My macbook air is frozen completely and nothing will work

i am on my macbook and all the sudden ot just stops working. is it overheating because this has happeneed before and after a while it started working again. what should i do?

Morning ddpower,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1199
Best of luck,
Mario

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