Application freezing unexpectedly

4.5

The app becomes completely unresponsive (hangs) and you have to force-close it.

Symptoms
  • "Not Responding" title bar
  • Spinning wait cursor
  • UI doesn't update
Possible Causes
  • Deadlock in code
  • Waiting for network/disk
  • Infinite loop

Step-by-Step Fix

1

Wait 60 Seconds

The app might be performing a heavy task; give it a minute to recover.

2

Check Network Connection

If the app is waiting for a server response, it may appear frozen.

3

Force Quit

Use Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) or Activity Monitor to kill the process.

When to See a Technician

Frequent freezing is often a sign of a slow hard drive (HDD) struggling to keep up with data requests.

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