Special key combinations

If difficulties with your mouse or computer don’t allow you to use standard methods of quitting a program or restarting your computer, you can try using these special key combinations.

To do this...

…press this key combination

 

 

Force a program to quit

x-Option-Esc

Force the computer to restart

x–Control–Power key

 

 

 

 

Here are other key combinations you may find useful:

To do this…

Start a “debugging” program used by software programmers* Start the computer from a CD-ROM disc

Ignore SCSI ID 0 (zero)

Turn off system extensions

Rebuild the desktop

…press this key combination

x-Power key

C key (at startup) x-Option-Shift-Delete Shift key (while starting up) Option-x(while starting up)

*If you do not have a debugging program installed, your screen displays a caret prompt (>). To return to the desktop, type “G.”

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