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Giorvani Author

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Closing Apps

I know you shouldn't force quit apps on your iPhone unless you need to reset the application. Does the same go for MacBooks?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 21, 2023 12:10 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Jun 21, 2023 12:26 PM

I never force quit iOS 16.5 applications and unless a rare application hang condition occurs on macOS Ventura 13.4, I never blithely force quit applications there either.

Force-quitting an application introduces the opportunity for any critical data in buffers to be lost, and introduces the risk that you may interrupt a write operation that damages an open file.

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