Timeline for What's the Mac equivalent for CTR+ALT+Backspace on Linux?
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| Feb 24, 2012 at 14:37 | vote | accept | Kheldar | ||
| Feb 7, 2012 at 0:36 | comment | added | Fake Name | @Jason Salaz - I probably used 'Force Quit' more then five times yesterday alone. Admittedly, I'm rarely in a situation similar to the OP's, where I need to forcibly re-take control of the keyboard, but it does happen. In particular, in my case, I have an issue where the Dock-Spaces-Switcher gets in contention with Apple Remote Desktop, and as a result, the Dock app begins swallowing all key-presses. It results in a situation where even Cmd+Opt+Shift+Esc no longer works, and the only option is a reboot. | |
| Feb 7, 2012 at 0:27 | comment | added | Jason Salaz | I have never had a scenario where I've needed a Ctrl+Alt+Del, except Kernel Panics, in which case it tells you to use the button and that's not hard. (Plus, when the kernel panic screen occurs, the keyboard is worthless anyways.) | |
| S Feb 7, 2012 at 0:15 | history | suggested | CyberSkull | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Option, not Alt.
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| Feb 1, 2012 at 6:04 | comment | added | Fake Name | Frankly, apple really needs a ctrl+alt+delete equivalent. On windows, ctrl+alt+delete will aggressively grab control of the screen back from the running application, letting you then get to a working desktop-view again. The fact that there is not such a facility on apple devices is an ongoing issue, at least for me. | |
| Feb 1, 2012 at 6:02 | comment | added | Fake Name | The fact that these shortcuts are not better-known is one of the ongoing issues with macs. Everyone knows Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but the mac equivalent is nearly unknown. Yet in my experience, i experience a roughtly equal number of crashes on each platform (it largely comes down to the software, not the platform itself). As such, people generally wind up rebooting their macs far more often then one would have to reboot the equivalent windows computer. | |
| Jan 31, 2012 at 21:40 | comment | added | Harv | @Fake Name - wow! I didn't know about the 2nd command. Very nice. | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 17:08 | comment | added | daviesgeek | Whoa! That second command is powerful! Thank you so much for revealing that handy little secret. It is very helpful. | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 14:06 | comment | added | Stu Wilson | Dang, havent played Eve in like 8 years | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 13:36 | comment | added | Kheldar | Well, thanks for the answer. I'll mark it accepted as soon as I get a new hang and can test it. Given Eve's stability, it should not be long :D | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 13:32 | history | answered | Fake Name | CC BY-SA 3.0 |