[Bobby]

Anybody have an OS X script to quit all running applications?

I used to have one in 9 a long time ago, but I don't have it now and I'm not even certain the OS 9 code will work in OS X...

Basically this is to quit all apps before I play a game...

I tried searching the forum but didn't get any matches...

[bradoesch]

Was it an AppleScript? I'm pretty sure it'd work in OS X as well, unless it's compiled as a program. If it's still the code it should work.

[::maroma::]

I was just thinking about this the other day. I'd love a script that would quit all apps, including the Finder, and launch Warcraft 3 (or whatever game you want). I want to put as much of my computers resources into Warcraft 3 as possible since it's such a sluggish game on my machine.

[bradoesch]

Originally posted by ::maroma:::
I was just thinking about this the other day. I'd love a script that would quit all apps, including the Finder, and launch Warcraft 3 (or whatever game you want). I want to put as much of my computers resources into Warcraft 3 as possible since it's such a sluggish game on my machine.

When I first read this, I thought OS X should be able to manage memory very well and just swap the RAM the Finder (and other running apps) uses to the HD and give WC3 the extra RAM. Then I remember playing Tony Hawk, I needed to quit all running apps or it wouldn't run smoothly. So much for my theory.

Maybe the extra apps were eating CPU cycles or something...anyone?

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by ::maroma:::
I was just thinking about this the other day. I'd love a script that would quit all apps, including the Finder, and launch Warcraft 3 (or whatever game you want). I want to put as much of my computers resources into Warcraft 3 as possible since it's such a sluggish game on my machine.

What about a script which quites all apps and automaticaly mounts the Warcraft disk image, then launches the app.

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[WJMoore]

An inelegant and not really practical solution is to logout and back in again. Another option is if you command tab through apps in the dock and keep holding command down after each tab press press q and the app will quit. This can be very quick, it automatically tabs through running apps only and you just have to hit q on each one.

Wesley

[Judge_Fire]

There are a number of daemons and other invisible processes running, which would be nice to quit, too.

Creating a small app that quits everything but the OS required processes could be done, but it could affect input devices etc.

Still, a lot of people wanting to squeeze that extra frame from their system could enjoy it.

J

[Bobby]

I actually wouldn't want daemons and such to quit... Mainly the apps in my dock and menu bar is what I'm concerned with... This is mainly for games

Originally posted by Judge_Fire:
There are a number of daemons and other invisible processes running, which would be nice to quit, too.

Creating a small app that quits everything but the OS required processes could be done, but it could affect input devices etc.
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Still, a lot of people wanting to squeeze that extra frame from their system could enjoy it.

J

[Sal]

sorry about the double post. The second post includes the routine for Classic.

[Sal]

OK, I'm going to post this on two conditions:

1) that you undertand and agree that you USE THIS SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK
2) provide feedback as to whether it worked or not

This script will kill any processes launched from within the Home folder and within the Apps folder and then restart the computer. Other processess to be targeted can be added to a special list called "kill_list".

Save the script as an applet. And be sure to set the value of the this_appname property at the top of the script to whatever you name the script applet.

Good luck!

PS -- the voices really do add a lot to the script!

Code:
property kill_list : {}
property this_appname : "New Kill Script"

display dialog "Kill all apps and restart?" & return & return & ¬
	"All unsaved data will be lost." buttons {"OK", "Cancel"} default button 2 with icon stop

say "I must kill all application processes." using "Bad News"

set this_app to (path to me) as string

set the apps_folder to (path to "apps" from local domain) as string
set the home_folder to (path to "cusr") as string

tell application "System Events"
	set these_processes to every process
	repeat with i from 1 to the count of processes
		try
			set this_process to item i of these_processes
			set the process_file to (the file of this_process) as string
			set the process_name to the name of this_process
			if the process_name is not this_appname then
				if the process_name is "Classic Support" then
					say ("killing classic.") using "Zarvox"
					do shell script "kill `ps axww | awk '/" & "TruBlueEnvironment" & "/ {print $1}' | head`"
				else if the process_file begins with the apps_folder or ¬
					the process_file begins with the home_folder or ¬
					the process_name is in the kill_list and ¬
					(Classic of this_process is false) then
					say ("killing " & process_name) using "Zarvox"
					do shell script "kill `ps axww | awk '/" & process_name & "/ {print $1}' | head`"
				end if
			end if
		end try
	end repeat
	say "All processes have been stopped for now." using "Pipe Organ"
	say "Restarting computer." using "Trinoids"
end tell
tell application "Finder"
	ignoring application responses
		restart
	end ignoring
end tell

[Sal]

Any comments? Results?

[Bobby]

Oh my gosh, this script corrupted my entire hard drive!!! I hate you! I hate you!! How could you do such a thing, this is all your fault!!!!

Originally posted by Sal:
[B]OK, I'm going to post this on two conditions:

1) that you undertand and agree that you USE THIS SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK
2) provide feedback as to whether it worked or not

This script will kill any processes launched from within the Home folder and within the Apps folder and then restart the computer. Other processess to be targeted can be added to a special list called "kill_list".

Save the script as an applet. And be sure to set the value of the this_appname property at the top of the script to whatever you name the script applet.

Good luck!

PS -- the voices really do add a lot to the script!

Just kidding!!!! I modified the script to keep it from restarting, and it works GREAT!!!! This is EXACTLY what I needed!!!!!!

Thank You!!!!

[7Macfreak]

how bout a simpler one without all the voices to just quit all applications and launch RtCW?

[Bobby]

Originally posted by 7Macfreak:
how bout a simpler one without all the voices to just quit all applications and launch RtCW?

What I made mine do is to just quit... I deleted all the say lines, and also deleted the last segment to tell finder to restart... I also set it up to ignore a specific aplication. If you wanted it to open another application after it quits everything else you would just need to add it twards the end of the scipt...

[7Macfreak]

cool
will try that. but i'm not very experienced with applescript so i MIGHT not get it right.