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Even though Apple recommends that you restart your Mac by going to   > Restart, sometimes you want to do it directly from the Terminal.

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Here’s how:

  1. While at the Terminal prompt, type: sudo shutdown -r now
  2. That’s it. 

The computer will restart as normal.

You can learn other ways to restart your Mac by going to Apple’s official help document here.

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