What's this symbol mean?

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What's this symbol mean?

Hi, a couple of times this week Firefox has crashed my MacBook (completely frozen, it's 1995 all over again... I need to talk to Mozilla) and my attempts to force-quit obviously didn't work because I couldn't move the cursor to the apple menu. And my vaguely remembered keyboard shortcut didn't work. So once I rebooted I checked it, and next to force-quit it has opt-cmd and this symbol:

What is this? There's nothing like it on my (regular) keyboard. I google image searched it but nothing there either. Does it mean I should press opt-cmd and leave the room?

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 1:21 AM

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TheLittles

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Apr 30, 2020 1:44 AM in response to Leo Bloom

Leo Bloom Said:

"What's this symbol mean?[...]I need to talk to Mozilla) and my attempts to force-quit obviously didn't work because I couldn't move the cursor to the apple menu. And my vaguely remembered keyboard shortcut didn't work.[...]"

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The Escape Key:

That symbol represents the escape key (esc). On a touchbar, you'd see it on the far-left.

Go Here: How to Force an App to Quit on your Mac - Apple Support

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