Apps on macOS are normally well-behaved, however there are occasions after they can cease working or freeze and decelerate your whole Mac. If that occurs to you (and it would occur typically if you happen to’re taking part in with the most recent Monterey betas), it’s time to give up the app.

The very first thing to do, after all, is attempt to give up the app usually:

• Right-click on the app’s icon within the menu bar and choose “Quit,” or…
• Press the Command-Q keys.

However, if the app is frozen or simply received’t go away, then it’s good to drive a give up. Again, there are a few methods to do that:

• Click on the Apple icon within the top-left nook and search for a alternative that claims “Force Quit” or…
• Press Command-Option-Esc.

Either approach, this may carry up the “Force Quit Applications” field, which can have a listing of at present energetic apps. Highlight the troublesome app, and click on on the “Force Quit” button. A pop-up will ask if you happen to’re positive; click on on “Force Quit” to lastly give up the app.

If for any cause you may’t entry the “Force Quit” menu, there may be one other technique to give up the app utilizing the Activity Monitor, which lists all the energetic processes in your Mac. To get to the Activity Monitor:

• Use Spotlight Search to search out “Activity Monitor,” or…
• In your Finder, click on on Applications within the left-hand menu. In the ensuing record of apps, double-click on Utilities to open the folder, after which double-click on Activity Monitor.

• You’ll see a listing of energetic processes, which ought to embody your misbehaving app. It’s going to be an extended record, so you may click on on the “Process Name” heading to alphabetize the record for a better discover. If you observed that the app is stressing your CPU, you would possibly strive clicking on the “% CPU” heading, which can put the app on the prime of the record.

• Highlight the app you wish to give up, and click on on the “x” icon on the prime of the window.
• Click on “Force Quit.”

And if you happen to’re nonetheless having difficulties, you may at all times shut down your system. You might lose a few of what you’re at present engaged on, however it should shut the app that’s driving you nuts.

• Hold down your energy button (or the Touch ID button in case your Mac has a Touch Bar) till you see the Apple brand in your show.
• Let go, and permit the system to restart.