On 01 Mar 2012, at 03:24, Ashley Aitken wrote: > > ... I am trying to quit (usually big) apps in the Dock and they only offer me > the option to "Force Quit" because the application is not responding > (probably because it's out of memory - which is generally a good thing). > > Is there some way that I can tell the app to quit (rather than forcing it to > quit, which I believe may have some negative consequences if its state is not > saved) without having to make it active?
You can use Command-Tab to bring up the app-switcher, keep holding the Command key down, highlight the app you want to quit and then press Q. Then, still holding down the Command key, go back to your current app (or any other). It used to be that on non-querty keyboards you needed to press the key where the Q is on a querty keyboard is (e.g., next to the tab key). On an azerty, that would be the A key. Maybe they fixed that in more recent versions of OSX. When the app is very busy, it might take a while for the quit command to get through, but eventually it should get there without any further action from your part. You can also hide apps that way (press the H). Hope this helps. Cheers, Peter._______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
