Q: how do I force quit an application
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Mar 24, 2012 7:48 PMby steve626,First, quit (normally) all applications after saving any files that were open. One of those applications might not allow you to quit in the normal fashion, but that will be fixed in the next step. Next, under the Apple menu in the upper left portion of your screen, select Force quit ...
You will see some applications listed, or maybe just one or two. Force quit them all except for the Finder. Leave the Finder alone. Then try to shut down your computer after doing Force Quit on all applications except the finder.
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Mar 24, 2012 10:17 PMby fane_j,From
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In Windows, I also used to... On a Mac, I can... Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to terminate unresponsive programs. Press Command-Option-Escape (Esc) to force quit unresponsive applications.
Once you press these keys, select any application from the Force Quit window and click Force Quit. You can also Force Quit by Control-clicking the item on the Dock and select Force Quit.
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Aug 14, 2012 9:46 PMby California Rose,I am having the same problem as Comovartia. It's nice of people to try to help but I don't think any of you understood the question. He's not asking how to Force Quit. He's asking how to stop the Download function. In my case it has been operating continuously all afternoon. There's no way to Force Quit it because it doesn't appear in the Force Quit applications list.
My mistake apparently was selecting multiple files from an ftp site to download at once. I clicked on the X next to each file to stop the Download process, but it will not stop.
So the question is not how to Force Quit. The question is how to get the Download to stop.
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by seventy one,Aug 15, 2012 12:43 AM
seventy one
Aug 15, 2012 12:43 AM
in response to California Rose
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PeripheralsTry quitting Finder. Then re-launch it.
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Aug 15, 2012 4:52 AMby Michael Wasley,California Rose wrote:
So the question is not how to Force Quit. The question is how to get the Download to stop.
Isn't the download function part of an application, normally a browser (or in the case you mention maybe an FTP client)?
In that case you force quit the application involved.
In addition to the methods mentioned you can also use Activity Monitor and the dock (click and hold on application - first go may say Quit, second will say Force Quit).
