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When you are ready to use the new Mac, the first thing you will see is Dock. On Windows, it is called the taskbar and is displayed at the bottom of the screen by default. This convenient location shows the most commonly used and recently used applications. You can customize Dock, add and remove applications, and organize them for the best experience.

For newcomers to Mac, here's how to use it with Dock.

Customize your docking station

Wharf preference

One way to change the appearance of the wharf is to set the rdquo medium in the ldquo system preferences. So click the Apple icon to gt; system preferences, and then select docking.

Docking preference setting Mac

Starting at the top, you will see a slider that can move the Dock size and magnification (if enabled).

You can then select the location of the wharf from the left, bottom, or right.

Next, select the effect you want to use to minimize the wizard or zoom the window.

Then, when you open the document, go to this setting and check the rest of the settings you want to enable.

If you have any questions about these settings, just click the question mark button in the lower right corner of the window.

Quick operation of docking

You can use Dock itself to adjust some settings. For example, if you want to increase or decrease the size of the Dock, move the cursor over the delimiter and drag it up and down when the delimiter becomes a two-way arrow.

Dock separator arrow Mac

There are other options. When you see the two-way arrow, hold down Control and click. You will see a pop-up menu that can be used to turn on or off hiding and zooming, change the position on the screen, adjust the minimization effect, and turn on the Dock preferences described earlier.

Docking Settings Shortcut Mac

This allows you to quickly change the look and feel of Dock without having to set it up.

Wharf application operation

Open the application

From the beginning of opening the application, you can do a lot of things with the application in Dock. You can do this by clicking the application icon in Dock.

You can also open the previous application and hide the current application. Hold down the Option key and click the application icon in Dock.

You can open one application and hide all other applications. Hold down the option command, and then click the icon for the application you want to open.

To open a file in a specific application, simply drag the file to the application icon in Dock.

Application shortcut key

To see a list of shortcuts available to applications in Dock, hold down Control and click the application icon. Here, you can perform operations such as switching between windows of the same application and using the application to open the latest files.

If you place the pointer over the option, you can choose ldquo to keep rdquo on when Dockrdquo,ldquo logs in and ldquo to display rdquo in Finder.

Dock sets shortcuts to applications on Mac

You can also show all windows, hide or exit the application. If you hold down the option key while opening this shortcut menu, you will see that ldquo hiding has been changed to hide other rdquo and ldquo exit has been changed to force exit rdquo. You can also use the control options and click the application to bring up this menu. So keep in mind these quick actions as well.

Dock option to set shortcuts on Mac applications add, rearrange, and delete applications in Dock

To add the application to the Dock, you can use the shortcut menu and select ldquo to stay at the dock; if the application is currently displayed in the Dock. Alternatively, you can drag the application to the Dock to the left of the delimiter.

Add an application to Dock Mac

To rearrange the application in Dock, simply click and drag the application to a new location.

Reorder applications in Dock Mac

To remove an application from Dock, click the application icon and drag it out of the Dock. When you see ldquo delete display rdquo, release it. Keep in mind that this will only remove the application from your Dock, not from your Mac.

Remove application-related Dock articles from Dock Mac

For additional help on Dock, check out these related methods of operation.

13 Mac keyboard shortcuts to make better use of Dock

How to automatically hide Dock on Mac

How to make Dock hide automatically on Mac faster

How to add optical drive shortcuts to Mac desktops or Dock

How to add site shortcuts to Dock on Mac

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