Suppose you are running Note Pad, Scrapbook, Sherlock and Stickies and Scrapbook is the front application. Click Quit CSM to popup the Quit menu:
 
The Applications section of the Quit menu lists four commands, one for each running application: Quit Note Pad, Quit Scrapbook, Quit Sherlock and Quit Stickies. The Quit Scrapbook command is checked since Scrapbook is the active application. Select one of these commands to quit the corresponding application.
If you want to quit all background applications (Note Pad, Sherlock and Stickies), simply choose Quit Others, whereas if you want to quit all running applications, select Quit All.
Quitting One or More Background-Only Applications
 
To quit background-only applications, command-click Quit CSM to popup the advanced Quit menu.
 
The BOAs section of the advanced Quit menu lists all running background-only applications. Select a command in this section to quit the corresponding background-only application.
Choose Quit BOAs, to quit all running background-only applications and choose Quit Others & BOAS, to quit all running applications (including the Finder and background-only applications) except the front application.
If you are a novice, don't quit background-only applications. Quit background-only applications only if you exactly know what you are doing. The indiscriminate quitting of BOAs can lead to system errors.
Notice that the advanced Quit menu is not available if you're using Quit CSM with Mac OS 9 or higher, Multiple Users is on and you're a limited or panels user: limited or panels users cannot quit background-only applications using Quit CSM.
Quitting and Restarting the Finder
 
To quit the Finder, command-click Quit CSM to popup the advanced Quit menu. Then choose the Quit Finder command. When the Finder is not running, the Quit Finder command is replaced by the Restart Finder command in the advanced Quit menu. Select it to restart the Finder.
If you are a novice, don't quit the Finder. Remember in any case that the Finder's absence limits the operation of your computer (no file sharing, no Apple menu, limitations on background printing, ... ).
Notice that the Quit Finder command is dimmed when you're using Quit CSM with Mac OS 9 or higher, Multiple Users is on and you're not the owner of the computer.
Not Quitting an Application: Excluding Applications
 
The Quit Others and Quit All commands generally help you to quickly quit more applications at the same time, but on some occasions you would prefer them to be ... less efficient!
Suppose for instance the application NeverQuitMe! is in your Startup Items folder and you want to keep it always running: the Quit Others and Quit All commands become unusable, since they would quit NeverQuitMe!.
Quit CSM solves this problem by giving you the possibility to exclude as many applications as you need. Once an application is excluded, it disappears from the Quit menu and is ignored by the Quit Others and Quit All commands.
To exclude NeverQuitMe! for instance, activate it and choose the Exclude NeverQuitMe! command in the Quit menu. The Quit NeverQuitMe! command is removed from the Quit menu and the Quit Others and Quit All commands can be safely performed while keeping NeverQuitMe! running.
 
What about if you change your mind and would like to readmit the application NeverQuitMe! in the Quit menu? Just activate it and choose the Include NeverQuitMe! command.
 
Notice that you can also exclude and include applications using the Quit CSM Settings control panel. See Applications Pane in the Quit CSM Settings chapter.
Quitting Excluded Applications
 
Suppose that you exceptionally want to quit an excluded application. How can you do this since excluded applications are not listed in the Quit menu?
Simply command-click Quit CSM and popup the advanced Quit menu which lists all running applications and choose the corresponding Quit command.
 
Notice that the advanced Quit menu is not available if you're using Quit CSM with Mac OS 9 or higher, Multiple Users is on and you're a limited or panels user.
Why Can't I Quit this Application?
 
When Control Strip or ACTION GoMac are used as module host, there are applications which appear neither in the Quit menu nor in the advanced Quit menu. The reason for their absence is that Quit CSM is not able to quit them because they were developed before the introduction of System 7.0 and don't support AppleEvents.
Pre-System 7.0 applications also prevent Quit CSM to quit other applications when they are active: all Quit commands are therefore dimmed when a pre-System 7.0 application is the front application.
 
The limitation due to applications not supporting AppleEvents can be overcome by using Extensions Strip as module host. Extensions Strip is shareware and can be downloaded at http://www.skidperfect.com/.
