Welcome back to the blog. As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been participating in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. The goal of the event is to write a 50,000 word novel in the month. Everyone who writes 50,000 words wins. The good news it that I won! In fact, I blew it out of the park, hitting the 50,000 word mark on November 21. I have spent the week or so since then editing my first draft. The bad news is, the event was so time consuming that it kept me away from blogging.
So here I am, back with a short post to whet your appetite.
I am sure that any longtime Windows user know the three finger salute. The app you are running locks up. Maybe the misbehaving app locks up your whole computer. Hold down these three keys, Control, Alt and Delete, simultaneously, and you may be able to close the bad app and regain control of your computer.
Is there a Mac equivalent? It turns out that there is. Say it with me everyone: Command, Option, Escape. What does it do? It opens the Force Quit dialogue box. Scroll to your misbehaving app, then klick "Force Quit". Usually this will shutdown the bad app and restore full control to your computer. There is another way to reach the Force Quit dialogue box. It is quite rare for a troubled app to completely lock down a Mac. Usually you can mouse out of the bad app. If you can, mouse over to the Apple Menu (top left of the screen), click the Apple, then select Force Quit.
If you are running a full screen app, the Apple Menu may not be on your screen. It can usually still be accessed by moving your mouse to the top left, causing the menu bar to drop down. If not, say it with me again people: Command, Option, Escape!
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