Cannot close windows by mouse-click on red button

I have the same problem ..... how can i fix it?

The issue is not quitting the app. The issue is with closing the window. I'm well aware of what the red x button does. However, I've had the issue where I would clic multiple times on the red x button and the window would remain open. The issue is with the responsiveness of the interface. In my case, I think the coreaudio service was somehow interfering with normal window operations. It seems to have been resolved by messing with the plist file and starting/stopping the service.

I have the exact same issue as you do. It seems to be a rather rare problem. I've only seen one other thread with this problem reported. Initially, I thought it was a problem with the trackpad, but that's not the case since as you pointed out, the same thing occurs with a mouse. What is strange is that it doesn't seem to occur with all programs. Mostly Safari and Mail show this problem. I've also experienced it with firefox. It seems to occur mostly with applications that consume a fair amount of memory. Small apps like the terminal or calculator don't show this behavior. I wish I new how to fix this.

I believe that I may have found a solution to this problem. I was looking at performance problems threads in this forum and found that the file com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist had been causing performance issues for many people using snow leopard. One person suggested removing the file to improve performance but that causes the system sounds to stop functionning. I have found that simply moving this file to another directory, restarting the coreaudio service, moving the file back to it's location and restarting the coreaudio service again worked to improve responsiveness. It's been 24 hours since I performed this and I haven't notice having issues closing mail or safari. Anyhow, this is easy and very safe to try.

Clicking on the red button only closes that window, leaving all others in their current state. To close all windows associated with an app, you need to quit the app.

I'm having the same problem and its very aggrivating.

One thing I noticed that when I move the window by grabbing the top bar and dragging it, afterwards I can close the window.

Same thing for me, Any help appreciated.
Will try the coreaudio thing later on.

I have same problem too....

I also have the same issue. I asked about it at the Apple Store and they said it was a known issue and that it was related to WebKit. So anything that uses WebKit will have the issue I guess. But they provided no advise on how to get around it.

I've had this happen every now and then. I've found if I drag the window a little bit then suddenly the red button starts to work. And it seems to go away for awhile.

i have the same problem and the coreaudio service don't make anything here. 😟

Same problem here.

Did the dance with coreaudio, no dice.

It doesn't seem to be constrained to Safari; I get the same problem with Finder windows and those of other, non-Apple applications.

In all cases, a little drag of the window (or tab, in Safari's case) seems to "wake" the button and it responds to the click.

I have the same problem.

When I am having the problem I can, however, minimize ( - ) and maximize ( + ). If I click the gray bar, minimize or maximize the window I can then close it with the X button.

Don't use a mouse, just the touchpad. It seems to happen more often with Mail; that may be because I use that app the most.

Found this thread from March 2010.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11200968&#11200968

I was having the same problem. The red "X" would not be responsive if I accidentally clicked next to it. I would have to move the window and then click the X again. That happens with every button including the plus and minus sign.

Come to find out, it was my Double Clicking Speed....Increase that and you may be ok. Mine was too slow, and after figuring it out, I thought I was slow.

Hope This Helps
Josh

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I tried playing with this and it made no difference for me unfortunately. I'm finding more and more things where the "x" is unclickable unless you move the window. It is getting quite annoying.

Matt