I just got my mac restored to factory settings and for some reason i can close an application just by hitting the red button. i dont want that and not sure what i did and how to get it back to command q.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
My MBPs do not have 'red' buttons. Where is yours located?
Ciao.
Under 10.7, when you use the Red "traffic light" button to close all windows of an Application, it appears to quit. This is a new feature, ported from IOS, the land of tiny screens and no backing store to ease the re-launching of Applications.
Actually, the Application is likely to still be running in the Background, and will really quit only when memory gets low.
If you want to Quit Applications with Command-Q under 10.7 and later, you need to do so when at least one Applicaton window is still open. Otherwise, you get the behavior I described above.
Grant Bennet-Alder, greetings: Yes, how myopic of me. Thanks for turning me in the right direction on this. In my judgment not an advance, but a step backwards.
Then what the OP should try is COMMAND W to close each of the open windows. Not as efficient as COMMAND Q, but it works.
Ciao.
Red quits but i want command Q to
