Apple Mac Dock

The Dock, at the bottom of the screen, is a convenient place to keep the apps and documents you use frequently.

Open an app or file. Click its icon in the Dock. Recently opened apps appear in the center section of the Dock.

The Mac 'pretends' multiple displays are one big display. Given this, if your dock is set to appear on the left or right it will appear on the left or right of this virtual setup. That means if I had my dock on the left it would show up on my Mac because my Mac's display is arranged on the left with the LCD on the right. Apr 17, 2019  Your Mac comes with a small panel along the edge of the screen called the Dock: It lets you quickly access your favorite apps, files, and folders, as well as any actively-running apps. When you save an item to the Dock, you can access it at any time by clicking on it. By default, most of Apple's.

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Add an item to the Dock. Drag the item and drop it where you want it. Place apps in the left section of the Dock, and files or folders in the right section.

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Remove an item from the Dock. Drag it out of the Dock. The item isn’t removed from your MacBook Pro—just from the Dock.

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See all open windows in an app. Force click an app in the Dock to access Exposé and view all the app’s open windows.

Tip: You can make the Dock larger or smaller, add or remove items, move it to the left or right side of the screen, or even set it to hide when you’re not using it. To change how the Dock looks, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock, or choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Then click Dock.

Dock Menus

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A Dock menu appears when the user Control-clicks an app’s Dock icon. This menu automatically includes system-provided menu items for initiating actions like opening the app, quitting the app, hiding the app’s windows, showing the app’s windows, revealing the app in the Finder, keeping the app in the Dock, and opening the app at login. In addition, the menu can include useful app-specific items you provide that are accessible when your app is running. For example, the Dock menu for Messages includes menu items for actions like creating a new message and changing your status.

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The Dock and its menus adopt vibrancy and can have a light or dark appearance. This is governed by the user’s Appearance preferences. For guidance, see Translucency.

Always follow menu design best practices. In general, all menus and menu items should be consistently arranged and titled. See Menu Anatomy.

Provide app-specific menu items of value. In particular, consider exposing useful actions the user might want to initiate when your app isn’t frontmost or when there’s no open document window. For example, Mail offers options for getting new mail and composing a new message.

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Make sure Dock menu items are available elsewhere in the app, too. Users might not know about the Dock menu, so make sure it’s not the only way to do things. Expose the same functionality via the menu bar or your app’s windows.

Place app-specific menu items above the system-provided menu items. Users should always know where to look for the system-provided items.

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For guidance, see Dock.