How To Force Restart/Shutdown Macbook Pro/Air (2023)

Learn how to force restart Macbook Pro/Air using 3 ways. You can use power button to force restart without saving any work. You can use keyboard shortcuts to save and force restart Macbook pro/air.

[naturalbby]

1. POWER BUTTON HOLD FOR A FEW SECONDS AND RELEASE

2. CONTROL+OPTION+COMMAND+POWER BUTTON(ONCE)

3. CONTROL+COMMAND+POWER BUTTON(ONCE)

[hyejw]

DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH I ACTUALLY FORGOT THE POWER BUTTON EVER EXISTED

edit: its been like a year and i cant believe ppl still come here to comment

[candygal]

Omg thank you for this, I started crying when I couldn’t turn it off. THANK YOU!

[rickroll]

Less than 30 seconds and you told me how to fix it. Thank you so much😭

[leannereilly]

OMG I HAD NO IDEA THE TOUCH I.D. SENSOR WAS ALSO A HOME BUTTON WHAT ON EARTH! Thank you so much 😩🙏🏻

[OnePieceGaming]

TYSM! IT WORKED, I WAS CRYING THAT I COULDNT SHUT DOWN MY MAC BOOK, TYSM! YOUR A LIFE SAVER

[Lalaoodelul]

THIS SAVED ME SO MUCH MY MAC WAS GLITCHING AND I COULNDT CONTROL IT AND WHEN I SHUT IT DOWN IT STOPPED AND BECAME NORMAL TYSMM

[milanbhandari]

Many many thanks dear.. i am in real trouble on my mac book pro 2021.. u saved my time 🙏

[waffle]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MY FINAL GRADES ARE TOMORROW AND I HAD TO DO ASSINGMENTS I WAS SO STRESSED

[jyotbedia]

THX SO MUCH BRO, MY MAC WAS STUCK AND I WAS VERY WORRIED BUT U SOLVED IT,

[frostonstix]

thanks man i thought my macbook was fu*ked😂

[aabharathva]

Thank you so much
You come like ray of sunshine in my rainy life

[mikedeee]

Thank you :-) power button for five seconds did the restart for me

[mikemontemurro]

Thank you, I did not even know that button was there. You saved me at work.

[yerielchristian]

OMG YOUR SUCH A JENIUS THAMK YOU SO MUCH MY LAPTOP FREEZING I CAN'T PRESS ANYTHING WITH MY MOUSE AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH

[elshaddai]

Thank you so much!!! It's so weird that the power button isn't marked in any way.

[mayanknitinmahajan]

Thanku so much me and my bro were freaking out ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏

[Jeenaaaa]

OMG THANKYOU SO MUCH I WAS SO WORRIED THINKING THAT MY MAC WAS BROKEN

[foinsahjam]

Thanks bro its working watching from.Cameroon 🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲💓💓💓💓💓💓💎💎🌟🌟🌟

[RubyTsai]

YOUR A LITERAL LIFE SAVER!!!! OMG I wAS FREAKING OUT