Since upgrading to Pixelmator Pro 2.4.1. working has become a nightmare for me, literally. I usually open quite a few images to copy from, to create my work. Before 2.4.1. I could simply quit Pixelmator with Command+Q to close all images. But this changed with version 2.4.1. On quitting I am forced to go to each and every open image and click "Delete" or "Save". This is a huge burden! The real nightmare is this: Even if I quit Pixelmator Pro through kill -9 (or Kill through Activity Monitor), when I reopen ... all images reopen! It's scary.
I already mailed to support but they say the programmers said they have no control over the quit behaviour of Pixelmator. I didn't change the operating system though (MacOS 12.3), I upgraded only Pixelmator Pro.
Do you have the same problem? How do you handle this?
Quit without Review ?! Nightmare on Elm Street
2022-05-02 09:18:17
Just used to happened when I do some editing to a bunch of loaded images wich I then don´t want to keep. But this behaviour didn´t changed afaik. If you strictly don´t want to keep any edits you can brut force quit Pixelmator Pro. Not sure about any side effects though. How many images do you have open during a session meaning a burden to hit "Delete" x times?
2022-05-04 13:45:28
Hi there, after speaking with the devs about this I can confirm that no changes were made from our side in recent updates (if any) that would have accelerated the rate that these dialogs appear. As I did previously mention to ag123 over email, these close window dialogs are purely macOS-based and we aren't able to directly impact their behavior. They are, however, dependant on two settings in System Preferences > General: "Ask to keep changes when closing documents", and "Close windows when quitting an app". Though at least from my experience, there doesn't seem to be a combination of these settings that results in no close dialogs appearing 100% of the time - it may only somewhat lower the frequency of cases where the dialogs appear. At the very least, if it helps, you can press Command + Delete multiple times to quickly select "Delete" for each dialog.
2022-05-10 22:41:45
EllenM, a force delete will make all images re-open the next time when opening the app.
I appreciate the research and efforts of the dev team. However, at this point it almost seems easier to uninstall Pixelmator and reinstall it every time I force quit it, instead of going through the tedious process of going through the dialogs of every open image.
Is there any way to delete Pixelmator's Preferences or History instead?
I appreciate the research and efforts of the dev team. However, at this point it almost seems easier to uninstall Pixelmator and reinstall it every time I force quit it, instead of going through the tedious process of going through the dialogs of every open image.
Is there any way to delete Pixelmator's Preferences or History instead?