HT1338 how do i force quit my frozen computer
My computer is frozen in Finder. I can use other progrmas but cannot shut down or restart. Spinning rainbow circle appears on my desk top.
Choose Force Quit from the Apple menu and relaunch the Finder.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
After selecting System Preferences and the selecting Desktop/Screensaver the laptop stays in a frozen state. It continually shows a spinning wheel and even after a Force Quit and also Holding Down the Power Button to shut laptop down anytime I go into Desktop/Screensaver it still shows a Spinning Wheel. What can I do to try to resolve this issue????? I'm thinking I will have to Re-Install Mountain Lion on my MBP. I just purchased this as a used system and also my 1st Mac coputer. It is most probably something I have done BUT now need to resolve this irritating issue since I can't change my desktop picture nor change my screensaver. Who knows what else may be going on.....
Please, someone give some constructive guidance...Quit System Preferences if it's running. In the Finder, hold down the option key and select Go ▹ Library from the menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following item, if it exists:
Caches/com.apple.systempreferences
and move the following item to the Desktop:
Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Launch System Preferences and test. If you still have the issue, put the item on the Desktop back where it came from and post again. Otherwise, delete the item. -
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. -
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 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?
RegardsThanks,
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 -
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. -
ARGH! iTunes Freezes, Can't Force Quit, and Whole Computer Locks Up
iTunes freezes when downloading movies (says to check network connection, which is fine), then I can't quit iTunes or force quit. I "quit" and it remains active in the dump at the bottom of the screen. Then Safari freezes and I can't do anything but use the on/off switch to re-boot. I've removed iTunes and re-installed. Didn't fix the problem.
Of note, iTunes downloads a little bit at a time the movie files, so after off and on rebooting and trying to re-download each time, after a few days the movies eventually download.
Any ideas?I have the problem when I have to force quit. I also have the pinwheel for no apparent reason and have to wait until it stops to do anything. It is frustrating as it does not happen in Safari. I like to use Firefox but it is getting very annoying. I have the pinwheel pop up when I am even typing. I tried your suggestions about starting it up in safe mode and that doesn't seem to work.
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How do I force quit an iPhone 4 that won't force quit using home and on/off keys?
My iPhone 4 went nuts when I tried to download the latest iOS via the update section under settings. It is now blinking between the opening Apple icon and a black screen independently. I cannot force shut down the phone using the home and on/off buttons and my computer (iMac) will not recognize the phone when plugged in, therefore, I can't reset it from the computer either. What do I do now?
Try holding the home button and the lock button at the same time for 10 seconds.
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