Auto-close Preview when last document is closed?

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Auto-close Preview when last document is closed?

Is there some way to automatically close preview when all of the documents have been closed? I like to keep my active app space clear of clutter and there's no point to have a quick-loading app like Preview remain active if I've closed out everything I was reading.

4G iPod, 5G iPod, 17" 2.16Ghz MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 31, 2006 12:04 AM

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Dr. Smoke

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May 31, 2006 1:02 AM in response to isnoop

Hi, isnoop.

The short answer is: no. If there were, it would be in Preview's Preferences.

You would have to Quit (Command-Q or Preview > Quit Preview) Preview.

There's no reason to quit and relaunch an application like Preview if you're going to use it more than once between restarts. It's memory footprint is small when no images are displayed and it won't use CPU cycles unless you're working with it.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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isnoop Author

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May 31, 2006 1:07 AM in response to Dr. Smoke

Righto. I understand there's probably no internal way. I suppose you don't know of any third party apps that do this, then? Something that cleans house and closes apps when all of their active windows are closed?

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May 31, 2006 4:51 AM in response to isnoop

Try Version Tracker.

You could also write an automator action or an applescript to do it.

I doubt you will find much as the system is designed to run with many applications running at the same time. It saves a lot of time not waiting for apps to open and I know in my case at least there is no speed penalty. I keep my desktop clean and usually have 8-10 applications running!!

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