I built a Mac app because the red X has been lying to me for two years
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On macOS, clicking the red X doesn't quit an app. It closes the window. The app
keeps running — RAM, Dock, Cmd+Tab switcher.
Every Mac user learns this and adapts. I never did. I'm a student, I got my first
MacBook not long ago, and I spent months "closing" apps that were still very much
alive.
So I built Quitly. A menu bar app that quits an app for real when its last window
closes. One-click Quit All. And a list of apps it never touches.
Launching here Saturday. Before that, a question I actually want answers to:
Which app on your Mac would you never want auto-quit? I'm building the default
exceptions list and mine currently has Chrome, Messages and Spotify. Curious what
I'm missing.

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