The indicator light (a small dot) is on the dock item if OS X is told to show
in in System Preferences. It’s the default. That’s the only way to know if
the app is still open, unless you look carefully at the menu bar (which, in
case you didn’t know, is shared between every app on the system
Hi list,
My mother uses a Mac, and whenever I have to take it to fix or install
something, I find a bunch of apps open. This isn't a problem, but they're all
empty. Safari, messages, Mail, and others are all there when I command-tab, but
all report "has now windows" when I switch to any of
Hello Alex,
The X is equivalent to Cmd-w. She needs to go to the application menu and click
on Quit. Otherwise, she could just use Cmd-q.
The standard shortcut to get to the menus is Ctrl-F2.
To go to the Dock is Ctrl-F3.
To go to the menu extras is Ctrl-F6.
To go to the toolbar is Ctrl-F5.
I
In Windows, when you close the last window of an app, the app closes. It is no
longer in memory. It is no longer listed as a running app, and is no longer in
the app switcher.
On OS X, it is possible to have an app open, without any windows of that app
open. When the last window of an app is
Makes sense, thanks guys. Knowing that the X is equivalent to cmd-w explains a
lot. I really expected there to be a clickable icon for quitting, too, but I
guess not. I wonder if apps that have "no windows" to VoiceOver are visible at
all on the screen? They get in the way to me, but visually,
They appear in the dock, but have no windows, so there’s nothing for the app to
display.
How do they get in the way?
I have several windowless apps on the mac running sometimes and don’t think
they “get in the way” unless I’m using cmd+tab. Launchpad, applications folder,
and spotlight are
Ah, that's why. Cmd-tab is the only way I switch between apps, so windowless
ones popping up as I do that get in the way of ones still in use. I can see how
using other means of navigating apps would eliminate the problem, but I've not
found anything faster than cmd-tab for moving between apps.
I almost exclusively use Launchpad.
It lets me find exactly the app I’m looking for, extremely quickly.
For example, to launch pages, I can press the launchpad key, type “pag” and hit
enter.
If there are multiple matches, I can keep typing to narrow the search, or use
left/right arrows to move
