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The Mac keyboard shortcut command W will perform the Close Tab action. If you are using an application that supports tabs, the keyboard shortcut will close the current tab. If there is only one tab open or if the application in use does not support tabs, the keyboard shortcut may close the entire window. Instead of clicking the close button on every one of the windows that are open in that app, this shortcut closes them all at once. Here, just press the Command ( ⌘ ), Option (sometimes listed as the alt key on non-Apple keyboards), and W keys at the same time to close all of the open windows in an application or the Finder. Now, press the Option/Alt key on your Mac keyboard. You should notice that the Close option changes to Close All. Click on Close All and all the windows will be quit/closed. Being a keyboard-shortcuts guy, I've wondered if this one helps.

From here, you can reach any file on your MacBook or even venture to the Internet. When you're finished with a document or you no longer need a window open, you can close it to free that space on your Desktop. To close a window in Mac OS X, move your pointer over the Close button; it's the red circular button at the top-left corner of the. See all windows shortcut on a Mac. (Apple's name for the gesture that reveals your open windows and provides shortcuts to different desktops you have set up) so you can see everything you.



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