Tim, that’s a neat trick. I honestly wasn’t aware of using the contextual menu in the dock. I’ll give that a try.
teresa "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx On Jan 25, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In addition to what Theresa has mentioned, you can close apps from the Dock. > Press VO-d to bring VO focus to the Dock, navigate right or left and listen > to what VO announces. It will tell you if an app is open by announcing > “Open” after announcing the app name. If you wish to Close/Quit that app, > press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu then the letter “q” to take > you to the Quit option. Press return and, if nothing needs saved, the app > will quit. one thing to note, closing a window on a Mac simply closes the > window, it does not quit or close the app. There are a few exceptions to > this as in System Preferences but this is the rule for the most part. If you > wish to quit the app while in it, simply press cmd-q and it’s done, unless a > document needs attention. > > HTH. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 25, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Scott Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How do I close background apps? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
