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Robert Montgomery

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Quick way to quit all programs? Archived from groups: comp>sys>mac>apps (more info?)

Is there a quick way to quit all programs? When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to quit before I can restart. I'm using 10.4.11 on a 2006 Imac. Robert >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Dave Fritzinger

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Feb 7, 11:32 am, Robert Montgomery wrote: > Is there a quick way to quit all programs? > > When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the > icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to > quit before I can restart. > > I'm using 10.4.11 on a 2006 Imac. Don't know if there is. However, there are very few programs that would interfere with shutting down your computer, in my experience. Groupwise won't let you shut down for some reason, and if you have open, unsaved documents, most programs will give you a dialog box asking if you want to save the docs. Another workaround is to use command-tab to bring up a list of open programs, and just keep hitting command-q to quit the highlighted program. HTH -- Dave Fritzinger Honolulu, HI >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Jolly Roger

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Robert Montgomery wrote: > Is there a quick way to quit all programs? > > When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the > icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to > quit before I can restart. What makes you think you have to manually quit applications before restarting? Just restart and let the operating system quit them for you. -- Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Mike Rosenberg

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Robert Montgomery wrote: > Is there a quick way to quit all programs? > > When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the > icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to > quit before I can restart. You _don't_ have to quit open programs prior to logging out, restarting, or shutting down a Mac. Doing any of those will automatically quit all programs, stopping to ask if you want to save unsaved changes if appropriate. -- <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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Lewis

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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Dave Fritzinger

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Feb 7, 11:44 am, mikeP....TakeThisOut@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > Robert Montgomery wrote: > > Is there a quick way to quit all programs? > > > When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the > > icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to > > quit before I can restart. > > You _don't_ have to quit open programs prior to logging out, restarting, > or shutting down a Mac. Doing any of those will automatically quit all > programs, stopping to ask if you want to save unsaved changes if > appropriate. That is not quite true. Groupwise (the email program from Novell) just stops the shutdown process, and gives you a dialog box telling you so. -- Dave Fritzinger Honolulu, HI >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Dave Fritzinger

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Feb 7, 12:56 pm, Robert Montgomery wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > > In article , > > Robert Montgomery wrote: > > >> Mike Rosenberg wrote: > >>> Robert Montgomery wrote: > > >>>> When I go Apple > Log Out it seems that nothing happens, so I click on > >>>> the program icons again - or diffeent program icons - to try to speed > >>>> the process, but then sometimes the Force Quit window says that a few of > >>>> the programs are "Not responding", so I am forced to force-quit those > >>>> programs. > >>> Oh, now that's a whole different story. Something is wrong if you > >>> routinely have to force quit programs when logging out. Nothing is > >>> going to speed up this situation for you until you fix the problem(s) > >>> causing these programs to hang. > >> I suspect that they may hang because I interfere in the logging out > >> process, by twice or thrice going File > Quit in the front program - or > >> other prorams - when it seems that Apple > Log Out doesn't work or is > >> sluggish. > > > No. They are hung for some other reason. What you need to do is figure > > out why. > > > What programs, in particular, are hanging? > > I haven't kept track. I'll try to keep a log. > > Today it was Photoshop CS3 and Safari. Sometimes it's the Epson Printer > Utility. Safari will hang (default behavior) if you have 2 or more windows/tabs open. If you select Safari, you will see the usual dialog box, asking if you want to quit. On my machine, at least (Al iMac 24"/2.8 GHz, running 10.4.11), Safari does not automatically come to the front when this happens. -- Dave Fritzinger >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Dave Fritzinger

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Feb 7, 3:26 pm, Jolly Roger wrote: > In article , > > > > Lewis wrote: > > In article > > , > > Jolly Roger wrote: > > > Dave Fritzinger wrote: > > >> Groupwise (the email program from Novell) just > > >> stops the shutdown process, and gives you a dialog box telling you > > >> so. > > > > Why? > > > Because it's Novell > > > > To me, that sounds like a badly-designed feature. > > > See above. > > Does it state a reason that it's going to prevent the computer from > restarting? Does it allow you to abort cancellation of the restart? Nope. Actually, the app doesn't say anything. All you get is a system message saying that Groupwise cancelled the restart. Oddly enough, Groupwise also quits, but the restart (or shutdown) is cancelled. I believe Groupwise for the Mac is a Java application. Could that have anything to do with it? -- Dave Fritzinger Honolulu, HI >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Jolly Roger

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Dave Fritzinger wrote: > On Feb 7, 12:56 pm, Robert Montgomery > wrote: > > Jolly Roger wrote: > > > In article , > > > Robert Montgomery wrote: > > > > >> Mike Rosenberg wrote: > > >>> Robert Montgomery wrote: > > > > >>>> When I go Apple > Log Out it seems that nothing happens, so I click on > > >>>> the program icons again - or diffeent program icons - to try to speed > > >>>> the process, but then sometimes the Force Quit window says that a few > > >>>> of > > >>>> the programs are "Not responding", so I am forced to force-quit those > > >>>> programs. > > >>> Oh, now that's a whole different story. Something is wrong if you > > >>> routinely have to force quit programs when logging out. Nothing is > > >>> going to speed up this situation for you until you fix the problem(s) > > >>> causing these programs to hang. > > >> I suspect that they may hang because I interfere in the logging out > > >> process, by twice or thrice going File > Quit in the front program - or > > >> other prorams - when it seems that Apple > Log Out doesn't work or is > > >> sluggish. > > > > > No. They are hung for some other reason. What you need to do is figure > > > out why. > > > > > What programs, in particular, are hanging? > > > > I haven't kept track. I'll try to keep a log. > > > > Today it was Photoshop CS3 and Safari. Sometimes it's the Epson Printer > > Utility. > > Safari will hang (default behavior) if you have 2 or more windows/tabs > open. That's not the sort of "hang" we are talking about in this thread though. > If you select Safari, you will see the usual dialog box, asking > if you want to quit. On my machine, at least (Al iMac 24"/2.8 GHz, > running 10.4.11), Safari does not automatically come to the front when > this happens. Maybe not, but it does display a sheet or dialog box asking if you want to close all tabs. -- Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Jolly Roger

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Dave Fritzinger wrote: > On Feb 7, 11:44Â am, mikeP....DeleteThis@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) > wrote: > > Robert Montgomery wrote: > > > Is there a quick way to quit all programs? > > > > > When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the > > > icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to > > > quit before I can restart. > > > > You _don't_ have to quit open programs prior to logging out, restarting, > > or shutting down a Mac. Â Doing any of those will automatically quit all > > programs, stopping to ask if you want to save unsaved changes if > > appropriate. > > That is not quite true. Groupwise (the email program from Novell) just > stops the shutdown process, and gives you a dialog box telling you > so. Why? To me, that sounds like a badly-designed feature. -- Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Lewis

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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David Fritzinger

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Jolly Roger wrote: > In article > , > Dave Fritzinger wrote: > > > On Feb 7, 12:56 pm, Robert Montgomery > > wrote: > > > Jolly Roger wrote: > > > > In article , > > > > Robert Montgomery wrote: > > > > > > >> Mike Rosenberg wrote: > > > >>> Robert Montgomery wrote: > > > > > > >>>> When I go Apple > Log Out it seems that nothing happens, so I click > > > >>>> on > > > >>>> the program icons again - or diffeent program icons - to try to > > > >>>> speed > > > >>>> the process, but then sometimes the Force Quit window says that a > > > >>>> few > > > >>>> of > > > >>>> the programs are "Not responding", so I am forced to force-quit > > > >>>> those > > > >>>> programs. > > > >>> Oh, now that's a whole different story. Something is wrong if you > > > >>> routinely have to force quit programs when logging out. Nothing is > > > >>> going to speed up this situation for you until you fix the problem(s) > > > >>> causing these programs to hang. > > > >> I suspect that they may hang because I interfere in the logging out > > > >> process, by twice or thrice going File > Quit in the front program - > > > >> or > > > >> other prorams - when it seems that Apple > Log Out doesn't work or is > > > >> sluggish. > > > > > > > No. They are hung for some other reason. What you need to do is > > > > figure > > > > out why. > > > > > > > What programs, in particular, are hanging? > > > > > > I haven't kept track. I'll try to keep a log. > > > > > > Today it was Photoshop CS3 and Safari. Sometimes it's the Epson Printer > > > Utility. > > > > Safari will hang (default behavior) if you have 2 or more windows/tabs > > open. > > That's not the sort of "hang" we are talking about in this thread > though. Well, it is behavior that stops the shutdown process. > > > If you select Safari, you will see the usual dialog box, asking > > if you want to quit. On my machine, at least (Al iMac 24"/2.8 GHz, > > running 10.4.11), Safari does not automatically come to the front when > > this happens. > > Maybe not, but it does display a sheet or dialog box asking if you > want to close all tabs. I said it does. But, the dialog remains hidden until Safari is the frontmost application. Could this also be the case for other apps, like Word and Excel, that give a dialog asking if you want to save the document, but you don't see it until the app becomes the frontmost app? -- Dave Fritzinger Honolulu, HI >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Jolly Roger

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article , Lewis wrote: > In article > , > Jolly Roger wrote: > > Dave Fritzinger wrote: > >> Groupwise (the email program from Novell) just > >> stops the shutdown process, and gives you a dialog box telling you > >> so. > > > > Why? > > Because it's Novell > > > To me, that sounds like a badly-designed feature. > > See above. Does it state a reason that it's going to prevent the computer from restarting? Does it allow you to abort cancellation of the restart? -- Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

Robert Montgomery

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Quick way to quit all programs? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Mike Rosenberg wrote: > Robert Montgomery wrote: > >> Is there a quick way to quit all programs? >> >> When I want to restart, in the Dock i have to laboriously click on the >> icon of every open program and wait a long time for every program to >> quit before I can restart. > > You _don't_ have to quit open programs prior to logging out, restarting, > or shutting down a Mac. Doing any of those will automatically quit all > programs, stopping to ask if you want to save unsaved changes if > appropriate. Thanks, everyone. I'll try next time to be patient and wait for several minutes for the computer to log out. When I go Apple > Log Out it seems that nothing happens, so I click on the program icons again – or diffeent program icons – to try to speed the process, but then sometimes the Force Quit window says that a few of the programs are "Not responding", so I am forced to force-quit those programs. Robert >> Stay informed about: Quick way to quit all programs?

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