24.12.2020

How To Put App Folder On Dock Mac

How To Put App Folder On Dock Mac Rating: 7,1/10 4428 votes
  1. You can easily find the Applications folder on a Mac computer using the Finder tool in your Dock, where you can also pin the apps you use most.
  2. Smart Folders in the dock. The app in question is Ableton Live, but you can do this with any app/file/project type. I was sick of having to open the app, and then open the project I’m currently.

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.

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On Mac too creating a folder or app shortcut is extremely easy. It hardly requires four clicks. We first make an alias and then move it to the desired location. You can add shortcuts for folders and apps to the desktop or Dock of your Mac. The first method below is the one I prefer. To single-click to open folders on the Dock, you need to create an Alias for the folder and then add it to the Dock. Folder alias to Dock. If you have the folder in question pinned to the Dock, unpin it first so that you’re not using up unnecessary space. To unpin it from the Dock, right-click the folder and from the Options sub-menu in the. The question arises that why the application folder is not placed in the dock by the makers of the operating system. The reason is that you can access some of your applications in the dock and some inside the MAC folder. Same applications may be contained in the dock or inside the application folder.

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.)

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. Start here mac app. Click “Remove from Dock.” The icon will disappear from the Dock.

Method Two

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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.

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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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Maybe I’m just slow but I just discovered I can put a folder on my iPhone dock, not only individual apps. I don't know about everyone else but I've always found the iPhone dock a bit short of space for my favourite apps. For example I use at least two different browsers and three different weather apps. Today I thought I might swap one on my weather apps on the dock and the thought occured to me that maybe I could put the whole folder there and lo an behold, yes I can.