[Ham-Mac] Useful OS X tip to Force Quit Apps that Freeze

[Dino Papas]

Nice thing about using an old Kensington TurboBall is it has 4 user definable buttons that really make life easier with CNTRL-click (and one handed!).

Dino KL0S

On Apr102013, at 1523 PM, Richard Radke <rar100 at excite.com> wrote:

> what's a right click?  : )
> 
> W9WS
> 
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Formsmaven wrote:
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> So what's the difference between doing this and right-clicking the mouse on the app down in the dock?
> N2ERN
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Dick Kriss <aa5vu at arrl.net> wrote:
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>> I read a really cool tip from MacWeek this morning
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>> http://www.macworld.com/article/2033168/the-seven-best-os-x-tricks-youre-not-using.html#tk.nl_macwk
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>> that is useful to zap frozen apps. For example, RYTelnet hangs on me from time to time and the easy way to zap a "not responding" app is to hold down the Shift key before going to the black apple. This simple keystroke command changes the standard "Force Quit" to "Force Quit RYTelnet" or the open app that is frozen.
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>> I am not picking on RYTelnet. It is an old app by Roberto, EA2RY, who misplaced or lost the source code and it has not been updated for years but many of us use it daily. It may be old but still works with OS X 10.8.3. I have learned it freezes from time to time (due mainly to operator errors) and the OS X Force Quit allows you to quickly restart.
>> 
>> Try it, the free price is right.
>> 
>> 73 Dick AA5VU
>> ð