Pop plugin · Files & System
Hold to Quit
Quit apps only after holding ⌘Q for a moment (or pressing it twice), so a stray ⌘Q never closes a whole app; some apps can still quit right away.
How to use it
Select something, hold the right mouse button, swipe. The animation plays the steps one after another; click a step to see it again.
- No need to select anythingIt works wherever you are.
- Hold the right mouse buttonAbout a quarter of a second. A short click still opens the usual menu.
- Swipe to “Hold to Quit” and let goIt sits on the ring where you put it, and it’s always in All Actions.
- Choose how to quit
- One accidental press keeps the app open
- Hold to confirm your intent
What it does
A stray ⌘Q leaves the app open. Choose holding the keys or pressing them twice, with a duration of 0.5, 1, 1.5 or 2 seconds.
Add exceptions for apps that should quit immediately. Finder is left alone; installed Chrome starts on the exception list because it has its own quit guard.
Requires Accessibility access. During secure password entry, macOS hides keystrokes from other apps and ⌘Q works normally.
Install it
Plugins aren’t part of the Pop download. Install this one when you need it.
1From Settings
In Pop’s Settings › Actions, find “Hold to Quit” under Plugins at the top and click Install. It downloads from Pop’s GitHub release in a few seconds and works right away, without a restart.
2Or from the ring
Open All Actions on the ring and search for “Hold to Quit”. Plugins that aren’t installed are listed after your actions: click it to install, and it runs right away if it can handle what you selected.
3Then use it your way
Put it on the ring in Settings › Ring, give it a shortcut, or run it from Shortcuts and scripts with its link:
pop://run?plugin=holdToQuitUninstall it from the same list when you no longer need it: the plugin and its settings are deleted. After Pop updates, installed plugins are updated with it, and with iCloud sync on, what you install syncs to your other Macs.
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