Help my Mac is dead!

Paul G · Paul G #1 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 04:23 PM

Ok not actually dead but its frozen with iTunes and Firefox open and i cant force quit or anything, what should i do??

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #2 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 04:29 PM

Restart? That usually solves the problem.

Paul G · Paul G #3 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 04:32 PM

i cant click on the apple to restart, turned it off and on again using the button but it booted up to same point! Lucky i bullied my dad into buying himself a mac mini (which im using now lol). Would have used ctrl alt delete on my pc, any mac equivalents?

Paul G · Paul G #4 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 04:41 PM

its fixed itself, magic! But what do i do if it happens again? is there a ctrl alt del like on windoze?

bryphotoguy · bryphotoguy #5 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 04:49 PM

Holding the power button till it shuts off....
I don't know the short cut. I thought it was Apple, shift, escape in OS 9 but I haven't found it to work is OS X. I've also never had it hang like that either. I can always right click to force quit.

The Vindicat3d · The Vindicat3d #6 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 07:06 PM

command option esc is the equivalent to ctrl alt delete

ViriiGuy · ViriiGuy #7 (**permalink**)

03-07-2008, 07:51 PM

Don't run Firefox, unfortunately.
I love Firefox, however I have found that under leopard it is very unstable. Firefox often crashed my mac, but nothing else ever did. I switched to Safari and poof no more crashes.

Paul G · Paul G #8 (**permalink**)

03-08-2008, 03:58 AM

Ah right cheers! I liked safari but i thought firefox was ment to be better! Oh well i might switch bk too! Thanks

biffyiffy · biffyiffy #9 (**permalink**)

03-08-2008, 05:34 AM

Ive had FF crash alot lately. Must be the newest version (2.0.0.12) because I dont remember having this many problems before I updated to this.

Ive tried Safari and its ok, but man alive, whats with the ridiculous amount of ram it eats up? If I leave it open for a day or so Ive seem it upwards of 500mb+ of real ram usage.

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Member Since: Apr 04, 2007 Location: Durtburg, WV Posts: 2,641 Mac Specs: Sooper Fast!	03-07-2008, 04:29 PM Restart? That usually solves the problem. Chaotic Evil, Level 1 IT-Tech Slough Roast Blog Capitol Sound Blog
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bryphotoguy #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 02, 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,978 Mac Specs: Quad 2.8GHz Mac Pro, Edge iPhone	03-07-2008, 04:49 PM Holding the power button till it shuts off.... I don't know the short cut. I thought it was Apple, shift, escape in OS 9 but I haven't found it to work is OS X. I've also never had it hang like that either. I can always right click to force quit. January 2008 Member of the Month
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Paul G #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 40	03-07-2008, 04:23 PM Ok not actually dead but its frozen with iTunes and Firefox open and i cant force quit or anything, what should i do??
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Paul G #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 40	03-07-2008, 04:41 PM its fixed itself, magic! But what do i do if it happens again? is there a ctrl alt del like on windoze?
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The Vindicat3d #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 985 Mac Specs: Black MacBook- 2.2GHz, 1gb RAM, 160GB, Double-Layer Superdrive.	03-07-2008, 07:06 PM command option esc is the equivalent to ctrl alt delete
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ViriiGuy #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 15, 2008 Location: Knoxville Tn. Posts: 173 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro \| 2.8Ghz C2D \| 4 Gigs Ram \| 512 Meg 9600 GT \| 320 Gig Hdd	03-07-2008, 07:51 PM Don't run Firefox, unfortunately. I love Firefox, however I have found that under leopard it is very unstable. Firefox often crashed my mac, but nothing else ever did. I switched to Safari and poof no more crashes.
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Paul G #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 40	03-08-2008, 03:58 AM Ah right cheers! I liked safari but i thought firefox was ment to be better! Oh well i might switch bk too! Thanks
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biffyiffy #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 05, 2006 Posts: 96	03-08-2008, 05:34 AM Ive had FF crash alot lately. Must be the newest version (2.0.0.12) because I dont remember having this many problems before I updated to this. Ive tried Safari and its ok, but man alive, whats with the ridiculous amount of ram it eats up? If I leave it open for a day or so Ive seem it upwards of 500mb+ of real ram usage.
	QUOTE Thanks

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