is there a way, either globally or on an individual basis, to close an application automatically when all of that application's windows are closed? So like if I have 3 terminal windows open and close them all it would then quit the terminal application? Or maybe if i have 4 videos playing in quicktime....when I close those 4 videos there is no reason I need to still be using system resources (however few) and running the quicktime application right?
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closing apps when all windows are closed?
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for multi windowed apps use command-Q or right click on its dock icon and select quit.
for single windowed apps you only have to click the X to close the app e.g. iPhoto, System Preferences, Disk Utility, Dictionary...
the single windowed apps quit when your click the X as there is no way of opening a second window while in that app.
not quitting the app when clicking the X is very useful in for example Safari where you can close all the browser windows and have the download window still open, closing a document in Pages without quitting and keeping it open ready for another document.
this method of window management is far superior to windows as it allows your applications to still be open for future use without any window clutter. to do this in windows you have to minimise to the taskbar and this gets cluttered very quickly.
many apps have tried to use this method like AVs and utorrent in windows by using the notification bar when closing a window.
theres also hide (command-H) and hide all (command-option-H) which is very useful in window arrangement.
for single windowed apps you only have to click the X to close the app e.g. iPhoto, System Preferences, Disk Utility, Dictionary...
the single windowed apps quit when your click the X as there is no way of opening a second window while in that app.
not quitting the app when clicking the X is very useful in for example Safari where you can close all the browser windows and have the download window still open, closing a document in Pages without quitting and keeping it open ready for another document.
this method of window management is far superior to windows as it allows your applications to still be open for future use without any window clutter. to do this in windows you have to minimise to the taskbar and this gets cluttered very quickly.
many apps have tried to use this method like AVs and utorrent in windows by using the notification bar when closing a window.
theres also hide (command-H) and hide all (command-option-H) which is very useful in window arrangement.
Thanks, I never knew that. It is much more efficient than selecting each dock icon (plus it looks cooler).