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.
Questions tagged [dock]
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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 turn this off it's a bit annoying?
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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) has no icon, this also occurs with numerous other…
HXGamer
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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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In what Folder are Dock Applications are stored?
At the bottom of my screen of my Mac I have a dock with different shortcuts inside.
But.. where are these shortcuts stored? In what folder exactly?
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Permanently remove icons from Dock
I have Maps, Photos and iBooks icons returning to my dock after a reboot even though I removed them several times already. Is there some way to remove them? They seem to be set as defaults, can I change these defaults somehow?
gruszczy
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How to remove open documents from the dock in Mac OS Catalina
My dock in Mac OS Catalina shows icons for all open docs in my open apps (Finder, Word, Skim,...)
If I right click on any of these apps and press "Hide" the doc icons disappear from the dock, but the moment I use the app again, they all reappear…
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Dock on Lion using lots of cpu and RAM
For some reason Dock process is using a lot of cpu and RAM ( 4GB+ at this moment ) as you can see on this image:
I tried to:
Kill the process
Restart Mac OS
Remove com.apple.Dock.plist/db and kill Dock
Logout and login again
Nothing worked. Note…
Fernando
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Stop app from showing multiple icons in Dock
is showing up multiple times in the Dock. It's only open once. How do i stop this?
I have opened an app once, but it shows up two more times in a different middle section between two lines.
Is this an app misbehaviour or an macOS one? I can't tell…
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Tool or trick to require doubleclicking to launch apps from dock?
Is there a way to make it so that launching an app from the dock requires a double click instead of a single click? I find myself accidentally launching apps and then needing to force-quit them.
I'm hoping for some OS hack or third-party app. …
user3713
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How can I group applications?
My Applications folder is getting pretty full and I'm starting to lose track of applications. I want to organize them in groups, but I've read that some applications don't properly handle being put inside a folder.
1) What is the truth to this…
Ricket
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Duplicate app icons in the Dock
Sometimes when opening apps I get duplicate icons in the Dock for that app. This isn't really a problem, however I'm curious why macOS does this (I suppose this is more of a technical question).
This happens a lot especially with VS Code where I…
Decade Moon
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Is there a way to cancel or disable the slow dock transition easter eggs?
If you shift-click the minimize button or hold shift while restoring a window, you get the slow-motion genie or scale effect.
Is there a way to resume full speed after an accidental shift-click?
Is there a way to disable the shift-click combination…
steamer25
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Isolate OSX Dock per Space
How can I make it so that each space has its own isolated dock?
Basically what I'm looking for is:
The dock in one space should not show the icon of an app that was open in another space.
If I have the same program open in two different spaces,…
lzm
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If the Dock fails to relaunch after killing it, is there any way to force it to relaunch?
Every now and then I encounter an issue or bug in macOS that requires me to kill the Dock process. (For example, oftentimes some of my keyboard shortcuts for switching spaces stop working and the only way to fix it is to restart the Dock.)
However,…
Bri Bri
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Lock Dock To 1 Screen
I'm using 2 screens and I keep hitting the bottom of the second screen and the dock jumps to that screen. The problem is it doesn't jump back if you do the same on the original screen.
Is there anyway to stop it from moving? I will never want it on…
Crizly
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