Comment by smoldesu

4 years ago

How can you make it behave like Linux and Windows? I don't want my applications to persist when their visual presence is gone, it's disingenuous to the user.

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microtonal  4 years ago

it's disingenuous to the user

That is nonsense. It is just a different model and the model Mac users have been used to since the 80ies. When I close a window/document, I often want to another document with the same application, so why close it? If I want to close an applications, I can use Cmd-q. Moreover, their visual presence is not gone, such an application is still in the Dock and in the app switcher.

And why do I care if an application continues running? If it hasn't been used for some time, macOS compresses its pages. And inactive native applications will be put in App Nap, which freezes the application, so that it doesn't use system resources until it is activated again.

sbf501  4 years ago

Uh oh: Haven't you ever typed "ps aux"? :)

There is a third space on mac, different from a menubar, called "dock". In the old days it was integrated into the main persistent menu bar, but was removed maybe in the early 2000's. Personally I prefer one menubar, but at least I can hide the dock.

EDIT: "dock" not "launchpad". Duh.