Button or App to close all background windows?

I frequently have many windows open in the background and have been having to close them one at a time. Is there a button or application for the purpose of closing all background windows at one time?

unfortunately, that will be the same on 7.8..
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Thanks, I do appreciate your immediate response to my question.
BUT your answers revealed an explicit controversy about background apps ... close them to save power and performance OR don't bother to close them as they are idle or inactive!
This dispute is resolved by APPLE in the following link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
My original question was: Is it necessary to kill background apps before shutting down my ipad to avoid any harm to the apps or the OS?

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Is there any way to close all open programs at once, rather than having to do them one at a time?

I don't know of a way to close all open apps at the same time, but i do know of a way to close all open windows in a particular app at one time, ie: safari
Hold down Option when you click on the red close button at the top of one of those windows, and it will close all windows *for that app*...but doing so doesn't necessarily quit the app.
The only other thing i can think of you can do is hold down Command, Option, and Esc to get the Force Quit window to open, (or access it from the Apple menu at the top left corner) and then you can select one at a time all the apps and force quit them individually...it's still quicker than switching between each app individually..
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Is there a shortcut to close all the windows on the desktop? Up to now I'm having to close each one individually. I'm talking about all types of windows (Safari, Address Book, plus other apps). Any suggestions?

I got the answer I wanted by searching the knowledge base for Tiger. Here is what I found:
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Is there any way to close all open windows at once? I cannot find any way to do so. Any keyboard shortcut?

Thanks, Tom.
Your response led me to the answer I was looking for. However, I found it worked better to press command and option , then click the red close button on the top line of the top window. This closed all open windows within the application of the open window. I had to do the same thing for each application. In my test case, I opened about 10 word processor windows and 10 email windows, all at the same time. I had to do the command-option - click red button twice, once for my email application, and once for the word processor application. It took me about 2 seconds to close all of the open windows.
Thanks a lot for your instructions.

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I am developing some kind of library, and I would like to close all open windows, dialogs, tooltips in the error case.
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Summary
Learn about common OS X keyboard shortcuts. A keyboard shortcut is a way to invoke a function in OS X by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard.
Products Affected
Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6, OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion
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(Control key)
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Fn (Function key)
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What it does
Option
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Shift
Perform a Safe Boot (start up in Safe Mode)
Left Shift
Prevent automatic login
C
Start from bootable media (DVD, CD, USB thumb drive, and so forth)
T
Start in FireWire target disk mode
N
Start from NetBoot server
X
Force Mac OS X startup (if non-Mac OS X startup volumes are present)
D
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Command-R
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Command-V
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Command-S
Start in Single User Mode
Command-Option-P-R
Reset NVRAM / parameter RAM
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What it does
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Command-Control-power button
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Command-Option-Media Eject (⏏)
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Command-Control-Media Eject (⏏)
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Shift-Control-Media Eject (⏏)
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Key combination
What it does
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Command-Option-A
Deselect all items
Command-Shift-A
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Command-C
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Command-Shift-C
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Command-D
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Command-Shift-D
Open desktop folder
Command-E
Eject
Command-F
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Command-Shift-F
Find Spotlight file name matches
Command-Option-F
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Command-Shift-G
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Command-Shift-H
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Command-I
Get Info
Command-Option-I
Show Inspector
Command-Control-I
Get Summary Info
Command-Shift-I
Open iDisk
Command-J
Show View Options
Command-K
Connect to Server
Command-Shift-K
Open Network window
Command-L
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Command-M
Minimize window
Command-Option-M
Minimize all windows
Command-N
New Finder window
Command-Shift-N
New folder
Command-Option-N
New Smart Folder
Command-O
Open selected item
Command-Shift-Q
Log Out
Command-Shift-Option-Q
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Command-R
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Command-T
Add to Sidebar
Command-Shift-T
Add to Favorites
Command-Option-T
Hide Toolbar / Show Toolbar in Finder windows
Command-Shift-U
Open Utilities folder
Command-V
Paste
Command-W
Close window
Command-Option-W
Close all windows
Command-X
Cut
Command-Option-Y
Slideshow (Mac OS X v10.5 or later)
Command-Z
Undo / Redo
Command-1
View as Icon
Command-2
View as List
Command-3

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211
http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/04/19/iphone-os-4-multitasking-explained-agai n/
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