolve the problem.
I suppose I should have tried to kill the application in TERMINAL.
Any other explanations?
Has anybody else come across resilient applications like that?
Regards

Thanks,
I agree - force quit works better when first activating the Finder. If that gives you the rolling ball, trying the Activity Monitor is a good option.
But the two events I am referring to are clearly different: ok, I used the Blue Apple Force Quit option, but the application would only sort of 'half quit'. There would be an error message: - 600. Also the Activity triangle in the dock would still be there. It would again be listed as an active application in the Blue Apple 'Force Quit' window. Force quitting in this window, would again remove it from that list, but the triangle would remain unchanged.
Also starting the application again would not work. - OK, I did not try killing it in TERMINAL then,
as I was about to switch off anyway. I used the Blue Apple option for that. No problems with it.
Restarting later was without problems either.
It just looks as if this particular application Elgato EyeTV +*would get stuck 'half way' after force quitting*+... Odd!
Have you observed anything like that with any application?
Regards

How do you force DAQmx output to 0 at the end of program execution?

I am using a 6713 to generate an arbitrary analog waveform on its output. However, once the labview vi has finished execution, the output voltage from the 6713 does not go back to 0 V. I have tried to force it back to 0 V by appending a 0 V amplitude waveform to the end of the analog waveform to mixed results (if I give it thousands of points, it goes to 0, but if I make it a more reasonable 100 points, it doesn't). How can I force the output back to 0 V. I tried stopping the task, clearing it, and stopping it and then clearing it. None of those worked.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Attachments:
6713 Interface.vi ‏144 KB

First, I have to ask, did you write this VI?
It is very hard to follow and has a lot of confusing structures in it. IN the middle area where a lot of the DAQmx functions are, the error wire loops around so much it is hard to tell what is happening in what order. To the lower left, an array is converted to a cluster, the cluster is unbundled, the individual elements are fed to a compound addition to get a single value. Why not just use a sum array function on the original array?
The stop button is fed to the Stop Sign function. This is Abort execution which is the same as hitting the red stop button at the top of the VI. It ends the execution of the VI right then and there and doesn't allow anything else to happen. Read the context help for that function. As someone else has said on the forum, "Using the Abort button is like using a tree to stop your car. It will stop it, but there might be consequences."
How is this VI being run? Is the Run Continuous button being used? My guess is yes because I don't see any While loops and the only thing the stop button does is end the program abruptly.
You will need to rethink your whole architecture. Stuff that needs to happen once should be set up before a while loop that has wires leading to the while loop or uses a flat sequence to make sure that it happens first. This is you program initialization.
Everything that happens repeatedly would be in the while loop. The front panel Stop button is what ends this loop.
Anything that has to happen before the program ends like closing out tasks happens after the while loop (either by wires for dataflow or in 3rd frame of a flat sequence structure. With this, you should be able to reset your tasks so they output a zero voltage from the analog outputs before the tasks are closed and the program ends naturally.
Appending a zero to the end of the waveform won't help because if the waveforms run continuously, it will restart back at the beginning.
I would highly recommend looking at the example VI's for DAQmx functions and taking the tutorials for Labview that are available on the NI website.
Message Edited by Ravens Fan on 02-23-2008 10:45 PM

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