Check the box next to the apps you want to update.
CleanMyMac X (the app is available for a free download here) allows you, with a couple of clicks, to check multiple apps for updates at the same time, then, with another click, update them. If not, clicking on the menu will normally display an option to check for updates. If the app was downloaded from the App Store, you could check it there. And the first step in that process is to check to see if you're running the latest version. The first thing you should do after you restart is try and figure out why the application was misbehaving.
Go to Applications > Utilities and double-click Activity Monitor to launch it.However, it can also quit those processes and force quit the apps running them. Use Activity MonitorĪctivity Monitor is designed to allow you to monitor the performance of processes on your Mac. Don't worry there are other things you can try.
Sometimes none of the options above works, and the app carries on hanging. What to do when an application won't force quit See if that one works: hold down the Option key and right-click the app's icon. If you hold down Option and click on an app in the Dock, you will see an extra option for Force Quit.