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Stop a process within an application?
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Mac Elite
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Aug 13, 2003, 10:10 AM
 
Stop a process within an application? Now that would be a useful feature!!!!!

Is there anyway of doing this now? UNIX?
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 10:24 AM
 
I don't know if it is possible but you probably could stop one of the thread process.

Most apps are badly threaded so it probably will be a better idea if you force-quit the app and then relaunch. Most app launch very fast in OS X so..
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 11:02 AM
 
Hmmm .... a thread killer. Thanks for the info!
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 11:38 AM
 
a useful process to kill would be whatever happens when a connected server drops out - is it in the finder or somewhere else?
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 12:45 PM
 
Originally posted by GENERAL_SMILEY:
a useful process to kill would be whatever happens when a connected server drops out - is it in the finder or somewhere else?
or when safari hangs on an apple webpage, which 30 seconds ago it did for me
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 02:25 PM
 
command period?
does that still work?
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 03:30 PM
 
Command Period seems to be an OS9 thing.
     
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Aug 13, 2003, 04:12 PM
 
Well, command-period stops a process running in Terminal, so it isn't entirely an OS 9 thing.

     
   
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