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  1. PowerPCFan

    Force Quit: Bad or Good?

    I have a strange habit of force-quitting all of my apps by doing Cmd+Opt+Esc and pressing Enter a bunch. It's just convenient. But as long as all of my work is saved, is there any harm in force-quitting apps every single time I am done using them? Is it bad for my Mac? I just think doing a...
  2. S

    Chrome dead stop on Mojave and Big Sur. Mandatory IOS issue?

    Running Chrome on Mojave (desktop) Big Sur (laptop). No issues on either until Christmas Day. Started the system as always. Nothing new has been downloaded, and I know not to click on anything without review. Chrome started and locked up almost immediately. Waited a few minutes and was able to...
  3. jagooch

    Cannot Force Quit iTunes

    Occasionally, perhaps 3-4 times a week, iTunes will freeze up on me. Here is what happens I wake up my Macbook Pro I check the Dock and see the "dot" underneath the iTunes icon, which means that it is running. I click on the Dock icon and nothing happens. I right-click and select "show all...
  4. Squillace

    WhatsApp app prevents iMac from shutting down

    Hello, I'm using the WhatsApp official app to get my messages on my iMac while I'm at home, using it for a while now. Since a few months ago, the app keeps preventing the system from shutdown, like 7 in 10 times, when I want to turn off my iMac. The system closes every other app but stops on...
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  5. jonahke

    5K iMac problems since macOS Sierra

    Since the day I installed macOS Sierra on my 5K iMac I got several problems -When I want to shut down my iMac it get stuck on a black screen with the spinning beach ball. -When an app freezes and I force quit it, it won't restart (same with my Finder) -The beach ball appears with the easiest...
  6. S

    Safari crashes every time I quit.

    I can't quit Safari without it crashing. It seems to work fine while I'm using it, but as soon as I try to quit, it stops responding and I have to do a force quit. Any ideas?
  7. K

    Winebottler combo not opening

    Hi! It's not about the disclaimer of the "unknown developer" issue. The app doesn't even open on my mac. I use OS X 10.8.5 and I don't think upgrading to Sierra or El Capitan because I have apps that I still use with Mountain Lion and are not compatible with the latest OS X versions...
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