#Mac os dock settings manual#
#Mac os dock settings full#
#Mac os dock settings windows#

Step 3: Enable Automatically hide and show the Dock option. Step 2: Navigate to System Preferences > Dock. The last option, Show Indicators For Open Applications, places a black dot below an active Dock application's icon. Step 1: Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your Mac's screen.

#Mac os dock settings windows#

Minimize Windows Using Genie Effect/Scale Effect merely impacts how windows visually behave when minimizing them, while the Animate Opening Applications check box serves only to make an application icon bounce when you open the program. The remaining Dock settings are largely eye candy. SEE: Apple in the Enterprise: A Strategic Guide (ZDNet special feature)

This folder is available in the macOS Dock and contains all your Windows applications. I find it easier to move between active applications by clearing that icon, which subsequently places a preview of the open app in a minimized state in the Dock. To open these settings, choose Actions > Configure > Options. If you wish to minimize windows to their Dock application icon, check the Minimize Windows Into Application Icon box. If you regularly work with numerous windows, and if you wish to more readily dismiss open windows, opt for the Minimize option. The Double-click A Window's Title Bar To Zoom/Minimize drop-down box permits specifying whether double-clicking an application's title bar should prompt the window to become larger or minimize itself.

#Mac os dock settings manual#

Manual instructs macOS to only open documents in a tab when you manually open a document in a tab.

#Mac os dock settings full#

In Full Screen Only instructs macOS to only open documents in a tab when you are working within full screen mode.

Always instructs macOS to open documents in a tab instead of within a new window.

The three choices are Always, In Full Screen Only, or Manual. If you economize movement and regularly use shortcuts, such as pressing Command and Tab simultaneously to switch between active applications, you'll want to pay attention to the Prefer tabs when opening documents drop-down menu, which permits specifying how documents should open. SEE: Five ways to make macOS more efficient on the go (free PDF) (TechRepublic) I used to think of this feature as superfluous, but I've come to find it particularly helpful on 13' Macs when numerous applications are present in the Dock. Syntax defaults host Actions Options defaults help Actions: read domain key Print defaults to standard output read-type domain key Print the plist type write domain key value Save a default value write domain plist Save plist (a property list) as a default: rename domain. You can check the Magnification box, too, and move the corresponding Magnification slider bar to adjust how large the Dock icons appear when the cursor is placed over them. Set preferences, the macOS user defaults system works with both the OS and with individual applications. Simply move the Size slider bar to adjust the Dock's onscreen footprint. Another common Dock adjustment is changing the Dock's size.