Quit All Application

Hi emkristine,

I haven't heard of an automation to automatically quit all apps, although that is probably easy enough to create. That said, it is good to quit an app when you aren't using it. Command-Q is the fastest way to do this.

The only exception to this is the Finder, which needs to run when you're logged in. The system won't let you quit Finder, but it will let you relaunch it if it is having issues.

There's a difference between quitting an app and forcing it to quit.

A normal "quit" instructs the app to shut itself down. The app accepts the signal, saves its data, and cleanly shuts itself down.

In contrast, a "force quit" tells macOS to forcibly terminate an app or process. The app has no time to save its data - macOS terminates it immediately. Because of this, some of the app's data (or a file it was working on) could become corrupted.

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