This worked for the auto-quit “problem” with the Apple apps. They have now stayed active when idle, regardless of whether or not there’s an active window open for the app. Seems this should work for other people, too — just copy/paste the command line into Terminal and press [Enter]… …if you dare! : )
-russ > On Mar 9, 2015, at 12:17 AM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > On the ‘quitting’ issue: > Google’d several searches, and found "Disable automatic application > termination in OS X” from Mac OS X Hints of 08/02/12, with a first reference > of Mac OS X (10.7). Contributed by paulbrainerd, and contains the Terminal > command line to change the (general) feature mentioned. > > -russ > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >> Thanks Lee. What keyword(s) to search with? >> -russ >> >> >>> On Mar 8, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 8, 2015, at 8:16 PM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On the ‘quitting' issue: >>>> I’ve seen this happen with a couple of my Apple apps, but never with >>>> Safari. Preview does this almost immediately the moment I move to some >>>> other app, and it is a bit annoying. The memory is not released during >>>> such an automatic ‘quit’, as I must re-open the app and then quit while >>>> it's active for that memory to be released. Odd. >>> >>> I’ve noticed this too. I don’t think the memory is freed up until the OS >>> actually requests more memory than is in the free pool. >>> >>>> Lee, >>>> Is there a way to disable this “feature” with either the OS or the app? >>>> If not with the GUI features, then maybe by using Terminal? >>> >>> I saw a terminal command some time ago, but I’ve never used it. I’m sure a >>> little Google-fu would unearth it. >>> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
