Quickly quit all open applications at once on your Mac — Keyboard Maestro

ldstephens
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

As a rule, I usually have quite a few apps and windows open on my Mac and I switch back and forth between them through out the day. When I was ready to shut my Mac down for the day I would have to close each of these apps and windows individually. I thought to myself, there has to be an easier way.

I like to automate repetitive tasks as often as possible. To solve this problem I launched Keyboard Maestro and created a macro to exit all open apps and windows using a keyboard shortcut. Here's the simple macro I use for this.

That’s it! Now every time I type the keyboard shortcut, all open windows and applications close.

If you have Alfred with the Powerpack you can do the same with a workflow which you can download here.

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