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TUAW's Daily Mac App: QuitAppsMBI

by Samuel Gibbs Jul 5th 2011 at 3:00PM

QuitsAppsMBI drop-down menu

Quitting apps quickly can be a pain. If you've got loads open, but you want to quit them all fast, the best way has been Cmd+Tab then Cmd+Q. Now, the free QuitsAppsMBI app makes quitting some or all of your apps a breeze.

A menu bar utility, QuitsAppsMBI sits patiently waiting for your command. Click on the icon and a drop-down menu featuring all the currently running apps allows you to quickly quit individual apps or quit them all at once with one click.

QuitsAppsMBI even allows you to quit apps you couldn't normally. Things like the Adobe Update notifier (a personal bug-bear of mine) and other unquittable menu bar and background apps can all be quit from the drop-down menu. This is both a feature and an issue for QuitsAppsMBI, because there aren't any settings for excluding apps from the "Quit All Apps" command, which means if you have things like tablet support programs, Xmarks or other background apps, they will all be terminated as well.

If you need more functionality such as excluding some apps from the "Quit All Apps" command, Limit Point Software offers a paid-for version of QuitsAppsMBI simply called QuitsApps, which is available for US$9.99 from the Mac App Store (trial available on the Limit Point Software website). But for just quickly quitting a few or all of your apps the free QuitsAppsMBI gets the job done.



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Hans van den Broek

I use an Automator workflow: http://www.devdaily.com/mac-os-x/mac-quit-all-applications-apps-program
Just open Automator, and you'll find "Quit All Applications" somewhere in the library.

July 06 2011 at 9:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian von Gegerfelt

Maybe CMD-tab --> don't release the CMD-key --> tab, q, tab, q, tab, q

(when an app i highlighted in the CMD-tab window, you can hit Q for Quit and H for Hide)

July 06 2011 at 4:17 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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Adrian von Gegerfelt

Oops, twistedtech was first on this :)

July 06 2011 at 4:18 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Sam

does this app force quit apps or quit apps? It seems to cause some apps to think they've crashed, and corrupts Chrome's cache. It may also cause issues with shut down, although those may have been unrelated.

July 05 2011 at 4:35 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
twistedtech

Instead of hitting Command+Tab and then releasing Command and repressing Command+Q you might try keep Command held down the whole time and switching between Tab and Q to quickly quit apps. You can also use H while keeping Command held to show or hide the selected app.

July 05 2011 at 3:58 PM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
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Liz I.

Exactly. Who can't take a few seconds to tab through open apps? Remembering, in the process, that yes, you DO want to save the changes to that document . . . .
At least QuitApps is free, because it would be a shame to charge for something that does not seem to me to have any positive purpose and could have negative consequences.

July 05 2011 at 5:18 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Adrian von Gegerfelt

Darn it, I should read all comments before commenting :)

July 06 2011 at 4:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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