Apple boasts some of the most efficient laptops, smartphones, and accessories in the tech world. However, intensive uses and some other factors could cause your device to freeze. Don’t worry; some of us have all been there when this happens. There are a couple of things you could do to get it back up and running in no time. This article will go over the proven ways to force restart a MacBook, MacBook Air, and a MacBook Pro. Please read on.
First things first, you must understand that forced shutdown is never nice, but that’s sometimes necessary to make the device back to a working state.
What is Factory reset, shutting down, and restarting your laptop?
When you hard reset macbook pro, it results in erasing all of your data, which can be a good thing to do when you’re troubleshooting or selling your Mac. This implies deleting the data you created, installing applications, and wiping the hard drive. A factory reset ultimately reinstalls macOS. You’d want to consider a factory reset only during extreme troubleshooting procedures or selling your computer.
Shutting down
This process shuts down your MacBook Pro and stops all running programs on the device.
Restart
Unlike a factory reset, Restart reinstalls your operating system and apps and cleans out the active memory that programs run in. You won’t lose any data or change anything about how your MacBook Pro runs.
Read on and see what methods can be applied on Mac devices, MacBooks, and MacBook Airs.
How to force restart MacBook Pro using the Apple Menu
Start by clicking the Apple icon on the top-left side of your screen. Select Restart from the list.
If you are happy with reopening your running apps when your computer comes back up, Check the box next to “Reopen windows when logging back.” Next, select Restart.
How to Force Restart Mac using the keyboard
Suppose you have trouble using your mouse; don’t worry, your keyboard can also get the job done. Here is how:
This process will work only on your MacBook Pro. Press down the Control + Command + power/eject/Touch ID button simultaneously until your computer screen darkens. This will prompt the restart sound to play. Release the buttons after the sound plays to restart your Mac.
You’d want to press down the Control + eject button on other models to prompt the shutdown dialog box before selecting Restart.
If none of these work, you can Force Restart your computer by pressing down Control + Option + Command + the power/eject/Touch ID button.
How to Hard Reset MacBook pro: When is it necessary?
The Mac OS is considered one of the most reliable and secure operating systems on the market. However, users might experience some issues with it. To troubleshoot these errors, Apple provides a few recovery methods. Let’s take a look at how to fix the following problems: Your MacBook is slow when opening files.
If you find that opening folders takes excessive time, you’re experiencing file access problems. You can either restart or shut down your laptop completely to resolve this issue. After that, you can attempt to open folders manually. If you see a black screen for a while before proceeding, you’ll have to hold the Shift key while clicking on the Finder icon.
This will force Mac OS X to display the main menu of folders. Click on the Applications folder, and wait for Mac OS to open the system files. Then, click on “Relaunch” and wait until it finishes. You should notice that the folder opens much faster than usual. If you face more issues, you may need to reinstall macOS and your personal data.
