So now it’s time to kill or force quit (which sounds a bit better) some unresponsive application running on my MacBook. Yes i know force quit will just fix an immediate problem with an unresponsive application and that you should take the necessary actions to understand why the application is unresponsive.
Nevertheless i have been required to use one of the following options quite a few times to perform the kill/force quit action using one of the two options presented below:
- Force Quit Applications application 🙂 It will let you highlight the application and press Force Quit:
You get access to the Force Quit Application app via e.g:- The Apple Icon in the top left corner (by default) on your MacBook Desktop.
- By holding down both the command and option key on your keyboard and the press esc
- The Apple Icon in the top left corner (by default) on your MacBook Desktop.
- The activity monitor where you highlight the Process name – click the Stop button to the top left
and then press Force Quit
You can access the Activity Monitor via e.g.:- Spotlight Search which you reach by holding down command key and press space key – then type Activity Monitor
- Via Finder via Applications – Utilities
- Spotlight Search which you reach by holding down command key and press space key – then type Activity Monitor
The above should work in most macOS releases but has been tested on macOS Catalina version 10.15.6
Enjoy Force Quitting Apps 🙂