To quit (close) a Mac app normally, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar, or press Command (⌘)-Q. If the app doesn't quit, follow these steps to force the app to quit.

1. Mac Crashed During Microsoft Word Document
2. Graphics Device Crashed
3. Oops The Game Crashed

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How to force an app to quit

• If the problem still occurs, quit Microsoft Word, and restore the file to its original location. Then, go to the next step. If the problem seems to be resolved, you can move the com.microsoft.Word.plist file to the trash. Quit all Microsoft Office for Mac programs. On the Go menu, click Home. Open Library.
• There is one more way of finding the file if the Word app has crashed: go to the Finder to check if the file locates in the Documents folder. To access the Microsoft Word auto recovery files on Mac OS X, go to your user profile - Documents- Microsoft User Data.
• Excel for Office 365 for Mac PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2016 for Mac PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Excel for Mac 2011 PowerPoint for Mac 2011 More. Less AutoRecover, a feature that is available in some Office applications, attempts to recover files automatically in the event of an application or system crash.
• Whether your Mac crashed or froze, you forgot to save, or you accidentally clicked on delete, all might not be lost. We'll show you how you can recover that vanished Word document.
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1. Press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC. Or choose Force Quit from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.
   
2. Select the app in the Force Quit window, then click Force Quit.
   

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• You can also force the Finder to quit, if it stops responding. Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch.
• If none of your apps are responding, you can force your Mac to restart.
• You can also force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Last Updated: November 7, 2019

Mac Crashed During Microsoft Word Document

ISSUE

Graphics Device Crashed

After upgrading to Catalina (OSX 15.0), Word crashes when creating or opening a doc. This is an issue caused by the WordRake add-in.

STATUS: FIXED

Oops The Game Crashed

To address this, WordRake has released an update that you can download here. Alternatively, you can just remove the add-in to fix the issue.

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