{"id":3412,"date":"2023-04-27T06:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/how-to-avoid-accidentally-quitting-mac-apps"},"modified":"2023-04-27T06:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:10:46","slug":"how-to-avoid-accidentally-quitting-mac-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/how-to-avoid-accidentally-quitting-mac-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid accidentally quitting Mac apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah yes, the infamous force quit Mac shortcut. If you&#8217;re a Mac user with a habit of using Mac shortcuts, especially the CMD+Q command to quit apps,\u00a0then this post is dedicated to you. Mac offers various handy shortcuts, one of which is CMD+Q. With the help of this shortcut, users can easily quit apps that are running. We are humans, and we make mistakes, right? While working on a Mac, if you have ever accidentally quit an app, then you are not alone. It happens with most Mac users at least once a day. One frequently used keyboard shortcut is CMD+W, which closes the active tab within an application. For instance, executing this command will close the current tab if you use the Google Chrome browser. .stk-84b0a7d{background-color:#ebebeb !important;background-position:bottom right !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:10% !important;box-shadow:0px 5px 5px 0px rgba(76,31,83,0.3) !important;padding-top:5px !important;padding-bottom:5px !important;margin-top:32px !important;margin-bottom:32px !important}.stk-84b0a7d:before{background-color:#ebebeb !important}.stk-84b0a7d .stk-block-icon{flex-basis:57px !important} .stk-2d6548b .stk&#8211;svg-wrapper .stk&#8211;inner-svg svg:last-child{opacity:0.7 !important}.stk-2d6548b .stk&#8211;svg-wrapper .stk&#8211;inner-svg svg:last-child,.stk-2d6548b .stk&#8211;svg-wrapper .stk&#8211;inner-svg svg:last-child :is(g,path,rect,polygon,ellipse){fill:var(&#8211;stk-global-color-56583,#911d9c) !important} .stk-181ab1b{box-shadow:none !important;margin-top:16px !important;margin-bottom:6px !important}.stk-181ab1b .stk-block-heading__text{text-shadow:none !important;font-size:17px !important;font-weight:500 !important;font-style:normal !important;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#8221;Segoe UI&#8221;,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,&#8221;Apple Color Emoji&#8221;,&#8221;Segoe UI Emoji&#8221;,&#8221;Segoe UI Symbol&#8221; !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-181ab1b .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:17px !important}}Please be aware that in word processors, CMD+W closes the open document. This versatile command is also used in various other applications. Now, have a look at the keyboard on your Mac; you will notice that the Q and W are set next to each other. Due to this reason, lots of people accidentally press Q instead of W and lose valuable\u00a0work. Image: KnowTechie How to never accidentally quit apps on Mac&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/quit-apps-mac\/\">How to avoid accidentally quitting Mac apps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah yes, the infamous force quit Mac shortcut. If you&#8217;re a Mac user with a habit of using Mac shortcuts, especially the CMD+Q command to quit apps,\u00a0then this post is&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1488,1026,455,300,18,1987,2008,12,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}