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  RE: How to auto close all Get Info Windows stoutyhk <stoutyhk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 09:32 -0600
    Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2014-02-09 11:53 -0800
      Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-10 09:15 +1100
        Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-09 22:44 +0000
          Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 10:08 -0500
            Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-10 16:42 +0000
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 13:36 -0500
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-10 20:30 -0500
                  Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-11 01:36 +0000
                  Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 21:21 -0500
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-10 19:39 +0000
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 14:52 -0500
            Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 06:37 +1100
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 08:05 +1100
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 16:31 -0500
                  Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 11:19 +1100
                    Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 20:01 -0500

#56288 — RE: How to auto close all Get Info Windows

I knocked up a quick AppleScript: http://cloud.zoooot.com/QDok

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#56302

In article <DLydncM_xr4NAmrPnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 stoutyhk <stoutyhk@gmail.com> wrote:

> I knocked up a quick AppleScript: http://cloud.zoooot.com/QDok

In North American English, to knock up is to make pregnant, whether by 
design or by accident.

Now perhaps what you did was to give birth to a quick AppleScript ...

-- 
David Ryeburn
david_ryeburn@telus.netz
To send e-mail, change "netz" to "net"

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#56304

In article 
<david_ryeburn-09E9A8.11532509022014@news.eternal-september.org>,
 David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:

> In North American English, to knock up is to make pregnant, whether by 
> design or by accident.

Here in Australia and surely in England and many other parts of the 
English speaking world it has a wider use. You can knock up a meal, a 
a makeshift table, it is making something in fairly quick time. And 
yes, it is used in the case of pregnancy (and has no implications 
about the length of time of the cause narrowly conceived, but broadly 
it is about that it does not take long to do in the broad scheme of 
things).

-- 
dorayme

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#56306

In article <do_ray_me-B82EE7.09154210022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> In article 
> <david_ryeburn-09E9A8.11532509022014@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:
> 
> > In North American English, to knock up is to make pregnant, whether by 
> > design or by accident.
> 
> Here in Australia and surely in England and many other parts of the 
> English speaking world it has a wider use. You can knock up a meal, a 
> a makeshift table, it is making something in fairly quick time. And 
> yes, it is used in the case of pregnancy (and has no implications 
> about the length of time of the cause narrowly conceived, but broadly 
> it is about that it does not take long to do in the broad scheme of 
> things).

Spot on again, dorayme. You really are the rat's pyjamas.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#56341

In article <090220142244485696%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <do_ray_me-B82EE7.09154210022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article 
> > <david_ryeburn-09E9A8.11532509022014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >  David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:
> > 
> > > In North American English, to knock up is to make pregnant, whether by 
> > > design or by accident.
> > 
> > Here in Australia and surely in England and many other parts of the 
> > English speaking world it has a wider use. You can knock up a meal, a 
> > a makeshift table, it is making something in fairly quick time. And 
> > yes, it is used in the case of pregnancy (and has no implications 
> > about the length of time of the cause narrowly conceived, but broadly 
> > it is about that it does not take long to do in the broad scheme of 
> > things).
> 
> Spot on again, dorayme. You really are the rat's pyjamas.

You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#56345

On 2014-02-10, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.

Command-Option-W (or holding Option while clicking the close widget)
closes all windows *in the current application* - just as it has for
ages. There may be one or two exceptions by badly-written applications;
but this is standard behavior for Mac applications.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#56357

In article <blsdraFqtdcU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> > You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> > option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> > but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
> 
> Command-Option-W (or holding Option while clicking the close widget)
> closes all windows *in the current application* - just as it has for
> ages. There may be one or two exceptions by badly-written applications;
> but this is standard behavior for Mac applications.

more proof that finder is a 'badly-written application'.

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#56381

BTW, if you have way too many windows opened, one option is to quit the
finder and then restart it.

Thinker tools has a option to enable the "file quit" (actually Finder ->
Quit) on the finder, or alternatively, I think you can "force quit" from
the dock.

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#56382

On 2014-02-11, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> BTW, if you have way too many windows opened, one option is to quit the
> finder and then restart it.
>
> Thinker tools has a option to enable the "file quit" (actually Finder ->
> Quit) on the finder, or alternatively, I think you can "force quit" from
> the dock.

"Thinker tools"... *grin*

Another tip: You can view information about multiple files / folders in
a *single* window by selecting multiple items in the Finder, then typing
Command-Option-I or by holding down the Option key while choosing File >
Show Inspector. Granted, it's less useful, but depending on what you're
doing, it can be better than opening multiple Info windows.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#56384

In article <52f97d4b$0$22343$c3e8da3$f6268168@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> BTW, if you have way too many windows opened, one option is to quit the
> finder and then restart it.

some or all of them will reappear, depending on what was cached at the
time you force-quit it.

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#56362

On 2014-02-10, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-10, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
>> option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
>> but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
>
> Command-Option-W (or holding Option while clicking the close widget)
> closes all windows *in the current application* - just as it has for
> ages. There may be one or two exceptions by badly-written applications;
> but this is standard behavior for Mac applications.

BTW, lest someone get confused by weasel-boy's typical useless comment,
both Command-Option-W and Option-clicking the close box does close all
Finder windows in Mac OS X 10.9.x (and just about every other previous
release in recent history I've bothered to try it in).

-- 
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I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#56366

In article <blso85Ft9grU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> >> You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> >> option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> >> but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
> >
> > Command-Option-W (or holding Option while clicking the close widget)
> > closes all windows *in the current application* - just as it has for
> > ages. There may be one or two exceptions by badly-written applications;
> > but this is standard behavior for Mac applications.
> 
> BTW, lest someone get confused by weasel-boy's typical useless comment,
> both Command-Option-W and Option-clicking the close box does close all
> Finder windows in Mac OS X 10.9.x (and just about every other previous
> release in recent history I've bothered to try it in).

option click does not close all in 10.6 and 10.8, which i tested prior
to posting. 

but when have facts mattered to you. you are once again, wrong.

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#56361

In article <52f8eb55$0$46299$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com>,
 Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <090220142244485696%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <do_ray_me-B82EE7.09154210022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> > <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > In article 
> > > <david_ryeburn-09E9A8.11532509022014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > >  David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > In North American English, to knock up is to make pregnant, whether by 
> > > > design or by accident.
> > > 
> > > Here in Australia and surely in England and many other parts of the 
> > > English speaking world it has a wider use. You can knock up a meal, a 
> > > a makeshift table, it is making something in fairly quick time. And 
> > > yes, it is used in the case of pregnancy (and has no implications 
> > > about the length of time of the cause narrowly conceived, but broadly 
> > > it is about that it does not take long to do in the broad scheme of 
> > > things).
> > 
> > Spot on again, dorayme. You really are the rat's pyjamas.
> 
> You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.

Well, not *all*, just the finder windows, it will leave app windows 
alone. Still, this is a useful thing and probably thje way to go to 
close millions of Get Info boxes. (Once I *restarted* in frustration 
when I accidentally opened millions of files and forgot quite the best 
course!)

-- 
dorayme

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#56369

In article <do_ray_me-D35A26.06371411022014@news.albasani.net>,
 dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> In article <52f8eb55$0$46299$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com>,
>  Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
...
> > You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> > option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> > but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
> 
> Well, not *all*, just the finder windows, it will leave app windows 
> alone. Still, this is a useful thing and probably thje way to go to 
> close millions of Get Info boxes. (Once I *restarted* in frustration 
> when I accidentally opened millions of files and forgot quite the best 
> course!)

To be more accurate (at least for SL):

In Finder, all *Finder* windows will close on click on any Finder 
window's red close button except a Get Info one! It will not work on 
the any Get Info window (except on that particular window). 

In other apps, various things happen with various techniques. Safari, 
under some conditions will close all its windows if you OPT click 
close on one window or CMD OPT W.

-- 
dorayme

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#56371

In article <do_ray_me-51C06A.08051411022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> > > You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> > > option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> > > but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
> > 
> > Well, not *all*, just the finder windows, it will leave app windows 
> > alone. Still, this is a useful thing and probably thje way to go to 
> > close millions of Get Info boxes. (Once I *restarted* in frustration 
> > when I accidentally opened millions of files and forgot quite the best 
> > course!)
> 
> To be more accurate (at least for SL):
> 
> In Finder, all *Finder* windows will close on click on any Finder 
> window's red close button except a Get Info one! It will not work on 
> the any Get Info window (except on that particular window). 

exactly, and contrary to what a certain other person claims. 

> In other apps, various things happen with various techniques. Safari, 
> under some conditions will close all its windows if you OPT click 
> close on one window or CMD OPT W.

safari sometimes closes a *different* window than the one whose close
button you clicked. i see this about once or twice a month or so.

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#56373

In article <100220141631478714%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <do_ray_me-51C06A.08051411022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > You used to be able to close windows like that by holding down the 
> > > > option key and clicking the "go away" button. Now you can do CMD-OPT-W 
> > > > but I believe it closes _all_ your windows.
> > > 
> > > Well, not *all*, just the finder windows, it will leave app windows 
> > > alone. Still, this is a useful thing and probably thje way to go to 
> > > close millions of Get Info boxes. (Once I *restarted* in frustration 
> > > when I accidentally opened millions of files and forgot quite the best 
> > > course!)
> > 
> > To be more accurate (at least for SL):
> > 
> > In Finder, all *Finder* windows will close on click on any Finder 
> > window's red close button except a Get Info one! It will not work 
> > [to close all] on 
> > the Get Info window (except on that particular window). 
> 
> exactly, and contrary to what a certain other person claims. 
> 
 
How is that jolly old rascal? Is he still causing trouble? Has he 
ganged up with Your Name to get The Balderstone gang going again? <g>

> > In other apps, various things happen with various techniques. Safari, 
> > under some conditions will close all its windows if you OPT click 
> > close on one window or CMD OPT W.
> 
> safari sometimes closes a *different* window than the one whose close
> button you clicked. i see this about once or twice a month or so.

I believe you. 

It is a little strange that in Finder, Option click on red close 
button tends to close all Finder windows including Get Info whereas an 
Option button click on any Get Info will only close only that 
particular Get Info window. If it is not a bug, if it is not just some 
overlooked something in the OS, there might be some reason why these 
are so special. 

Anyway, was the OP not wanting to know how to close a whole lot of Get 
Info windows? The answer, at least in SL seems to be ...:

* Open (if necessary) and close a normal directory window by Option 
clicking its close button. 

Get Info windows are like some dogs. They won't listen (or pretend not 
to listen!) to direct commands when it does not suit them, but if 
another dog does something, it will follow suit.

-- 
dorayme

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#56379

In article <do_ray_me-12B3FA.11192511022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> It is a little strange that in Finder, Option click on red close 
> button tends to close all Finder windows including Get Info whereas an 
> Option button click on any Get Info will only close only that 
> particular Get Info window. If it is not a bug, if it is not just some 
> overlooked something in the OS, there might be some reason why these 
> are so special. 

it's very strange, which is why i mentioned it.

it's obviously a bug, and one that likely will never be fixed, just
like most of finder's bugs, some of which have been there for over a
decade and counting. 

> Anyway, was the OP not wanting to know how to close a whole lot of Get 
> Info windows? The answer, at least in SL seems to be ...:
> 
> * Open (if necessary) and close a normal directory window by Option 
> clicking its close button. 

that works but that has the downside of closing the finder windows too.

the get info problem happens when you select a bunch of files and do a
get info and forget to use the option key to get the inspector version
instead of the individual get info windows (which is also a bad
design).

then you have an absolute mess on your hands, yet apple does not see
this as a problem. 

> Get Info windows are like some dogs. They won't listen (or pretend not 
> to listen!) to direct commands when it does not suit them, but if 
> another dog does something, it will follow suit.

sort of like some usenet posters.

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