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From: OP on 20 Mar 2010 14:42 "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in message news:jollyroger-4482F5.13311420032010(a)news.individual.net... > In article <michelle-9CD0D7.10093620032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > >> In article <Wk6pn.16365$3D3.742(a)newsfe19.iad>, >> "OP" <Otto.Philips(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > >> Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps >> > >> under >> > >> 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? >> > > >> > > You could write a simple Applescript to do it. >> > >> > Maybe he's not a programmer. So your answer should have been, "No". >> >> This might do it: >> >> tell application "System Events" >> close (application processes whose background only is false) >> end tell > > Right. > > Or, if you want to be really fancy, and choose specifically which > applications you want to quit: > > -- begin script > tell application "System Events" > set appList to the name of every application process whose > background only is false > end tell > > choose from list appList with title "Quit Applications" with prompt > "Quit these applications:" OK button name "Quit Selected" with multiple > selections allowed > > repeat with nextApp in the result > tell application nextApp to quit > end repeat > -- end script I think the OP, (Hey!!! He has my name) said, "Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps ". "Quick way" to me means pushing two keys. Not writing Apple code.
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Mar 2010 14:47 In article <4G8pn.18349$yk1.1098(a)newsfe20.iad>, "OP" <Otto.Philips(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in message > news:jollyroger-4482F5.13311420032010(a)news.individual.net... > > In article <michelle-9CD0D7.10093620032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > >> In article <Wk6pn.16365$3D3.742(a)newsfe19.iad>, > >> "OP" <Otto.Philips(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps > >> > >> under > >> > >> 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? > >> > > > >> > > You could write a simple Applescript to do it. > >> > > >> > Maybe he's not a programmer. So your answer should have been, "No". > >> > >> This might do it: > >> > >> tell application "System Events" > >> close (application processes whose background only is false) > >> end tell > > > > Right. > > > > Or, if you want to be really fancy, and choose specifically which > > applications you want to quit: > > > > -- begin script > > tell application "System Events" > > set appList to the name of every application process whose > > background only is false > > end tell > > > > choose from list appList with title "Quit Applications" with prompt > > "Quit these applications:" OK button name "Quit Selected" with multiple > > selections allowed > > > > repeat with nextApp in the result > > tell application nextApp to quit > > end repeat > > -- end script > > I think the OP, (Hey!!! He has my name) said, "Any quick way/shortcut to > close five or six currently running apps ". > > "Quick way" to me means pushing two keys. Not writing Apple code. Uh huh, and how would pressing two keys tell the computer *which* applications to quit, exactly? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: nospam on 20 Mar 2010 14:49 In article <jollyroger-908194.13473220032010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > "Quick way" to me means pushing two keys. Not writing Apple code. > > Uh huh, and how would pressing two keys tell the computer *which* > applications to quit, exactly? i already explained a very easy way to select and quit a group of apps by using one two-key combo and a second one-key press.
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Mar 2010 14:50 In article <u68pn.18340$yk1.2755(a)newsfe20.iad>, "OP" <Otto.Philips(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "Tempuser" <tempuser(a)vacationmail.com> wrote in message > news:ho2sec$uv4$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > On 3/20/10 9:35 AM, Richard Blaine wrote: > >> Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps under > >> 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? > > There is no set of keyboard commands I am aware short of also logging off > > or shutting down after the command is issued. > > So the answer is still, "No". > > > Here are two freeware apps that will do it: > > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/closeallopenapplications.htm > > l > > > > http://www.mp3-converter.biz/force-quit-all-applications-mac.html If he can quit multiple applications by simply double-clicking one of those freeware applications, that definitely fits the definition of "quick" and "shortcut". You're borderline trolling, and you're dangerously close to the edge of my kill filter as well. But please do continue if you must. : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Mar 2010 14:59
In article <200320100843183496%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <ho2q0j$lbt$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Richard Blaine > <rick(a)nospam.biz> wrote: > > > Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps under > > 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? > > cmd-tab and press q when the desired app is selected. repeat until all > of the desired apps are quit. Oh that's slick - never occurred to me to use Command-Tab like that. Thanks for the tip. : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |