My father would always scold me that so many applications are open when he turns on the computer which he says consumes computer memory. I always forget to close the app by right -clicking>quit Is there any way to automatically close an app when shutting down? When I searched at google. They talked about iCalendar, but it was too confusing so I came here to ask.
How to automatically close an app when I shut down the mac
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Press and hold the power button for several seconds and your Mac will power completely off. This should only be required in the most extreme circumstances. Normally, you should shut down your Mac by clicking on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the menu bar and selecting Shut Down... from the drop down menu.
Your applications are resuming when you log back in because you're telling OS X to restore their state when you shut down.
When you shut down or log out make sure the Reopen windows when logging back in option in the shut down window is UNCHECKED. Like this:
This will prevent OS X from saving the state of open applications and restoring them when you log back in.
You should also check your log in settings to make certain you aren't starting programs as login options. Open System Preferences and click on the 'Users & Groups' icon. Find your name in the user list and click on it and then click the Login Items tab. Remove any applications you don't want to start on login from this list by selecting the application and clicking the - button at the bottom of the table. Like this:
As you have seen, all Apple products actually run even when you power them off. On iOS, the battery keeps time and on Macs, the SMC is responsible for knowing when the power button is pressed and if the Mac should start itself up due to a scheduled wake or power on being saved in the NVRAM.
If you called for service, Apple would likely focus on several things:
- Have you checked that the firmware and software is up to date.
- Does this happen every single time, or is it an occasional thing.
- Have you disconnected everything (including the mouse and keyboard) and tested to see if it's in any way related to a peripheral.
Assuming you can reproduce this at will (it happens every time), you would probably take steps to reset the SMC to ensure it's getting proper readings from the temperature sensors.
If after spending the 10 minutes it would take to read through each and every step (I feel it's important to perform the steps in order - even if they seem unrelated or unnecessary), I would expect them to want to run diagnostics to physically open the Mac to check the sensors and wiring. Your symptoms sure sounds like the SMC either is stuck in some loop and not reading the temp sensors. Failure to control the fans properly could also be a hardware issue where the SMC is receiving a signal where the correct action is to keep the fans not only spinning, but spinning at an elevated level.
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Best Answer
Basically all apps will be closed when shutting down, simply because the computer will be turned off. Just to be sure: Shutting down means: Turning the computer off.
However the behavior after rebooting differs depending on the operation system version you are using. If you are running Lion or Mountain Lion there is a feature that allows to automatically restart all open applications after rebooting/start up. In Mountain Lion you will be asked before the computer shuts down if you want the applications to be restarted after reboot. Just uncheck the checkbox.
If you're confusing shutting down with standby and/or sleep mode you will have no built-in way to solve it (but an AppleScript may help). But at least I can provide you with a shortcut: Pressing ⌘ Command Q will "completely" close an application. You can use this shortcut instead of right clicking the dock icon to close the app.