Help! Had My First Panther Freeze-Up

[Capt Underpants]

Hello fellow MR members. I switched to the mac a couple of months ago, and i just now had my first panther freeze-up. It completely froze. No mouse movement, the dock froze while magnified, and I got the cool rainbow spinning thingy. Had this happened on my Xp machine, I would've control alt deleted and gotten out of the mess. However, since switching to the mac, I don't know what to do when it crashes.

What are some useful keyboard shortcuts to help me out in the rare occasion my mac does crash. Also, I am thinking my PB just needed a reboot. I can't remember that last time i rebooted it, but it was over a week. Could that've been the problem?

Anyways, i just need some helpful MAc OSX tips and keyboard shortcuts for when the machine hangs. Any help would be appreciated. Also, some helpful maintenance tips would be appreciated. Thanks

Pete

 

[saturnk1]

Try Command/Option/Esc - press them at the same time. It will bring up ur force quit menu - the application that is frozen will be red.

I hope this is what you meant.

 

[Capt Underpants]

Try Command/Option/Esc - press them at the same time. It will bring up ur force quit menu - the application that is frozen will be red.

I hope this is what you meant.

that'll work. I was just looking for anything, as I had to push the power button to shut it down because I didn't know any key commands.