Safari minimizing

Every time I press the Red X button on safari it always minimizes instead of actually closing even though I have the setting close windows when quitting an app and I don't know what to do it does this with others like apple music it just minimizes instead of closing the whole application

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 2, 2022 10:49 PM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2022 02:17 AM

The Key Words are " close windows when quitting an app " means exactly that, and as @picas has already mentioned the Window Is Closed not the Application.


Example in 2 images below.


I have Apple Mail Open and viewable and use the Red Button to Close the Window


In second image of my Dock - notice the Mail application has the Black Dot below it. That means the Application Window is Closed but the Application itself is still active and not Quit Completely




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Oct 3, 2022 02:17 AM in response to BunBunno

The Key Words are " close windows when quitting an app " means exactly that, and as @picas has already mentioned the Window Is Closed not the Application.


Example in 2 images below.


I have Apple Mail Open and viewable and use the Red Button to Close the Window


In second image of my Dock - notice the Mail application has the Black Dot below it. That means the Application Window is Closed but the Application itself is still active and not Quit Completely




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