{"id":10671,"date":"2017-05-06T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T09:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=10671"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T09:02:07","slug":"force-quit-non-responding-apps-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/force-quit-non-responding-apps-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Force Quit Non Responding Apps on Your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

As tremendous as macOS is at multi-tasking and control an incredibly huge number of open applications at any specified time,\u00a0at the end of the day, they are machines, too, and are inclined to\u00a0a machine\u2019s restrictions. Until you barely ever use your Mac for heavy tasks, you must run into a frozen Mac, in any case once.\u00a0I see you nodding your head in frustration over the statistic that your Mac is not as all powerful as you possibly assumed it to be.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

However, I\u2019m not here to make negative on Mac, I actually love Mac OS how well rounded the device and its OS is. I\u2019m here to give you answer to your problem. Actually, scratch that, I\u2019m here to give you\u00a0two\u00a0<\/em>solutions.\u00a0So, get pumped, and read on!<\/p>\n

Force Quit Non Responding Apps on Mac: The\u00a0Terminal Way<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The Terminal \u2013 hands down the most useful app on the Mac, or any Linux, Unix, or Unix-like\u00a0system.\u00a0It\u00a0basically gives you super-powers to control your computer, and it can do everything that you can do through the (really sweet and awesome looking) Graphical User Interface on your Mac.\u00a0The thing with using the Terminal to force quit\u00a0(or, in the Terminal language, \u201ckill\u201d) a non-responsive app, is that you need to\u00a0know the \u201cProcess ID<\/strong>\u201d (also known as PID) for the app that you need to kill.<\/p>\n

The steps you will have to take, in order to\u00a0find out the PID of a process<\/strong>\u00a0are outlined below:<\/p>\n

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  • Launch Terminal\u00a0<\/strong>and type the\u00a0following command:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    ps aux | grep \"process_name\"<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n

      \n
    • This will list out some details about the process that matches the provided\u201cprocess_name\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0second column<\/strong>\u00a0in the details will be the\u00a0PID<\/strong>\u00a0of the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"How<\/p>\n

      Note<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>The command will (usually) return two matches, but you need to use the PID value given in the first row.<\/p>\n

        \n
      • In my example, I\u2019m trying to\u00a0kill\u201cQuip\u201d,<\/strong>so I will use the PID value in the first row, which is\u00a0\u201c1676\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • To kill the app using its PID, use the following command,replacing the \u201cpid\u201d with the PID of the app you want to kill<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        kill -9 pid<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • In our illustration, Quip has the PID 1676, so the command becomes:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          kill -9 1676<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n

          \"How<\/p>\n

          Once you have executed the\u00a0aforementioned command, the app will be\u00a0force quit.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

          Force Quit Non Responding Apps on Mac: The GUI Way<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

          Using the Dedicated Force Quit Menu<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

          Not everyone is comfortable with using the Terminal, and to be honest, using the Terminal to kill an app takes a lot more effort than simply using the GUI. You don\u2019t need to worry about the PID of processes to force quit them using the GUI. The\u00a0steps to force quit an app using the GUI<\/strong>\u00a0are illustrated below:<\/p>\n

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          • Click on the\u201cApple\u201d<\/strong>icon on the left corner of the menu bar and from the context-menu that drops down, click on\u00a0\u201cForce Quit\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \"How<\/p>\n

              \n
            • Select the app<\/strong>that you want to Force Quit, and click on\u00a0\u201cForce Quit\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              \"How<\/p>\n

                \n
              • You will beprompted with an alert<\/strong>, asking if you want to force quit the app; click on the button that says \u201cForce Quit<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Note<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>The Force Quit menu can also be\u00a0launched by pressing \u201c<\/em>Command + Option + Escape<\/strong>\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n

                Using the Dock<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                It is also possible to force quit an app\u00a0from the Dock<\/strong>. Every app that is open on your Mac displays its icon in the Dock, and force quitting\u00a0an app\u00a0from the Dock is even easier than using the dedicated Force Quit Menu.<\/p>\n

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                1. Simply perform a\u00a0two finger tap<\/strong>on the icon for the app that you want to kill.\u00a0This will bring up a context-menu for the app, and you will see a\u201cQuit\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \"How<\/p>\n

                  Note<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>If the app is frozen, the option will be \u201cForce Quit\u201d\u00a0by default.<\/p>\n

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                  1. While the context-menu is open, press\u201cOption\u201d,<\/strong>and the option that read\u00a0\u201cQuit\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0will now read\u00a0\u201cForce Quit\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \"How<\/p>\n

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                    1. Simply, click on\u201cForce Quit\u201d<\/strong>to quit the app.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

                      Don\u2019t Let Frozen Apps Hinder Your Workflow on Mac<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

                      Frozen apps are both an annoyance, and a wrench in the works of the well oiled machinery that is your Mac. While it\u2019s usually a good idea to allow apps some time to possibly unfreeze on their own, sometimes it\u2019s obvious that the app won\u2019t respond again, making force quitting it a necessity.\u00a0If some apps on your Mac freeze again, you can now easily force quit them, and have your Mac working perfectly\u00a0well.\u00a0Also, there might be situations where even force quitting apps is not an option and in those situations, restarting the Mac is probably the only option left to you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      How to Force Quit Non Responding Apps on Your Mac – PC – I see you nodding your head in frustration over the statistic that your Mac is not as all powerful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30044,5739],"tags":[31898,31901,31902,31888,31876,31885,31897,31882,31894,31875,31873,31899,31869,31891,31893,31892,31870,31895,31883,31886,31887,31878,31874,31872,31871,31868,31896,31900,31890,31879,31881,31880,31877,31889,31903,31884],"class_list":["post-10671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ios","category-pc","tag-force-quit-a-program","tag-force-quit-an-app","tag-force-quit-an-application","tag-force-quit-app","tag-force-quit-application-mac","tag-force-quit-iphone","tag-force-quit-keystroke","tag-force-quit-mac-application","tag-force-quit-mac-book-pro","tag-force-quit-mac-command","tag-force-quit-mac-keyboard-shortcut","tag-force-quit-mac-keystroke","tag-force-quit-mac-not-working","tag-force-quit-mac-os","tag-force-quit-mac-os-x","tag-force-quit-mac-program","tag-force-quit-mac-shortcut","tag-force-quit-macbook-air","tag-force-quit-on-macbook-pro","tag-force-quit-on-windows","tag-force-quit-osx","tag-force-quit-safari-mac","tag-force-restart-mac","tag-how-to-force-quit-on-mac-when-frozen","tag-how-to-force-quit-pc","tag-how-to-force-shutdown-on-mac","tag-ios-force-quit","tag-ipad-force-quit","tag-mac-force-quit-application","tag-mac-os-force-quit","tag-mac-os-x-force-quit","tag-macbook-pro-force-quit","tag-osx-force-quit","tag-safari-force-quit","tag-safari-will-not-force-quit","tag-windows-force-quit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}