On May 22, 2005, at 2:11 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > Force quitting the application doesn't work? Then you might also try > opening the Terminal and typing: . . . . > > kill -9 PID But if you're having to kill -9 a process more than once or twice, then something else is seriously wrong. Don't think of kill as a "fix" for a process that habitually hangs up. Its a way to get control of your machine and get to a clean reboot. SR