A recent update modified Chrome so that clicking Command+Q does nothing, except for showing a small overlay window that says, “Hold #Q to Quit.” That’s right, in the name of protecting users who accidentally click Command+Q (What were they trying to do, use Command+A to select all text?), Google broke the unwritten rules of macOS app behaviors. For a while, I thought that there was no way out of this, that you just had to hold down Command+Q until Chrome resisted. I kept forgetting, though. And Chrome became more and more annoying. It’s not like I could switch, either. I use Google Docs a lot for work, and it works better in Chrome, by many magnitudes. Fortunately, you can disable this Chrome setting in two simple steps.
- Click Chrome in the menu bar.
- Click Warn Before Quitting There, now, quitting Chrome has been returned to normal. It might seem like an infinitesimally small tweak, but I never needed the protection from an accidental click of Command+Q. And now, Chrome behaves like it should. Now, I’m not thrown out of my rhythm as I close apps, which is just as important as anything else. When you’re in a groove at work, you need the most friction-free experience possible, because one distraction leads to another. Now that you’ve un-borked Chrome, check out how to enable Chrome’s dark mode. Credit: Laptop Mag MORE: How to Use macOS Mojave
