Quickly quit programs using the Application Switcher

Jun 4, 2010 - 1 Comment

The Mac OS X Application Switcher is a handy way to quickly cycle through open applications, but did you know you can quickly quit programs you aren’t using with the Application Switcher as well?

* Enter the Application Switcher by hitting Command+Tab
* Using tab or your mouse, navigate to the application(s) you want to quit while still holding the Command key
* Press “Q” to quit the application that you are hovered over

This is just one of many cool tricks you can do with the Command+Tab application switcher.

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Posted by: Manish Patel in Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks

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  1. Scott Haneda says:
    September 12, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    There are also a few more, some obscure, many repeated, but all useful once you memorize them…

    tab – move selection to the right in the app list
` – move selection to the left
h – hide the selected application
q – quit the selected application
mouse scrollwheel – move the selection back and forth
left arrow – move selection to the left
right arrow – move selection to the right
up arrow – enter expose within the selected application
down arrow – enter expose within the selected application
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