“Three-fingered salute”

Instead of pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete to jettison a stuck program on the Mac, you press Option-“Three-fingered salute”-Esc. A Force Quit dialog box appears. Click the program you want to toss, click Force Quit, confirm your choice, and then relaunch the program to get on with your day.

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