To quit (close) a Mac app normally, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar, or press Command (⌘)-Q. If the app doesn't quit, follow these steps to force the app to quit.
How to force an app to quit
- Press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC. Or choose Force Quit from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.
- Select the app in the Force Quit window, then click Force Quit.
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- You can also force the Finder to quit, if it stops responding. Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch.
- If none of your apps are responding, you can force your Mac to restart.
- You can also force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
A macOS app that adds a global delay of 1 second to the Cmd-Q shortcut. Inother words, you have to hold down Cmd-Q for 1 second before an applicationwill quit.
![Will Will](http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Safari-Force-Quit.png)
When the delay is active, an overlay is drawn at the center of the screen.
Why?
A quick search for 'command q' on Google revealed these insights:
- 'have you ever accidentally hit ⌘Q and quit an app'
- 'how to disable command-Q'
- 'Command-Q is the worst keyboard shortcut ever'
- 'ever hit Command-Q instead of Command-W and lost all of your open web pages in Safari?'
... and many more similar sentiments.
Some proposed solutions include:
- remapping Cmd-Q to do something else
- changing the application quit keyboard short to use another keybinding
This app implements the same approach as Google Chrome's 'Warn Before Quitting'feature, except it is now available on every app!
Download & Install
Pre-built binaries can be downloaded from the releases page.
Unzip, drag the app to Applications, and then run it. You can optionallychoose to automatically start the application on login.
Homebrew
If you wish to install the application from Homebrew:
The application will live at
/Applications/SlowQuitApps.app
.Updating the app:
Then relaunch the application.
Or using brew-cask-upgrade:
Post-update Maintenance
Unfortunately, after upgrading SQA, you will have to reset accessibilitypermissions for the app. Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy ->Privacy -> Accessibility. Remove SlowQuitApps from the list, then add it backto the list again.
Compatibility
The app is currently developed on Mojave and only support for Mojave can beprovided.
- Mavericks (10.9) to High Sierra (10.13) support: please download version 0.5.0
- Mountain Lion (10.8) support: please download version 0.4.0
Customization
You must exit and relaunch SlowQuitApps after making customizations.
To exit the app:
Changing default delay
The currently set delay can be reviewed with:
To change the delay to 5 seconds for example, open up Terminal app andrun the following command:
The delay is specified in milliseconds.
Whitelisting applications
Whitelisted apps will be sent the Cmd-Q keypress directly.
To whitelist an app, start by locating its bundle ID. For example, to whitelistthe 'Notes' application:
To reset the whitelist:
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To check whitelisted apps:
Blacklist mode
The whitelist can be used to only allow SlowQuitApps to handle Cmd-Q for thoseselected applications. To switch on this mode:
In this mode, non-whitelisted apps will be sent the Cmd-Q keypress directly.
To switch off this mode:
Hide overlay
By default, an overlay with an indicator of the time remaining until the app gets closed appears. To hide this overlay, run the following command:
License
App Icon
The app icon is a contribution courtesy of @fancyme (#35).