New Mac users might wonder how to put often-used apps, documents, and folders down into the Dock for quick access. Luckily, it’s quite easy. Here’s how.
How to Add an App Icon From the Mac Dock
1.) Open the Applications folder and find the icon of the app you wish to add to your Mac’s Dock. (This also works with folders and documents.)
This article was co-authored by Chiara Corsaro.Chiara Corsaro is the General Manager and Apple Certified Mac & iOS Technician for macVolks, Inc., an Apple Authorized Service Provider located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Was founded in 1990, is accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an A+ rating, and is part of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN). Putting your applications folder in your dock enables you to get rid of icons in your dock that you rarely use, and still have 1-click access to all of your installed applications. This not only keeps your dock clutter-free, but it also makes it easier to navigate to your applications folder after you install an application. In the Dock on your Mac, do any of the following: Open an app: Click the app icon. For example, to open the Finder, click the Finder icon in the Dock. https://dlxivzu.weebly.com/app-wont-respond-and-wont-open-mac.html. Open a file in an app: Drag the file over an app’s icon. For example, to open a document you created in Pages, drag the document over the Pages icon in the Dock.
Best scientific apps for mac. 2.) Hover your mouse pointer over the app, document, or folder icon you wish to add to the Dock, and click and hold your mouse button or trackpad.
3.) Drag the icon down to the Dock, to the location where you want to move it. (Note: You’ll notice the Dock has a dividing line. Applications need to be dropped on the left side of this line, while documents and folders should be dropped to the right side of the line.)
4.) Hover the icon over the spot you wish to drop to. You should see the icons move over to make room for the new icon.
5.) Release your mouse button, the app will drop into place on the Dock.
How to Remove an App Icon From the Mac Dock
There are two ways to remove an icon from the Dock.
Note: You can only remove an application icon from the Dock if the app is closed. If the Dock icon shows a dot beneath the icon, the app is currently running. Close the app before attempting to remove its icon from the Dock.
Method One
Method one is to right-click the icon while it sits in the Dock. You’ll see a pop-up menu appear. Hover your mouse over the “Options” menu item. A new menu will appear. Click “Remove from Dock.” The icon will disappear from the Dock.
Method Two
Method two is to hover your mouse pointer over the icon you wish to remove, and then click and hold. Begin dragging the icon up and away from the Dock to an empty space on your Mac’s Desktop. You’ll soon see a bubble with the word “Remove” in it. You can now release the mouse button. The icon will be gone from the Dock.
For more tips and tricks that can help you make better use of your Mac, iOS device, Apple Watch, or Apple TV, be sure to visit the “How To” section of our website.
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I would advise against EVER saving an AppleScript application as 'Run Only'! That only prevents future editing of the script. If you want to protect your code, and will be distributing the script to several people, then select 'Run Only'. Otherwise, this option will only give you headaches in the long run when you realize you can't ever edit the script again after selecting that option. Something else you can do though is save the script as 'Stay Open' and change the script like this: This one line script hardly needs to be saved as 'Stay Open' though!
It's pointless to activate the Finder. Just run the shell script.
While testing the icon, I found that it does not always work, unless finder is activated first. I have no idea why!
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Made a quick app with the GNOME Show Desktop icon: Show Desktop
That's cool!
Great, but now how do I close the descktop exposure
When I run this it shows my desktop as desired. But now how do I revert back from the exposed desktop?
Also one tweak to this. in the script editor save it as an application bundle then move the the icons from the expose package to this script renaming them to the default name applet.icns (delete the default icons in the resources bundle of the script). Now it will look like the expose app in the dock.
Great, but now how do I close the descktop exposure
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'Wouldn't it be nice to activate Exposé's Show Desktop mode via an icon on the Dock?'
…no, not really.
Wow - another Script that re-invents the wheel - great!
Or, just add the Exposé icon to the Dock, then right click it, and choose “Show Desktop”. I know this is TWO clicks — but this may be enough for most people.
Also, on my system (a late 2008 MacBook Pro), it still takes a few seconds for an AppleScript app to run. Since the Exposé.app talks directly to the Dock.app process, this takes about ONE second total. Mac Dock Icons Not Showing
Four-finger swipe up.
I'll bet good money that I can get my mouse to the top right hot corner of my screen, AND then a second time, to show the desktop then bring the windows back, quicker than anyone can click on this icon, wait for the script to run, then click on the screen border.
I've argued against people criticizing hints just because they wouldn't use them themselves before now, but that applies to stuff that people may not spot otherwise. I'm pretty fed up with the number of 'I know you can do it using the GUI, Terminal, the keyboard, gestures and goodness knows what else, but I know, write a script' type hints here lately. Saying 'write a script to do it' is NOT a hint. It's sharing a script you wrote! The only real hint is; keep scripting in mind when you want a better workflow, otherwise this won't stop until every single thing you can do on a Mac has a scripted method posted. If Mac OSX Hints is to include these, then lets please have them in a separate 'useful scripts' section. Mark Mac Dock Icons Missing
In the Exposé System Preferences Pane, you can set up 'Desktop' to be activated via a 'hot corner'.
Once activated, it can then be de-activated by moving the mouse back to the same corner.
Yes, that's what I said ??
An alternative to this hint or using Expose hot corner is the sweet little mouse gesture app Expogesture http://ichiro.nnip.org/osx/Expogesture/index_en.html
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