These shortcuts will do the same thing as the Close Window option in the Finder and most other apps. Close Mac windows quicklyĬommand-W, Option-Command-W: The first of these will close whatever active window you are using, while the second one will close all the windows in the currently active app (or Finder, which is also an app, really).
To fully exit out of any Mac program in OS X, you’ll need to use the Quit command with this shortcut, or click on the app menu, then choose Quit. In OS X, you close windows with the red X button (in the upper left of your window), but it will not quit the app. Quit any Mac programĬommand-Q: If you’re coming from a Windows computer, you might have gotten used to “X-ing out” of your applications by clicking on the X button at the top of any application window.
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