Master the Mac Dock with these tweaks
From basic tips to advanced customisation for experts, here is everything you need to know about the Dock
Customise
the
Mac’s
Dock
and
add
your
favourite
folders
as
menus
The Mac’s Dock shows icons for common apps and just works. What more is there to it? Quite a bit actually. There are some useful ways to customise it and you can change the appearance and make it bigger or smaller, or even move it from the bottom of the screen.The Dock can show more than app icons and you can create useful menus from the contents of folders on disk or iCloud. They can be added to make accessing your files quicker and easier. If you are experiencing problems with the Dock, we have a troubleshooting section that shows how to restart it without restarting the Mac and how to reset it back to factory defaults.