So, apparently Lion has removed the Quit confirmation in Safari.

[benguild]

Try accidentally hitting Cmd+Q while uploading a video. Yay.

Is there any way to turn this back on? I have auto-resume disabled.

 

[C64]

This used to worked in Snow Leopard. Run in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ConfirmClosingMultiplePages 1

Haven't tested on Lion, so no idea if it works.

 

[benguild]

This used to worked in Snow Leopard. Run in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ConfirmClosingMultiplePages 1

Haven't tested on Lion, so no idea if it works.

Doesn't work

 

[danpass]

If I re-open Safari everything comes back to where it was; the same pages, same tabs, etc.

Is that auto-resume?

 

[tootall]

It's odd, in my case quitting while downloading always results with a confirmation in Safari (I am running the latest Lion update).

 

[QuarterSwede]

This doesn't help your specific issue but you can disable or enable auto-resume on a per app basis.

To disable - From Mac OS X Hints:

Open in Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and type:

defaults write com.[vendor].[AppName] ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES

For example with Safari you'd type this:

defaults write com.apple.Safari ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES

If you've got auto-resume off system wide then to enable per app just change YES to NO.

If I re-open Safari everything comes back to where it was; the same pages, same tabs, etc.

Is that auto-resume?

That's auto-resume.

 

[benguild]

This works:
defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true

But if you do this:
defaults write com.apple.Safari ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES

... It doesn't. — So don't do the second one.

 

[benguild]

OK, this is really starting to piss me off.

Today I was filling out a long form on a website.
Accidentally hit Apple+Q instead of Apple+Tab to switch Apps ... BOOM, everything gone. Sure, it reloaded a fresh copy of the page when I reopened ... but WTF!!!

 

[WytRaven]

OK, this is really starting to piss me off.

Today I was filling out a long form on a website.
Accidentally hit Apple+Q instead of Apple+Tab to switch Apps ... BOOM, everything gone. Sure, it reloaded a fresh copy of the page when I reopened ... but WTF!!!

OMG... So you can't operate a keyboard correctly and that means that everyone else using Mac OS should be encumbered by an unnecessary extra step every time they want to close a browser? Yeah, damn you Apple. Damn you to hell.

 

[Dale Sorel]

Interesting... you can set Chrome to warn you before quitting

 

[paulsalter]

OMG... So you can't operate a keyboard correctly and that means that everyone else using Mac OS should be encumbered by an unnecessary extra step every time they want to close a browser? Yeah, damn you Apple. Damn you to hell.

Have you heard of options?, just like we had in snow leopard

It's no extra step for you because you have the option turned off, those that want the confirmation have the option turned on

 

[benguild]

OMG... So you can't operate a keyboard correctly and that means that everyone else using Mac OS should be encumbered by an unnecessary extra step every time they want to close a browser? Yeah, damn you Apple. Damn you to hell.

They removed a useful feature.

 

[3bs]

They removed a useful feature.

I know exactly how you feel! For the people who don't want to be asked if they want to close or not they can just turn it off but now the people who do want it don't have it. I just started a thread asking about it because I didn't see your thread here

 

[phunkie]

Hello,
I encountered similar behaviour, really not sure what Mac OS X team was thinking about when they removed this feature. Safari sucks anyway, Chrome is like light years ahead in terms of UI.

Nevertheless, I have to use Safari sometimes, here's a quick workaround for Command-Q ordeal: go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Application shortcuts, Add a shortcut for Safari "Quit Safari":

Done! No more accidental escapes.