Sometimes applications on your Mac will freeze. However, Mac OS X is great at handling applications that don’t respond.

First method: Command+Alt+Esc

If you wish to force quit an application, press “command (⌘)”, “alt (⌥)” and “escape”. After a few seconds a small window with a list of the open applications will appear.

Now all you have to do is select the application that you wish to quit and click the button “Force Quit”. All done!

Second method: Activity Monitor

Some applications may not be visible in the Force Quit Applications window. But don’t worry, there are ways to force quite these applications as well.Continue reading→

If you have many applications and windows open at the same time, it may be hard to find the right window. Using exposé your problems are solved.

If your windows are a mess…

Press F9

Pressing F9 will show all the windows within the active applications. For instance, if you have Safari open, pressing F9 will show all the open Safari windows. Just click the one you want to go to.

Press F10

If you press F10, exposé will show you all the open windows of all the open applications. Once again, just click one of them to open it.

Press F11

If you press F11, all the windows will fly away and reveal the desktop.Continue reading→