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How to kill a zombie process on a mac

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Mar 15, 202633060 views
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How to kill a zombie process or find it's parent process on a Mac using the Terminal?

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Hack Saw says: Sadly, it appears that killing of zombies is all about killing the parent, and if the parent is /sbin/launchd, you can kill it only with rebooting. It would be a Very Bad Idea to kill , but you can tell it to HUP. Try That will cause …

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