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How to close a program completely on a Mac?


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It happens to all of us, we start using our new Mac and we can get to notice it slow. The reason you may already know is that the Mac is not like the computer you used to have with Windows, especially when it comes to closing a program. In this article we will explain what you should do to close a program completely on your Mac computer.

In Windows, to close an application or program, just close it by clicking the “X” in the upper right corner of the screen. If you do the same thing on a Mac, you will only be able to close the window but the program will continue to work. Don’t let this discourage you from getting used to your new Mac. I’ll show you everything you need to know about it.

How to close a program completely on your Mac computer?

the easiest way

Once you are in the application, press the “Command” button and then “Q” (while continuing to press the first button). You just have to make sure that the program you want to close is the one that appears in the status bar (top of the screen).

with the dock


Dock

In the Dock (bar at the bottom of the screen) all open apps and other high priority apps appear. All you have to do is Right-click on the application you want to close, then press the option that will appear at the bottom of the pop-up menu: “Exit”.

And that is basically what you need to know to close a program on Mac easily. But it’s not always so easy, sometimes devices or programs have bugsand the best thing is to know what to do about it.

How to completely close a program on your Mac when there is an error?

Decades of research and work, billions of dollars spent, top listing place for several years; even so, Apple could not prevent your phone or computer from having errors from time to time. For some time to come, this will not change, since today the relationship between these highly advanced engineering devices and the occasional failures seems inextricable.

It happens to all of us, on any type of device and on any operating system, those produced by the company with the bitten apple are no exception. You are closing or exiting an application or program, and everything freezes, to the point of having to take the most drastic measures you know of.

If you can’t exit the app normally or it’s not responding

Press the sequence of buttons “Option”, “Command” and “Escape”; in that order and without stopping pressing any until you press them all. The “Force close applications” window will open, here you just have to select the application you want to close and press the “Force close” button that appears in the window.

Touch Bar computers have an “Escape” key on the left side of the Touch Bar

Also you can open “Force close apps” looking for her in the Apple menu that appears in the upper left corner of the monitor.

apple menu

with this method you can force any program to close. Or not.

There are situations where even this is not enough. Sometimes the computer is so slow that even the “Force Quit Applications” pop-up doesn’t achieve its goal and other times it doesn’t even respond either.

World’s End? Not calm. There is always a solution, and out there they say that if you get lost, the thing to do is go back to basics.

If you can’t even force close the app

try turning off the computerthe first option is open the Apple menu, then tap “Shut down” or “Restart”.

Maybe nothing happens, it means that the device is completely stopped and does not respond. what’s left is force shutdown: hold down the power button for several seconds (no more than 10).

restarting a mac manually

If the laptop has a Touch ID, use it as a power button

I hope I have helped you, leave me a comment if this article has been useful to you or if you did not find a solution to your problem.

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