Write an article based on this "Determine the severity of your Mac's condition. Try force-quitting an application. Try to save any open work. Find your Mac's "Power" button. Press and hold the "Power" button. Release the "Power" button when the screen goes black. Turn back on your Mac after a minute."
If your Mac is so frozen that you can't interact with any on-screen items or even move the cursor, skip the next two steps. If you can still interact with some of the on-screen items, you may want to try force-quitting the program that's causing your Mac to freeze. If your Mac froze after you opened a specific application, you can try force-quitting the application by doing the following: Press Command+ Option+Esc to bring up the Force Quit window. Click the program you want to force-quit. Click Force Quit at the bottom of the window. Click Force Quit if prompted. If you've determined that you're unable to force-quit the problematic program, try saving any in-progress work in any responsive programs. You can usually do this by pressing Command+S while in the program's window. Since forcing your Mac to shut down will also cause all open programs to close, you may lose unsaved work. Many programs, such as those in the Microsoft Office suite, will save a backup of your work that you can restore upon restarting your Mac. Most Macs have a physical button with the "Power" {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/5\/5d\/Windowspower.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/5\/5d\/Windowspower.png\/30px-Windowspower.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":460,"bigWidth":"30","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I edited this screenshot of a Windows icon.
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<\/p><\/div>"} icon that you can press to turn off your Mac: MacBook without Touch Bar The "Power" key is in the top-right side of the keyboard. MacBook with Touch Bar The "Power" button is the Touch ID section on the far-right side of the Touch Bar. iMac You'll find the "Power" button behind the lower-left side of the iMac's screen. Once you've found the "Power" button, press down on it and don't release it until the screen turns off. This signifies that your Mac has turned off. It may take your Mac up to a minute to finish turning off completely, so make sure that your Mac has stopped making noise before you proceed. Once your Mac has shut down entirely, you can press the "Power" button once to turn back on your Mac. When it finishes restarting, your Mac should be unfrozen. If your Mac is still frozen after restarting, try troubleshooting your Mac.