On 21-Apr-08, at 09:07 , Tim Streater wrote: > Instead of power cycling the Mac, can you use the "Force quit ..." > entry on the Apple Menu? If the menu bar is unresponsive, you can try Option-Command-Escape to bring up the force quit menu. Sometimes Command-Tab will also move you out of the 'locked' application -- all worth trying. Alan Hawrylyshen