How do I restart my Mac and start over?
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How do I restart my Mac and start over?
Restart your Mac. Choose Apple menu > Shut Down, press and hold the power button until “Loading startup options” appears, select Options, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. In the Recovery app window, select Reinstall for your macOS release, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.
How do I restart my Mac with keyboard?
Control–Command–Power button:* Force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents. Control–Command–Media Eject : Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
How do you restart an unresponsive Mac?
To force a restart your MacBook, you need to press and hold down the Command (⌘) button, the Control (Ctrl) key, and the power button at the same time. Hold these keys down until your MacBook’s screen goes blank and the computer restarts itself.
How force restart MacBook Pro?
To force shut down your Mac, press and hold the power button until the screen goes black. This might take 10 seconds or more; just keep holding the button. After your Mac shuts down, wait a few moments to let it cool off, then briefly press the power button again to restart it.
What do I do when my Mac freezes?
How to unfreeze your Mac?
- Press Command- Esc-Option on your keyboard at the same time, then release them.
- Select the name of the frozen application from the menu’s list and click Force Quit.
- If the Force Quit menu doesn’t appear or the frozen program doesn’t close, you’ll need to restart your computer.
How do I unfreeze my Mac computer?
How do you fix a frozen Mac?
Reset your Mac’s SMC
- Shut down your Mac.
- Disconnect everything other than the power.
- Press the left side Shift + Ctrl + Opt keys and power button at the same time. Hold all four keys for 10 seconds.
- Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
- Turn your Mac back on.
How do you unfreeze a Mac?
What do you do when your Mac won’t respond?
“Unresponsiveness” is often indicated by a spinning disc pointer and/or slow response time to input (or no response at all).
- Quit open applications.
- Force an Application to Quit.
- Restart the computer.
- Shut down the computer.
- Force your computer to shut down.
- Force your computer to restart.
- Unplug the computer.
When Mac is not responding?
Click on the Apple menu at the top left of the screen, then select Restart and click Restart. If you cannot interact with the Apple menu (perhaps your mouse is unresponsive) try pressing Command-Control-Eject on a very old Mac or Control-Option-Command-Power button on a newer Mac.
Why is my Mac completely frozen?
Main reasons a Mac can freeze: Too many apps running. Too many browser tabs open. Not enough hard drive space.
How do I restart my IMAC when it freezes?
Restart your Mac. Press and hold Cmd + Opt + P + R keys at the same time, until the grey screen appears. Hold down these keys until your Mac restarts and you hear the startup chime for the second time. Release all the keys.
