I am a switcher and new to OS X, what I have been noticing was when I close a app window (using the red "circle") in the app it closes the window. But seems to keep the application active in the background. I then go click the app again and do a command q. Is there a quicker/right way to close the app without having it a 2 step process (closing the window/then doing a cmd q)?
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Closing apps in OS X
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As LeahM said, you can simply press Command-Q without closing the window first. Alternatively, you can click on the application name in the menubar, and click Quit.
Ok thanks guys, I guess just a windows habit of closing it using the red circle. What is the benifit and or why does it keep the app active when you clikc the red circle? I would think when someone goes to close the window they mean to close the app too?
press Command+Tab to change application, then
press Command+Q to quit the application.
Nah, for some people it's more convent to leave the application running and just close the existing document. Say for example you need to open and edit multiple documents... On a windows system, this is one feature i wish for. Anyway, have fun! Perhaps eventually you'll wonder how you've managed?
press Command+Q to quit the application.
Nah, for some people it's more convent to leave the application running and just close the existing document. Say for example you need to open and edit multiple documents... On a windows system, this is one feature i wish for. Anyway, have fun! Perhaps eventually you'll wonder how you've managed?
If you want to keep the application running so that it doesn't take that 2 seconds longer to open when you need it, you can use Command-W to close the window.
For your tabbed browser:
Command-W : closes current tab
Command-Shift-W : closes current window
Command-Q : quits the application
I find these incredibly useful while using Camino/Firefox.
For your tabbed browser:
Command-W : closes current tab
Command-Shift-W : closes current window
Command-Q : quits the application
I find these incredibly useful while using Camino/Firefox.
I love it, when I'm listening to music, I don't like all the windows getting in the way so I just close the window but I still have my music in the background. Or if I'm downloading it works great.
I'm a recent switcher too and had to get used to it, but you'll get the hang of it soon enough
A few applications (such as iPhoto) quit when you close the application's window. The rule is (or at least should be in most cases), if the application has only one window, closing that window should quit the application. The reason the Mac is different than Windows in this way is due to the Finder, which has no equivalent in Windows. In Windows, the application has to be terminated when all of its associated windows are closed, because the application menus are on the window. All of which is probably more than you wanted to know!