MacOS – How Many Different Ways Are There To Force Quit An Application

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Although it is not a common occurrance, sometimes my cursor has a continuing spinning beach ball, which I believe to indicate that an app has frozen (correct me if i'm wrong). When this happens I usually perform an action called Force Quit as shown in the screenshot below:

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This then displays the Force Quit application window, allowing an app to be selected.

What other ways exist that allow for an application to be Force Quit, especially in the case that the mouse or trackpad may also becomes frozen in the event as well ?

Best Answer

There are many ways to force quit an OS X application:

  • Press and hold Command-Option-Shift-Escape for a few seconds. This will force quit the active application.
  • Press Command-Option-Escape to bring up the Force Quit window, where you can select the application you want to force quit.
  • Option + Right click on the Dock icon of the application and select Force Quit.
  • Click on the Force Quit menu option in the Apple menu to open the Force Quit dialog.
  • Hold shift and click on the Force Quit menu option in the Apple menu to force quit the active application
  • Use the Activity Monitor to force quit applications
  • Use the terminal to kill the process: killall safari will kill all Safari processes.

Source: OSXDaily

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