Updated! Now a Universal Binary!
This is a Contextual Menu Item that allows you to quit a running application simply by right-clicking your mouse (or control-clicking if you have a one-button mouse), and then picking the application from a list of those currently running. It's as simple as this:
If the application you selected has any unsaved documents open, the application will prompt you to save them before the Quit operation completes. (You can Cancel the quit operation if you want, by clicking any "Cancel" button that the application presents you with.)
Best of all, it's donationware! If you find it (or the source code, see below) useful, all we ask is that you consider making a small PayPal donation.
Just click here to download the latest, Universal Binary version. (If you don't need a Universal Binary, click here to download the PowerPC version.) Then, either run the Installer AppleScript or follow the simple instructions in the "Read Me.rtf" file. (Note that the Quit CMI requires Mac OS X v10.3 or later. Universal Binary version requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later.)
Full Source Code Also Available!
If you've ever wanted to know how to create your own Contextual Menu Items, you'll be happy to know that full source code for the PowerPC version of the Quit CMI is available by clicking here. (The Quit CMI was originally created as part of an article published on the O'Reilly MacDevCenter web site. To find it, click here and then click on "Inside Contextual Menu Items, Part 2". Note that, except for a few Xcode project settings, there is no difference between the PowerPC-only and Universal Binary versions of the source code.) |