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What should I do if my Mac is completely frozen?

Chiara Corsaro
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Chiara Corsaro is the General Manager and Apple Certified Mac & iOS Technician for macVolks, Inc., an Apple Authorized Service Provider located in the San Francisco Bay Area. macVolks, Inc. was founded in 1990, is accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an A+ rating, and is part of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN).

Chiara Corsaro

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At that point the only thing you can do is do what's called a hard shut down, which means that you hold the power button down for about five to 10 seconds, wait for the computer to shut down completely, and then restart it.

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What if I can't select anything from the force quit menu?

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You're going to have to do one of two things. The first is trying Cmd + Q, or Cmd + Shift + Q. The other option is soft resetting your Mac by holding the power key for 6 seconds. After releasing, press it once to turn the computer back on.

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How do I unfreeze my iPad from Pinterest?

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Click the home button twice, swipe Pinterest up and it will close.

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How do I unfreeze my LG computer from an app?

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You can try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and selecting "Task manager" from the options, then selecting the frozen app from the list and pressing DEL. This will close that app.

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What if I can't select anything from task manager?

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Try closing it. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Press Windows+R and type "taskmgr.exe" and hit enter.

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