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Q: How do I quit out of a frozen application in Mac OS X?

Answer

From the Apple menu, choose Force Quit. Choose the offending application and click Force Quit.

Alternatively, you can use the key command 'apple + option + esc' to produce the Force Quit dialog.

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October 11, 2018

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