For instance if I was using Pages I might close a document and then want to go and open another one and start working on it. Maybe I'm closing this window just to open a new one. It doesn't assume that just because you closed the last window that you're done using the app. This is how it has always worked on Macs. On Macs closing the last window used by an app doesn't quit the app. I can actually go to the Menu and do things like say open up a new window. If you see here I click it and I'm still running Safari. They would expect clicking the red button to actually quit the app. This is very confusing particularly for people that have used Microsoft Windows for a long time and have only recently switched to Macs. The first, and the way a lot of people do it, is to go and click on this red button. Well, there are three main ways to do that. I'm done using this document, or in this case a webpage for now, and I want it to go away. Let's say I want to get rid of that window. So here I am working in an app, in this case Safari, and I've got one window open. In addition there's a third alternative that I use more than either one of those.

There's a big difference between closing a window and quitting an app on a Mac. Sometimes is comes down to the fact that they're not actually quitting the app. So a lot of times I hear users, particularly new Mac users, getting confused about what happens when they 'quit' an app. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts.

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Let's look at the differences between quitting an app, hiding an app, and closing a window. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Closing Windows Vs Quitting Apps Vs Hiding Apps at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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