what to do when full screen app's freeze?

[orijinal]

i've had warcraft 3 freeze on me a couple times, and the only way i've gotten out of it was to hard shutdown my powerbook (hold down the power button)

is there any other way i could be safer when getting out of this jam?

 

[neocell]

Holding down option + command (apple) + escape should bring up the Force Quit Applications window, then you can choose the appropriate application to quit, if the keyboard is still active.

 

[robbieduncan]

ssh in from another machine and kill the process?

 

[SummerBreeze]

Could you use Exposè to get to another app and then cmd+tab+q to warcraft to quit it? I know that neocell already gave you the best advice, but I was just wondering if that would work as well.

 

[hopejr]

ssh in from another machine and kill the process?

that's what i do. sometimes the force quit window doesn't appear infront (it pops up behind with some full screen apps).

 

[DarkNetworks]

i've had warcraft 3 freeze on me a couple times, and the only way i've gotten out of it was to hard shutdown my powerbook (hold down the power button)

is there any other way i could be safer when getting out of this jam?

Pull out the battery...