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From: nospam on 20 Mar 2010 21:53 In article <QQepn.262190$OX4.71820(a)newsfe25.iad>, OP <Otto.Philips(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running > >> >> > >> apps > >> >> > >> under > >> >> > >> 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? > > The assumption I get from the OP is; he wants to quit all the applications > at once. He does not want to pick and choose. i don't get that assumption because if he meant all he'd have said all, not a particular number.
From: Nick Naym on 20 Mar 2010 22:12 In article ho2q0j$lbt$1(a)news.albasani.net, Richard Blaine at rick(a)nospam.biz wrote on 3/20/10 11:35 AM: > Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps under > 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? How about Option-Cmd-Esc, select the apps, and click the button. (IOW, Force Quit them all.) -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.2)
From: Steven Fisher on 20 Mar 2010 23:12 In article <ho3ehk$2vs$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Richard Blaine <rick(a)nospam.biz> wrote: > Until then, I guess I'll keep using rt click|<quit> on the dock icons... Well, that one is easy to beat at least: Press and hold down the command key. Press the tab key and release it, but continue to hold the command key. Press Q to quit an app. Press Tab to switch to another app. As long as you don't let go of the command key, the app switcher will stay on screen. Steve
From: Jolly Roger on 21 Mar 2010 00:39 In article <C7CAF8C3.55757%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article ho2q0j$lbt$1(a)news.albasani.net, Richard Blaine at rick(a)nospam.biz > wrote on 3/20/10 11:35 AM: > > > Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps under > > 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? > > > How about Option-Cmd-Esc, select the apps, and click the button. (IOW, Force > Quit them all.) Again, not the best idea as a common practice, for obvious reasons. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Nick Naym on 21 Mar 2010 01:38
In article jollyroger-50C7A9.23394320032010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 3/21/10 12:39 AM: > In article <C7CAF8C3.55757%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> In article ho2q0j$lbt$1(a)news.albasani.net, Richard Blaine at rick(a)nospam.biz >> wrote on 3/20/10 11:35 AM: >> >>> Any quick way/shortcut to close five or six currently running apps under >>> 10.6.2 without having to manually shut down each one? >> >> >> How about Option-Cmd-Esc, select the apps, and click the button. (IOW, Force >> Quit them all.) > > Again, not the best idea as a common practice, for obvious reasons. 1. Again? 2. What's the real downside? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.2) |