Special key combinations – Apple Power Macintosh 9500 Series User Manual

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Special key combinations

If difficulties with your mouse or computer don’t allow you to use standard
methods of quitting a program or restarting your computer, you can try using
these special key combinations.

To do this...

…press this key combination

Force a program to quit

x

-Option-Esc

Force the computer to restart

x

-Control-Power key

Here are other key combinations you may find useful.

To do this...

…press this key combination

Start a “debugging” application used by software programmers*

x

-Power key

Start the computer from a CD-ROM disc

C key (at startup)

Rebuild desktop

Shift key (while starting up)

release, then hold Option-

x

*If you do not have a debugging program installed, your screen displays a caret prompt (>). To return to the desktop,
type “G.”

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