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I just hit CTRL + ALT + DEL whenever I get frozen on Windows PC, but what to do to when it happens on Mac? what is equivalent to CTRL + ALT + DEL on Mac?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Hit ‘command’ + ‘option’ + ‘esc’ simultaneously on keyboard, it’ll pops up ‘Force Quit Applications’ window then force quite the stalled application.
\n\"Force<\/a>
\nIf Mac still frozen, try following buttons to restart\/reboot Mac<\/p>\n

\u25cf hit ‘control’ + ‘eject’ simultaneously on keyboard. These keys pop up confirmation dialog asking “Are you sure want to shut down your computer now?”
\n\"control<\/a>
\n\u25cf hit ‘command’ + ‘shift’ + q simultaneously on keyboard to quit all applications and log out now<\/p>\n

\"command<\/a><\/p>\n

If none of above steps is working, hit\/press Power button for few minutes will force shutdown Mac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just hit CTRL + ALT + DEL whenever I get frozen on Windows PC, but what to do to when it happens on Mac? what is equivalent to CTRL + ALT + DEL on Mac?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mac-os","tag-mac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/cmdoptesc.jpg?fit=372%2C316&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1pvi1-6q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":681,"url":"https:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/how-to-type-tilde-sign-in-mac\/","url_meta":{"origin":398,"position":0},"title":"How to Type Tilde ~ sign in Mac","author":"Pixel Insert \/ Pixert","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This tilde sign ~ is absolutely a strange problem to solve, a puzzle more likely. 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