image
image

Go Back   macosx.com > Mac Help Forums > Mac OS X System & Mac Software

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1  
Old June 10th, 2006, 06:37 PM
gmiles's Avatar
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 7
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
gmiles is on a distinguished road
Angry What is the equivalent of ctrl-alt-del on a mac?

So when I use front row.. certain .avi files, when just browsing, completely lock the machine up ( I guess it's having a problem displaying them in the preview screen)... I have to unplug the machine.. So how do I get out... no key combos that I can figure out work.. not apple/esc (the way I get into FR)
Any help is appreciated as this is getting me really aggravated with my first apple.

Thanks,

GM
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old June 10th, 2006, 07:02 PM
Mikuro's Avatar
Crotchety UI Nitpicker
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,682
Thanks: 6
Thanked 53 Times in 48 Posts
Mikuro will become famous soon enough
Command-option-escape should do it. If not, try command-option-shift-escape. You'll see under the Apple menu that "Force Quit" has this shortcut. Normally, it will bring up a window that will let you choose which app to force-quit; if you hold down Shift, it will silently force-quit the frontmost app.
__________________
Mac mini — 1.25GHz G4, 1GB RAM — OS 10.5.8

Useful programs: Privoxy, Butler, ffmpegX, VLC, Perian, Tofu, Wcalc
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old June 10th, 2006, 08:09 PM
MrNivit1's Avatar
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Somewhere in Cyberspace
Posts: 204
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
MrNivit1 is on a distinguished road
Neat trick with the "shift" key. Didn't know that, will save me a few secs. when Word hangs...
__________________
Powerbook G4 17"-1.33 Ghz, 1GB, 80GB, OS 10.4.7.
B&W G3, 192 MB, 36GB, OS 10.4.2.
iPod 5 GB -> Died.
series of older Macs going all the way
back to the still working SE.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old June 10th, 2006, 08:30 PM
nixgeek's Avatar
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 8,378
Thanks: 29
Thanked 142 Times in 126 Posts
nixgeek is a jewel in the roughnixgeek is a jewel in the roughnixgeek is a jewel in the rough
Hmm....using the Shift with Cmd-Option-Esc didn't work for me and I'm running 10.4.6.
__________________
Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11/Ubuntu 9.10
Asus Eee PC 901 (1.6 GHz Atom N270) - Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04
Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1
"JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 13
"Kidbuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 9.04
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Ctrl+Alt+Del psycht Boot Camp & OS Virtualization on Mac 17 June 28th, 2009 10:08 PM
Safari -- Firefox CTRL-ENTER equivalent? phinsman Mac OS X System & Mac Software 4 November 19th, 2005 07:41 AM
Remap ctrl as ctrl-click? ShadowTech Mac OS X System & Mac Software 0 October 1st, 2005 10:05 AM
ctrl + finder istyan Mac OS X System & Mac Software 8 January 22nd, 2005 05:36 PM
ctrl+mouse problem lumikko Mac OS X System & Mac Software 1 November 18th, 2003 02:16 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:16 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1
Copyright 2000-2010 DigitalCrowd, Inc.