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tyler69:
Is there a way to change the behavior from closing the app to hiding it in the dock while keeping audio running? This would be consistent with other macOS players and with macOS apps in general..

Awesome Donkey:
If this is even considered, I do hope it's optional. A lot of the apps I use completely close the app instead of keeping it running in the dock (like the text editor, terminal, etc. does).

tyler69:
My question "is there a way to change" implied that I'd like to see it as an optional setting because of people liking that behavior. You're right, some system apps like text editor and terminal stay in the dock when hitting X. I find this confusing, no idea what Apple's intention is behind this. Iirc games also close when hitting on the X but I can't recall that a media player I've been using does this.

blgentry:
That seems a little strange to me.  The OS has a specific minimize button.  Are you asking for some other behavior like minimizing without going to the minimize area?  If so, why?

Brian.

tyler69:
If this seems strange, you probably do not use macOS or haven't used it for long?

Usually if you click on the X in the top left corner, the application hides behind it's icon in the dock (it's still active indicated by a small dot behind this icon). Hitting the dash (the middle button of those three buttons on the top left) minimizes a window into the dock (so you still see the application next to the application icon). That's how macOS apps (and all macOS media players I've used) usually* work.

So in a nutshell: For me (and probably for more macOS users -especially when they are not used to MS windows), this behaviour seems strange. MC does not integrate well into macOS from a UX perspective.

*there are some system apps (and third party apps, like games?!) that behave like MC is behaving though.. probably for inconsistency reasons..One can read this topic up on the internet.

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