How to Close Documents in a Mac
When you access a document on your Mac computer, an application is booted to open the file. These documents will stay open on your system until you instruct the computer to close them, by either closing the individual document or quitting the application that is running it. Apple has designed the Mac OS X operating system to make closing your documents consistent and uncomplicated, even when the document has stopped responding.
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Instructions
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Closing Documents By Quitting Application
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Save all open documents by clicking "File" then "Save" or "Save As." Locate the icon in your system's dock for the application that is running your open documents.
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Right-click the application icon, then click "Quit."
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If the application does not close after the first "Quit" request, then right-click the icon again and hold the "Option" key on your keyboard. Select "Force Quit" from the list of options.
Closing Individual Documents
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Navigate to your open document. Save it by clicking "File" then "Save" or "Save As."
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Hover your mouse pointer over the red button in the upper-left corner of your document's window. An "x" appears within the red button.
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Click the red button to close the document.
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Tips & Warnings
Force-quitting an unsaved document will cause you to lose all unsaved data.
