Also, you may notice that you cannot access any other program. While using a program, you may notice that the rainbow wheel continues to spin when you try to click on the red exit bubble. If you are using content-heavy programs such as Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, or pretty much anything that involves multimedia design - try to force quit those applications, first.ĭepending on the amount of storage and memory on your Mac, you may be pushing the limits with running more than one of these applications at a time. A good rule of thumb is to start with the most robust programs.
When our Mac becomes unresponsive, or weird things start happening with our peripherals, it may be time to force-quit some of our programs and applications.įirst things, first - try to close out any and every program that you are not using. Keep your computer powered down completely for a few minutes (ideally 2-3) before trying to power on, again. Hold the power button/TouchPad down until you can hear your Mac power off. If you cannot even pull up a menu of options by holding the power button/TouchPad, then you'll have to go for the last resort. You will lose your data, but you will be able to start fresh when the computer powers back up. This time, you may need to click on the Restart or the Shut Down options. However, if that doesn't fix the frozen situation, repeat the 1.5-second power button/Touchpad hold down method until the dialog box appears, again. If this works, you will not lose any unsaved data. If you can pull up this dialog box, that may have been all you needed to get your Mac out of its frozen state. If you hold the power button/TouchPad for a little more than a second, you should see the pop-up window appear giving you these options: Restart, Sleep, Cancel, Shutdown.Ĭlick on Cancel, first. One small, flush with our keyboard, a button can offer salvation when our machines go rogue.ĭepending on the make and model of your Mac, you'll have a power button or a TouchPad that controls your computer. When applications become a bit unresponsive, sometimes your Mac just needs a time out. Macs have a pretty robust ability to fix themselves.
Here are a few strategies for how to force quit, force shutdown, and force restart an unresponsive Mac. These situations are a few of the first signs that your computer is working overtime. You'll notice that the mouse is not tracking exactly, and you'll probably witness a few programs close unexpectedly. When one, or a few, of these issues, is affecting your computer, you'll find that your Mac's response time is slower than usual.
We shell out a good amount of money for these machines because we know they are worth every last cent. They are one of the absolute best computers for design and function, at least in our opinions as Mac users. They are almost completely immune to viruses.
We decide to buy a Mac for several reasons.