Comments on: Show Only Currently Active Apps in the Mac OS X Dock

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:46:36 +0000

I tried it and it worked.That was several months back but now when I try to reverse it.. it doesn’t work.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:38:11 +0000

Well, I tried it…
It could be nice if it could let all the folders in the right part of the Dock (Applications, Download, and other personal folders)

Is there a way to do that?

By: Alberto

Alberto — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:33:27 +0000

As I use the dock to launch the applications that I more often use I am not sure that I like this trick

But I am curious, so I will try.

By: benjamin

benjamin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:25:30 +0000

very…very… veryy good tip. I tried this and is very usefull.
thanks!!

By: James

James — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:38:59 +0000

@Ian – That was my thought immediately as well. If you don’t want apps on your doc, why would you put them there? Just empty your doc and only active apps will be shown.

By: Cassandra – Friday Review: The Weekend Arrives

Cassandra – Friday Review: The Weekend Arrives — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:37:57 +0000

[...] lovely tip this week from OS X Daily that might help those who have a Dock that is overloaded. There is a way to show only active [...]

By: qka

qka — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:04:10 +0000

@Murphy – hear you on the vertical space. That’s why I put my Dock on the side, and use auto hide. That can be done from System Preferences.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:59:48 +0000

Great tip, but you could also just drag everything out of your Dock to achieve the same result

By: JaiG

JaiG — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:45:51 +0000

Sweet, I might start using my dock this way! Now, if I could only get one icon for each instance of the application loaded.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:33:04 +0000

I’m definitely going to try this one – great find ! I hide the Dock on my Macbook too – not enough vertical space.