http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/unresponsive Questions tagged with 'unresponsive' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:28:40 -0800 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:28:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/106392/How%2Ddo%2Dyou%2Drecover%2Dan%2Dunresponsive%2Ddesktop%2Dunder%2DMac%2DOSX Is there any way to salvage a frozen/unresponsive desktop under Mac OSX? I've just been trying out Boxee and for some reason the desktop froze up and the mouse was unresponsive, and Command-Tab didn't work. <br> <br> However, some keys worked, like the iTunes control buttons on the keyboard (play, pause, volume, etc). It seems as if the computer was responding in the background and just the windows stopped responding.<br> <br> Is there any way to recover from this? Is there a command, or actionscript that can reset the desktop somehow? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.106392 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:28:40 -0800 frozen mac osx unresponsive stevanl