Lexiepex

Q: A method to quit all apps at once

Quit all open apps.

I came about a thread where someone wanted to know if all apps must be closed before the mac is shutdown.

In the discussion another person asked why it is not possible to close all apps at once.

I remembered having read that one can make a solution for that with Automator easily.

 

This is how to make  a very simple tool to quit all open apps with Automator (in the Applications folder).

Here is how to do it:

- Open the Automator app,

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- choose create a new „application“,

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- in the search box type „Quit“, then drag the „Quit All Applications“ option to the right side,

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- you can set the apps to ask to save changes or not

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- save this workflow as an application and name it for example „QuitAll“,

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- I put it in Applications, but it will run from everywhere,

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This functions as a self contained app and it is very quick.

 

You can change the app icon in the standard way:

- select QuitAll and select an icon you want to set to QuitAll, for both „get Info“,

- select the Icon, copy from the menu,

- then select the icon on the new „app“ and paste from the menu,

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- see he result,

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(Note: I have found this QuitAll icon somewhere in the internet).

Posted on May 22, 2016 11:15 AM

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  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas May 22, 2016 11:53 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    May 22, 2016 11:53 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Lexiepex wrote:

     

    Quit all open apps.

    I came about a thread where someone wanted to know if all apps must be closed before the mac is shutdown.

     

     

    My experience is this is not routinely necessary—fact is counter productive. The new OS X "memory compression" manages apps and memory very efficiently and effectively.

     

    "Memory compression is a triple play... It’s a performance win; compressing and decompressing data in RAM is much faster than reading from and writing to disk, even an SSD. It’s an energy win; the less time spent moving data between RAM and disk, the more time the system can spend in its idle state. And finally, it’s a capability win; ... can handle much more demanding workloads than previous versions of OS X"

     

    In shutting down the Mac it is  much faster if you let the OS take care of the shut down  of all apps and reopen all apps on reboot.

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    In this way you can pick up where you left off in record time.

     

     

     

     

    MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.5), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.3.2, Parallels10.0.2, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones May 22, 2016 11:54 AM in response to leroydouglas
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    May 22, 2016 11:54 AM in response to leroydouglas

    leroydouglas wrote:

     

    Lexiepex wrote:

     

    Quit all open apps.

    I came about a thread where someone wanted to know if all apps must be closed before the mac is shutdown.

     

     

    My experience is this is not routinely necessary—fact is counter productive. The new OS X manages apps and memory very efficiently and effectively.

     

    In shutting down the Mac it is  much faster if you let the OS take care of the shut down  of all apps and reopen all apps on reboot.

     

    9TVGX.png

    In this way you can pick up where you left off in record time.

     

     

     

     

    MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.5), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.3.2, Parallels10.0.2, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620

     

     

    I don't want OS X to reopen all apps on reboot, which is why I shut everything down before I shut down the computer.  When I start everything back up again the next morning, I'll manually open the apps I want open at that time.  So for me, something like this would be interesting to try.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex May 22, 2016 12:49 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    May 22, 2016 12:49 PM in response to leroydouglas

    Do I have to change the text? because it was not my intention to suggest that this has to be done regularly. I have posted this as a User Tip which I had to do in a bet...

  • by leroydouglas,Helpful

    leroydouglas leroydouglas May 23, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    May 23, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Lexiepex wrote:

     

    Do I have to change the text? because it was not my intention to suggest that this has to be done regularly. I have posted this as a User Tip which I had to do in a bet...

    No not at all. My most humble apologies; I did not mean to infer anything counter productive—this was only my personal opinion, and work flow—I never shut down my mac unless necessary.

     

    I had added the word "routinely" to help quantify the statement, not qualify.

     

    Keep up the good work Lexiepex !   Please post a link to your user tip   Found it: A method to quit all apps at once

     

    On we go !