How to Safely Force Restart Your Mac

How to Safely Force Restart Your Mac

sad mac

Sometimes your macintosh takes forever to restart, because you have lots of programs open, or it's CPU is very busy. This article will let you know how to restart it without having to use the power button.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1.      Step 1

save file dialog

Have you ever tried to restart your Mac, and after waiting seemingly forever, gotten the message "Logout has timed out because the application failed to quit"? Here's one way to reboot your computer safely. First, be sure that you have saved your work in any open applications!

2.      Step 2

terminal.app

Now, open up the Mac OS X Terminal. To do this, go to the Finder, and in the Applications Folder, open the Utilities folder. Scroll down to Terminal, and double-click it to open.

3.      Step 3

ready to reboot

Once the terminal has opened, simply type the command

sudo reboot

and press return. It will prompt you for your password. Enter it, and press the return key. Once you have, your computer should reboot within about 5-10 seconds.

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