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Is there any apple Keyboard Shortcut to force quitting all of my applications?
I really need this sometimes because i have a old MacBook Air and it freezes if I put more than 14 applications. I just want to ask if there are any KeyBoard shortcuts to force quitting all of the applications using the Apple KeyBoard?
You don't need to map the power button, that menu is already mapped to control+eject
Other useful shutdown/restart/logoff key mappings are below which might be of interest too
Prompt to save work and restart the Mac - Control+Command+Eject
Prompt to save work and shutdown the Mac - Control+Option+Command+Eject
Sleep - Command+Option+Eject
Sleep displays - Shift+Control+Eject
If the computer isn't responding and you need to force it to power off, you can hold down the power button for 6 seconds, you'll lose unsaved work though.
These power shortcuts are listed on the apple support pages
ctrl+fn+F3
..selects an item of the dock. You can navigate using the arrow keys. The selected item is the one that will be selected first the next time you use this shortcut.
Once you've selected the Applications folder, the shortcut becomes for the next time:
ctrl+fn+F3+↩
BTW: You can also use ctrl+fn+F2 to access menubar items.
Best Answer
You could do it with a script... or you could hit CMD+Tab and while holding CMD hit "q" over and over. It will cycle through your apps and quit them one by one pretty quickly.