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How to Quit All Open Apps at Once. MacOS includes a very handy feature called Automator, which is used in this trick to close all running applications. And it can also be tweaked by adding exceptions. Launch Automator by typing its name into Spotlight, and hit return when you see it in the search suggestions. Hit Command + N to initiate a new. Quit All quits all running applications, except the Finder, Automator, or system applications. In order to safely keep 'Quit All' in the Dock and to prevent from quitting all applications after a misclick on the icon, you will be asked for a confirmation at launch.
Quit all open apps.
I came about a thread where someone wanted to know if all apps must be closed before the mac is shutdown.
In the discussion another person asked why it is not possible to close all apps at once.
I remembered having read that one can make a solution for that with Automator easily.
This is how to make a very simple tool to quit all open apps with Automator (in the Applications folder).
Here is how to do it:
- Open the Automator app,
- choose create a new „application“,
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- in the search box type „Quit“, then drag the „Quit All Applications“ option to the right side,
- you can set the apps to ask to save changes or not
- save this workflow as an application and name it for example „QuitAll“,
- I put it in Applications, but it will run from everywhere,
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This functions as a self contained app and it is very quick.
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You can change the app icon in the standard way:
- select QuitAll and select an icon you want to set to QuitAll, for both „get Info“,
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- select the Icon, copy from the menu,
- then select the icon on the new „app“ and paste from the menu,
- see he result,
(Note: I have found this QuitAll icon somewhere in the internet).
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