How can the Task Manager in Windows or Force Quit in macOS close frozen, suspended, unresponding programs instantly. What do they do different than clicking the X button in the corner?
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IIRC clicking the X is basically sending the program a request to close. If it freezes, or is running slow/bogged down with other shit, it might take a while if it happens at all. Sometimes it might need to get through the other stuff on it’s list first. If it’s completely bugged out, it may just not respond properly.
Task Manager just forcibly closes the program. You could say they are akin to something like being sent a letter of eviction vs being escorted out by law enforcement.
However there are times when something borked so badly that TM doesn’t work either. I am not sure if the two OS handle things differently, but I have a hunch, because I’ve had much more consistent results with Force Quit in the past than with TM. Maybe because the stuff I’ve done in those systems was different. I’ve had way fewer instances of FQ not actually forcibly quitting something than TM ending tasks unsuccessfully.
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