Name
The Dock
Synopsis
- Change the Dock’s preferences?
→ Dock → Dock Preferences
System Preferences → Dock
Control-click on the Dock’s divider bar and select Dock Preferences from the context menu.
- Quickly resize the Dock without launching its System Preferences panel?
Place the mouse over the divider bar in the Dock; the pointer will change from an arrow to a horizontal bar with arrows pointing up and down. Click on the divider bar and move the mouse up or down to make the Dock larger or smaller, respectively.
- Add a program to the Dock?
Drag and drop an application’s icon in the Dock from a Finder window.
After launching an application that isn’t normally in the Dock, Control-click on that application’s icon, and select “Keep in Dock” from the pop-up menu.
- Remove a program from the Dock?
Drag the application icon from the Dock, and drop it anywhere.
- Change the Dock’s location from the bottom of the screen to the left or right side?
System Preferences → Dock → Position on screen (Left or Right)
→ Dock → Position on (Left or Right)
Control-click on the Dock’s divider and select Position on screen → (Left or Right)
Shift-click on the Dock’s divider and move the pointer to the left or right edge of the screen
- Control the magnification of icons in the Dock?
System Preferences → Dock → Magnification ...
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