When your computer starts acting up, locking up or freezing up, it can be immensely satisfying to punish its disobedience by unplugging it, usually while cursing at the machine. But, if you want to keep using the computer, limit yourself to cursing. Yanking the plug (or removing a laptop’s battery) stops the computer dead instantly, giving it no time to stop the hard drive or pause whatever it might have been doing.
Data corruption, or worse, can easily result, especially on older systems. Instead, if the computer won’t respond to any of your inputs, push and hold in its power button. After a few seconds, a Mac or PC should shut down for you, a less jarring procedure than an instant loss of power.
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