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One specific app doesn't quit

Open marcohamersma opened this issue 8 years ago • 3 comments

I have this app called RescueTime that I want to quit when leaving a certain context, but for some reason, it doesn't quit. Controlplane is able to close other apps, but not this one.

If I look into controlplane's log (in the advanced section of the preferences), I see something like this:

23:28.961 -[QuitApplicationAction execute:]
  Terminating all instances of application 'com.rescuetime.RescueTime'

But it's still running. I can kill it manually in the terminal with killall RescueTime so I wonder why nothing is happening when CP tries to close it. Any ideas on what might cause this?

marcohamersma avatar Jan 06 '17 18:01 marcohamersma

Might be related to https://github.com/dustinrue/ControlPlane/issues/447

marcohamersma avatar Jan 11 '17 10:01 marcohamersma

There might be some helper app that you've selected to lose rather than the visible app.

dustinrue avatar Mar 30 '17 23:03 dustinrue

There's only one application related to rescuetime in the applications folder, and in activity monitor there's no sign of a helper app existing. I guess somehow the mechanism that controlplane is using to close the app doesn't work the same as killing it through the terminal :(

marcohamersma avatar Apr 03 '17 16:04 marcohamersma