Automatic Force Quit @ shutdown

[blaaat]

When i try to shutdown my mac, i always have to press Force Quit buttons,
Texteditor that keeps asking to save things (if i want to save, I'll, i don't want to be rememberd), terminal does the same with running commands.

Is there a way to make OSX just shutdown without futher questions?

Sander

 

[alexprice]

When i try to shutdown my mac, i always have to press Force Quit buttons,
Texteditor that keeps asking to save things (if i want to save, I'll, i don't want to be rememberd), terminal does the same with running commands.

Is there a way to make OSX just shutdown without futher questions?

Sander

Why not just put it to sleep?

 

[atszyman]

When i try to shutdown my mac, i always have to press Force Quit buttons,
Texteditor that keeps asking to save things (if i want to save, I'll, i don't want to be rememberd), terminal does the same with running commands.

Is there a way to make OSX just shutdown without futher questions?

Sander

From a terminal prompt

:shutdown -h now

 

[blaaat]

with shutdown -h now, i always have to sudo in, which takes another few seconds, is there a way to do this from the 'normal' shutdown options?

 

[atszyman]

with shutdown -h now, i always have to sudo in, which takes another few seconds, is there a way to do this from the 'normal' shutdown options?

I doubt it. The normal shutdown is setup to allow people to save/exit apps gracefully so that tech support doesn't have to deal with irrate users who deleted their 40+ page paper because they shutdown the computer without saving.

There may be third party programs/hacks that allow it but nothing sanctioned by Apple I'd guess.

 

[mkrishnan]

You could make a shell script with

sudo shutdown -h now

...in it. Then, if you put it in the dock, you can click on it, password in, and you're set.

Otherwise, I also have to ask... if your situation is that you need to shut down so quickly that a few seconds are crucial, why not just put your mac to sleep instead? Faster than any shutdown method.