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[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Steven Rogers <srogers1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> 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

Certainly not. You're quite right, Steven - the underlying problem needs
to fixed. But in the meantime, killing a frozen application is still
better than turning off your Mac's power, and back on.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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