Close Mac windows quicklyĬommand-W, Option-Command-W: The first of these will close whatever active window you are using, while the second one will close all the windows in the currently active app (or Finder, which is also an app, really). To fully exit out of any Mac program in OS X, you’ll need to use the Quit command with this shortcut, or click on the app menu, then choose Quit. In OS X, you close windows with the red X button (in the upper left of your window), but it will not quit the app.

Quit any Mac programĬommand-Q: If you’re coming from a Windows computer, you might have gotten used to “X-ing out” of your applications by clicking on the X button at the top of any application window. This will terminate Google Chrome browser instantly.This post is sponsored by Whats The Host. Go ahead and type in the following command in Terminal: kill 9635 Note that the PID number for Google Chrome is 9635.

The full command would look like this: ps -ax | grep Īnd in our case, it will be something like this: ps -ax | grep ChromeĪnd it should output the following in Terminal: Now, let’s say we want to force quit Google Chrome, we can make use of the grep command in conjunction with our ps -ax to get exactly the information about the process we want. Upon typing in ps -ax, you may get a long list of output of running processes that look something like the screenshot below: Type the following command in Terminal: kill.To kill (force quit) a specific application, look for its name and note down the PID number.This will give you a list of all running process on your Mac along with other details like its respective PID number, elapsed running time, process name and process location. Launch Spotlight Search with Command + Spacebar and search for Terminal.Choose the application you want to quit in the “Force Quick Application” dialogue box.Īlternatively, you can quit an application using shell command via Terminal.Press and hold the following keys: Command + Option + Esc.If your application is not responding, do the following: If you don’t want to wait it out, here are two ways how you can force quit an application that’s not responding. If your application is not responding or you encounter the Spinning Beach Ball of Death, chances are your application has crashed.

Once in a while, the application you are working on may freeze (or hang).

Shortcut command for force quit on mac