You can turn the Activity Monitor icon in your Dock into a live performance graph so you never have to "open" the app to see how your Mac is doing:
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In the (sidebar), click Add Keyboard Shortcut and press your desired key combination. 3. The "Force Quit" Menu activity monitor mac shortcut
If your only goal is to kill a frozen app and you don't care about monitoring CPU usage, this is the immediate shortcut you need. It brings up a simple "Force Quit Applications" window. Select the frozen app and click . You can turn the Activity Monitor icon in
| Action | Shortcut | |--------|----------| | | Cmd + Q | | Hide Activity Monitor | Cmd + H | | Hide others | Cmd + Opt + H | | Close window | Cmd + W | | Minimize window | Cmd + M | | Open Activity Monitor preferences | Cmd + , | It brings up a simple "Force Quit Applications" window