Another way to Force Quit the Finder
Mar 13, '07 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: appleosx
Here's another way to Force Quit an application:
- Click the Apple Menu
- Hold Shift, and notice that the 'Force Quit...' menu item has changed to 'Force Quit [frontmost app name].'
- Select 'Force Quit [frontmost app name]' to force quit the Application.
This method allows you to Force Quit (Relaunch) the Finder without opening the Force Quit application window or using the Finder's Dock menu.
[robg adds: Beyond relaunching the Finder, I can't think of many situations where this would be useful: typically if an application is stuck so badly that you wish to force quit it, it's not going to respond to menu clicks when it's the frontmost application.]
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