Using Keyboard shortcut: Command ⌘ + Option ⌥ + Escape + Shift.

⚡️ Does it look familiar to Windows Task Manager.Ĭlick Option ⌥ and Right click on a app icon on docker and you should see 'Force Quit' option to terminate that app. Using Activity Monitor is very easy: Select the process name or ID you wish to kill (unresponsive apps will usually appear as red), and hit the red “Quit Process” button.

You can find it in /Applications/Utilities/ or open it from Spotlight with Command+Space and then type ‘Activity Monitor’ and the return key. Double click on the Process Name and you would see a prompt - Click 'Force Quit' Also you get beatification based on CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk and Network utilization. You can see stats of each process in detail - Process Name, %CPU utilization, CPU time, Threads, Idle Wake Ups, PID and User. It is also one of the most preferred way to force close an application though the User Interfaces available on macOS (and most powerful one) This will close the current application that you are working with. Click on the Apple logo on the top right side of your Menu bar and Select 'Force Quit (App name)'.

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