How Do I Relaunch The Dock On A Mac? Open the Terminal app from the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder. Type in the following and then hit return. killall Dock Please... Read answer Asked by Neil A. on July 29th, 2013 Filed Under: Utilities, Dock, Terminal
How Do I Disable The Red Badge Dock Alerts In OS X? Open System Preferences on your Mac and go to the Notifications panel. You have to disable badge app icons for each offending app individually. Start... Read answer Asked by Craig F. on May 6th, 2013 Filed Under: Dock, System Preferences, OS X, Notifications
Can I Pin My Dock To A Corner In OS X Mavericks? Launch the Terminal app on your Mac (it's inside Applications > Utilities). If you have a vertical dock and would like it pinned on the top corner or... Read answer Asked by JP A. on January 17th, 2014 Filed Under: Dock, Terminal, Finder
How Do I Move The Dock? There are two ways to manipulate the dock in Mac OS X 10.6. First, go to the Apple Menu on the top left of the screen and select System... Read answer Asked by Cameron M. on January 10th, 2011 Filed Under: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Dock
Can I Change The Dock Delay Period In OS X? Launch the Terminal app on your Mac (it's in the Utilities folder inside of Applications) and paste in the following: defaults write com.apple.Dock... Read answer Asked by Gerard M. on August 7th, 2013 Filed Under: Dock, OS X, Terminal
How Do I Turn Off App Indicator Lights In The OS X Lion Dock? Go to System Preferences -> Dock and uncheck "Show indicator lights for open applications". This will give your dock a cleaner look, but it's not as... Read answer Asked by Darcy M. on July 24th, 2011 Filed Under: Dock, System Preferences, OS X Lion
How Do I Restore The Translucent Effect To My Dock After Switching To Mavericks? Yes you can. Launch the Terminal application (it's located inside Applications > Utilities), enter the command below, then hit enter. defaults... Read answer Asked by Penny P. on February 5th, 2014 Filed Under: Dock, Terminal, Mavericks
How Do I Quickly Add Items To The OS X Dock? The traditional method for adding items to your dock involves dragging and dropping the item to the dock. For a faster solution, select the item in... Read answer Asked by Rosie P. on March 6th, 2015 Filed Under: Dock, OS X, Keyboard Shortcuts
How Do I Reposition My Dock In OS X? Go to the Apple menu at the top left of your screen and select System Preferences. Choose the panel named Dock and you will find options to adjust the... Read answer Asked by Vernon I. on January 2nd, 2013 Filed Under: Dock, System Preferences, OS X Lion, OS X, OS X Mountain Lion
What Is The Shortcut To Add An Item To Your Dock In OS X? The easiest way to add an item to your OS X dock is to highlight it in the Finder and push Command+Shift+T. You can also use Command+T to add an item... Read answer Asked by Mabel H. on August 13th, 2012 Filed Under: Dock, OS X, Shortcuts
Can I Stop The Indicator Lights From Showing Next To Open Apps? Launch System Preferences by going to the Apple menu at the top left of your screen. Open the Dock preference pane and then uncheck the box that reads... Read answer Asked by Lester H. on September 11th, 2013 Filed Under: Dock, System Preferences, OS X
How Do I Hide Recently Used Apps From The Mac Dock? Starting in macOS Mojave, Apple introduced a new feature for the Dock that shows three recently used applications alongside the items that permanently... Read answer Asked by Nancy H. on November 2nd, 2018 Filed Under: Mac, Dock, System Preferences, Privacy, MacOS