- Aug 26, 2019 If your Mac still won’t shut down, the only thing left to do is to figuratively “pull the plug” and force a shutdown. This works on both desktop Macs and MacBooks. To do this, first press and hold the Control and Command keys, then hold the Mac’s power button.
- In the above example, the Mac will restart 15 minutes after the command is run, and logged-in users will see the following message: Shutdown at Fri Feb 1 15. Shutdown: pid 26582. System shutdown message from charles@hotf. System going down in 15 minutes. This Mac is being restarted so that it can finish installing crucial updates.
To quit (close) a Mac app normally, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar, or press Command (⌘)-Q. If the app doesn't quit, follow these steps to force the app to quit.
How to force an app to quit
Shut Down Mac App Commands
Aug 13, 2017 The ‘halt’ command can also instantly shut down a Mac via the command line. The process and syntax for ‘halt’ to turn off a Mac is as follows: Open the Terminal.app in Mac OS; Enter the halt command syntax exactly as described: sudo halt. Hit the return key, authenticate with sudo to instantly shut down the Mac.
- Press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC. Or choose Force Quit from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.
- Select the app in the Force Quit window, then click Force Quit.
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- You can also force the Finder to quit, if it stops responding. Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch.
- If none of your apps are responding, you can force your Mac to restart.
- You can also force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.