Restarting Mac - these options are available

If your Mac is giving you problems or slowing down, you can clean up the memory via a reboot to fix errors. There are several ways to reboot your Mac - such as the manual reboot or the option via Terminal.

Mac: Benefits of restarting

You may find that your computer slows down after a long period of use. Especially if you restart it rarely, a lot of applications may accumulate in the ram memory. This causes the Mac to slow down or hang. In this case, there are several ways to restart the computer. This will fix various problems.

How to restart your Mac

1. You can restart your Mac from the menu bar. To do so, go to the Apple icon in the top left corner. Now click on the button for "Restart".
2. Select the key combination "Ctrl" + "Command" + "Power button" to force the restart.
3. Optionally, open a dialog box with "Ctrl" + "Power button" and then select "Restart". You can also open this dialog box with "Ctrl" + "Media Eject Key".
4. Another way to start your Mac is via Terminal. Open this.
5. Here you must now enter "shutdown -r now". Sie können jedoch auch „reboot“ oder „reboot -q“ eingeben, um den Mac neu zu starten. Sobald Sie mit „Enter“ bestätigen, wird Ihr Mac neu gestartet.