2.10 Quitting Applications

     If I had a twisted and warped sense of humor, I’d simply tell you to quit applications by pulling your Mac’s power cord from the wall socket. (Luckily, I don’t.) For a safer and saner way to exit an application, use one of these methods:

✦ Press the ⌘+Q keyboard shortcut.
✦ Choose the Application’s named menu and then click Quit.
✦ Control-click (or right-click) the application icon on the Dock and then
choose Quit from the contextual menu that appears.

     You can also click the Close button on the application window. Note, however, that this method doesn’t always completely close down the application. For example, Safari stays running even if you close the browser window. In general, if the application works in a single window (such as System Preferences), closing the window also quits the application.
     As I mention earlier in the chapter, if the application supports the Resume feature in Mavericks, the document you were working on will automatically be displayed when you launch the application again.