The force quit feature on Mac is an easy way to shut down troublesome applications in just a few steps. Applications on your Mac will occasionally stop responding and lock up if your computer is ...

Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Sometimes in life, you just have to cut your losses and call it quits. This is certainly the case when your Mac is giving you trouble ...

We’ve all dealt with it: the colorful spinning wheel of doom. An app on your computer is slowing down your MacOS, and it’s time to take action so you can get back to work. When the wheel of doom — ...

Our smartphones, tablets, and computers do a lot for us. They help us access puppy videos, stay in touch with our loved ones and keep people of all ages entertained. If you’re a regular user of Apple ...

There’s a few quick ways to duck out of unresponsive apps, but you should always check if there’s an unknown program slowing down your Mac. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes We’ve all been there.

No matter what you use your Mac for, there may come a time when Command + Q just doesn't cut it. For closing out those persistently frozen apps that just won't go away, there are a couple of ways to ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If an app is misbehaving, make it stop If an app is misbehaving, make it stop is a reviews editor who manages how ...

It's a tale as old as Windows: You're using your PC and everything seems fine, but then a program freezes for no apparent reason, and you spend the next few minutes waiting impatiently for it to fix ...

It’s a force quit option that works just like it does in macOS. It’s a force quit option that works just like it does in macOS. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all ...

From just using Command-Q to entering Terminal commands, there are a surprising number of ways to quit an app — and, at times, we need them all. Here's how to get rid of an app that just won't quit.

If you have ever used a Windows computer you are sure to of use the age-old shortcut everyone knows to close down crashed software on Microsoft operating system. If you have just purchased your very ...