A method to stop all applications at once

Quit all open applications.

I came across a thread where someone wanted to know whether all applications should be closed before that the mac is stopped.

During the debate, someone else asked why it is not possible to close all applications at once.

I remembered reading that can be a solution for this with Automator easily.

This is how a very simple tool to stop applications open with Automator (in the Applications folder).

Here's how:

-Open the Automator application,

-Choose Create a new "application."

-in the search box type 'Quit', then drag the "Exit all Applications" option on the right side.

-You can set applications to ask save changes or not

-Save the workflow as an application and name it for example "quit all."

-I put in Applications, but it will run everywhere,

It works as a standalone application and it is very fast.

You can change the icon of the application according to the standard method:

-Select quit all, and then select an icon that you want to quit, all for the two "get Info."

-Select the icon, copy in the menu.

-then click on the new "app" icon and paste it in the menu.

-See it translate.

(Note: I found this quit all icon somewhere in the internet).

Lexiepex wrote:

Quit all open applications.

I came across a thread where someone wanted to know whether all applications should be closed before that the mac is stopped.

My experience is that it is not always necessary - is is counterproductive. "Compression of memory" the new OS X manages memory and apps very effectively.

'Compression of memory's a triple play... It is a performance gain; Compress and decompress data in RAM is much faster than reading and writing on the disc, even an SSD. It is a victory of energy; less time spent to transfer data between RAM and disk, more time that the system can pass in its idle state. And finally, it is a victory of capacity; ... can handle loads of work much more demanding than previous versions of Mac OS X.

By closing the Mac, it's much faster if you leave the operating system take care of closing down all applications and reopen all the apps on reboot.

In this way, you can pick up where you left off in record time.

MacBook Pro (15-inch mid-2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), i7 480 GB SSD 16 GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.3.2, Parallels10.0.2, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620

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