Share on Facebook Tweet this Share Whether MacOS is giving you a spinning beach ball of death, or iTunes is taking too long to close (again), sometimes you just need to immediately close an app on MacOS. Thankfully, you’ve got options, and there’s more than one way to force quit an unresponsive app in Apple’s desktop operating system. Keep in mind that unlike the normal method for quitting an app, there aren’t going to be any prompts asking you to save your work or confirming your decision. Once you hit force quit, it’s too late for all of that, and will immediately shut the app down without any prompts. Just a word of warning — using force quit should be a last resort. Now let’s get to it. Here’s how to force quit on a Mac.
Method 1: Use the Finder First up is Apple’s for when an app starts to wear out its welcome. Step 1: Click on the Apple icon in the top-left corner of your screen and select “Force Quit” from the list. Step 2: This should bring up a task manager that showcases your open applications. Step 3: Just select the one that’s giving you trouble and click “Force Quit” at the bottom. Method 2: Keyboard shortcuts If that doesn’t.
The crashes (Office 2016) and “spinning beach ball of death” (Outlook 2011/2016) were known well before the update was made available, but nothing was done about compatibility. I am stuck with Exchange Server for work, so it is the Outlook.com interface for now or nothing. I have been getting the spinning beach ball of death when doing basic task like browsing the web and IRC or word processing, etc. It will last about 10-30 seconds and I won't be able to do anything. When you get the spinning beachball, bring up the window and see what has red text in the window. 10 of the Best iOS and Mac Apps of 2018.