Questions tagged [dock]
The special transparent bar (usually at the bottom) of a macOS desktop which houses applications, stacks, and the trashcan or on the home screen of iOS devices that provide easy access to commonly used applications.
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Why does my dock keep moving back to my other monitor?
I have a larger, external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro and have arranged it such that the dock is in the external monitor (via System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, by dragging the white ...
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How can I make auto-hide/show for the dock faster?
I really like the auto-hide feature of the dock in Mac OS X.
However, the animation for the dock to reappear is just a bit too slow for me. Since this is quite annoying, I disable the feature.
Is ...
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Is there a way to completely disable Dock?
I want the Dock completely gone. I haven't used it in the past three releases of OS X (10.5 to present). I want it completely gone, and LaunchBar there instead. Is there a way to kill the Dock so ...
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Is there a way to prevent apps from staying in Dock after quitting?
Certain OSX apps seem to have a tendency to stick around in the Dock, even though there's no user-facing setting to prevent this behavior. Is there a defaults command that prevents apps from enabling "...
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Can an app window be minimized by clicking its Dock Icon?
Something that bothers me as Windows user on OS X is that I can't minimize an app window by clicking the dock icon of the application. Is there a hidden setting for enabling this behavior or a utility ...
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How can I disable the red Software Update notification bubble on the System Preferences app in MacOS Mojave (not App Store)?
I keep the "System Preferences" app icon in my dock in Mojave. I recently checked for updates, and found one, but I'm not ready to install it just yet and the red notification dot over the settings ...
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Stop dock moving between monitors while moving mouse to the bottom of screen
We know why it is moving: Why does my dock keep moving back to my other monitor?
Now, how can we stop it? Some terminal command or even paid software?
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How to hide a specific active app on OS X?
Is there a way to toggle and hide or un-hide the application window and the dock icon of one specific active app in OS X?
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Is there a simple way to have separate dock icons for different Chrome Profiles?
I am using Google Chrome version 22 on OS X 10.8. I use separate user profiles (created using the native Chrome facility in Settings->Users) for my "regular" web browsing, and the web development ...
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Unable to add Visual Studio Code app's icon to macOS Dock
I had Visual Studio Code app's icon in my Mac's Dock before, but I can't put it there again.
I tried dragging and dropping the app bundle from the /Applications folder, but the icon doesn't land in ...
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Can't get rid of incomplete download bar underneath dock icon
My Downloads folder in my dock has been showing a download/progress bar at 50% since yesterday. There aren't any half-complete files in my Download folder, Google Chrome isn't awaiting any action to ...
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Change Dock color on left/right site in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
New in OS X Mavericks, when using the famous dock on the left or right site:
It has a white background now. It makes it hard to see the icons and the design is awful.
Does anyone know how to change ...
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How can I remove the Finder icon from my Dock?
I've started using Forklift as a Finder replacement, so I don't need Finder in my Dock. In fact, I would much rather have Forklift be the farthest left icon so I don't accidentally click on Finder.
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How can I open a Finder window in Desktop without switching to another one?
I have these five desktops with a dozen of full screen apps and feel very happy. Say I'm at right Desktop 5 now. (Sadly my picture is deleted since it wasn't uploaded to the site hosting service)
Now ...
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How can I disable the random/auto keeping of apps in the Dock?
Sometimes the Dock will keep an icon app in the Dock, even though I haven't set it as such, even though I've previously de-kept it in Dock after the first time it kept it 'for me'.
Is there a way to ...
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Keyboard shortcut for launching Apps in Dock
In Windows 7, Win
+ 1, 2, 3 ... 9 launches the first, second etc App in task bar.
Is there a similar keyboard shortcut in OS X in order to launch Apps that are in the Dock?
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There is a tiny icon on macOS dock that is not clickable!
After Visual Studio Code update, its icon on Dock has changed to a very tiny one which is literally inaccessible!
There is no way you can click on it or view options.
Does anyone know how to remove ...
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Can I move my Dock to the left side of my right monitor?
I have set up a two-monitor display, with my laptop on the left and my main screen on the right. I like having the Dock on the left side, but it's on the left of the left monitor, and as such it's too ...
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Missing icons on macOS Sierra
I'm on macOS Sierra and I have been losing icons randomly, as you can see below, the Adobe Illustrator folder does not look like it should.
This also occurs in the Dock:
FaceTime (left of iTunes) ...
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Ghost Updates on Mac
My dock tells me I have 8 available updates:
I also got the notification asking to install updates. However, when I open App Store, I only see recently installed updates (with no updates to apps or ...
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How can I disable Window Minimize animation
I'm about ready to throttle someone if I can't figure this out. I have been working to disable all animation effects throughout OSX (10.9.2). since I got my new laptop about 3 months ago. I think ...
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Can I add a "space" to my Dock to separate apps into groups?
I have a 27" iMac running High Sierra. I also have a Windows 10 virtual machine.
I have a number of Windows apps running throughout the day and they appear in my Mac’s dock, even when I’m in High ...
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Using a USB-C dock with older MacBook Pros
Thunderbolt 2 docks have been quite expensive and they will be obsolete once I purchase the new MacBooks with USB-C ports. I currently use a 2014 MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 2 ports, and I want to ...
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How to get a dock on multiple monitors
I have two monitors, but only one dock, which is somewhat annoying, so my question is, how do I get multiple docks? (One on each screen)
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Is it possible to have my dock visible on all monitors in El Capitan?
Don't mark this as a duplicate. Question has been asked several times in several places but it was years ago.
I have two monitors connected. One primary (that has dock at the bottom) and secondary. ...
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How can I hide the unread counter from Outlook Dock icon?
I find the unread counter on Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac distracting. Whenever it's there, I feel the need to click on it. How can I hide the unread count?
Mail.app provides an option to disable it;...
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Pinning the Dock to a Corner in Yosemite/El Capitan
In Mavericks and prior, one could use the following commands to pin the dock to either the top or bottom corner of the screen, if the dock was placed left/right, or to the left/right corners if the ...
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Why does my dock's "Automatically Hide" keep getting re-enabled?
I repeatedly see that the Dock is in auto-hide mode. So, I go to settings and disable auto-hide. Yet soon enough, auto-hide returns.
How can I keep this setting from re-enabling itself?
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What is this line on my dock?
I recently upgraded to Yosemite and I seem to have some sort of line on my desktop near the dock that won't go away. I've changed my background, moved the dock and even rebooted and it stays there. ...
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Only show active windows in the current space in Mac OSX when pressing CMD-Tab
I'm new to Mac and have the following wish:
I would like to have one instance of an application (app1) on space1 and another application (app2) on space2. When I pres press CMD-Tab I see every open ...
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How do I add the LaunchPad Icon to the Dock after upgrading fom Snow Leopard to Mavericks?
I have upgraded a Snow Leopard system to Mavericks. I expected to see the LaunchPad icon (spaceship icon used to launch installed apps) on the Dock, but it is not there.
How do I add that icon? I ...
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Create a line separation for finder in the dock? (osx 10.10)
I was wondering if it would be possible to create a line separator for the finder app, just like the one found next to the trash can?
The only behaviour difference that I'd like is for the line to ...
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How to make clicking on icon in dock == open new instance
I have several applications in my dock that can have multiple instances open (eg. Chrome, iTerm, Sublime, etc.)
When I click on one of the icons, I want a new window to open (this is what happens if ...
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Prevent switching workspaces when clicking on dock icon
I am constantly running multiple applications on multiple workspaces. I want to remain on the same workspace, and only switch workspaces when I explicitly ask for it (e.g. with a magic mouse gesture).
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What setting causes OS X to let you resize windows behind the dock?
I've set up my fair share of Macs over the years, but I've never been able to pinpoint what setting tells OS X that you're ok with being able to drag-resize a window vertically so that it goes behind ...
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Thunderbolt 3 dock disconnects when MacBook sleeps
I'm using a CalDigit TS3 Thunder Station 3 dock. When my MacBook sleeps, and I try to wake it using the attached USB keyboard, the DisplayPort connected screen comes on, but the dock looses connection ...
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How do I see the dock in a fullscreen window in OS X?
I'm running Mac OS X Mavericks and I have several apps set up to use fullscreen mode. There's no dock at the bottom of the screen, and it doesn't appear either when I scroll to the bottom of the ...
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Adjust width of spacer between Mac OS dock icons
Many of you might know that it is possible to add a spacer to the Mac OS dock icons with:
$ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'
$ killall Dock
but ...
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How do I put the dock on the top (external) monitor in a dual monitor setup?
I have a dual monitor setup with a MacBook Pro (Retina) 13" and 24" external Dell monitor (via DVI). I am using the MBP as the bottom monitor of the setup, and want to be able to use it primarily for ...
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Is it possible to remove the Dock in Lion?
Is there a defaults write command to remove the dock in Lion.
I tried the steps mentioned but that does not seem to work on Lion. I can still see the dock. Are there hidden defaults that can make the ...
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Remove iterm from cmd+tab apps
I was using TotalTerminal to get visor like terminal on a shortcut. But TotalTerminal is abandoned so I have switched to the iTerm2. My problem is that when I use a shortcut to trigger iTerms visor ...
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With multiple displays: how best to keep the Dock to one side, and on the same display as the menu bar?
I currently have the Dock to the left. In the Displays pane of System Preferences, I have the external display (if present) configured to be on the left side of the main built-in display; and the ...
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Wrong (generic) Mac dock application icon [duplicate]
I have the following problem since upgrading to OS X 10.13.1 High Sierra on MBP 2017. A generic icon is shown for nearly all my apps. See the image below. Does anyone know how to fix this and get the ...
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How do I create a Windows-like Start Menu for the macOS Dock without 3rd party software?
I am very new to Mac (only 1.5 weeks) and am trying to get used to its different way of doing things. Most of what I loved in Windows I've also found the macOS way of doing.
I am now more familiar ...
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How to restart the Dock without using the command line?
I know that I can restart the Dock using a killall Dock on the command line. I can also restart the Finder by Alt-right-clicking the Finder icon. Is there a similar way to restart the Dock without ...
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Can't rearrange Dock icons
On OS X Yosemite, I can't rearrange my dock icons. I click one, and drag, but it just stays in place and stops highlighting.
Here's a demonstration
This has been so ever since I upgraded to ...
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Dock shows on only one screen on OS X Mavericks
I understood that every display would behave independently on OS X Mavericks, and that it would get its own bar (top of the screen) and dock.
However, the dock shows only on the main screen, and not ...
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Double-clicking a window’s title bar to minimize it in Mavericks
After upgrading to Mavericks I’m no longer able to minimize a window to the Dock by double-clicking on its title bar. How do I get this functionality back?
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Dock on MBP Retina is using 80% CPU
The Dock on my MBP Retina is constantly using 70 - 80% of CPU.
This happens on the two account on the machine, both of which were migrated from my previous Lion MBP.
I don't have Parallels ...
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Avoid showing hidden applications in the cmd+tab navigation menu
I recently switched to OS X Mountain Lion. I have applications like Skype and Pidgin which start at login and are hidden, but when I have more applications running and I do ⌘ cmd + ⇥ Tab to switch ...