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Steve Troughton-Smith

People complain about my Dock every time I post it, but it just underscores that the macOS Dock should support iOS-style app folders. You simply can't group apps up like you can on iOS; the only folders the Dock supports are filesystem folders, which don't work well with the Mac's Applications model

Nico Reese 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith I wonder how regular people do this now that Launchpad has been gone for a year. I think they drag their apps to the desktop Windows-style. I think it's a mistake to not have better solutions for this.

@nicoreese @stroughtonsmith first thing I do with any new mac is to set autohide on, set dock to smallest size, and enable magnification on mouseover. I'm not an ordinary user though, I'm just old

Luca Nalin 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith but why are you keeping all the missing app (? Icons)?

Steve Troughton-Smith 3d ago

@lucanalin most of those are my own apps that just don't currently have a successful build in Xcode. The moment I build, they return

BoxOfRain 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith
Agree totally this would be useful.

It would be a big of an ugly hack, but does a finder folder with aliases to the apps work? (Not by my Mac so can’t check.)

Steve Troughton-Smith 3d ago

@boxofrain big hack, and when you click on one it's going to be added to your Dock anyway

BoxOfRain 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith
That too.

This is where the launcher apps come in I guess.

Multi Purr Puss

@stroughtonsmith How about not putting ALL THE STUFF in the dock? 🤣

Here's my daily driver, running #Manjaro(still alive, afaik) #Linux, #KDE #Plasma. (Arch, btw)

There's certainly a threshold, when the #UX becomes burdensome instead of helpful - are you using auto-aim, to hit the intended icon? 😅

On my box, i press Super(Windows) to enter "Overview" mode (Exposé on MacOS?) then i just type "rename", ah yeah, there's the batch renamer, 1st entry, hit enter, yoink!

Florke×64 🏴‍☠️3d ago

@platymew @stroughtonsmith manjaro ain't arch, btw

Multi Purr Puss

@florke64 @stroughtonsmith that's what she said 🤣

Lennart Schoors 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith Surely you're aware of https://www.dockfolders.com?

DockFolders — Dock Folders for your Mac

Tyler Loch 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith I see nothing wrong with that Dock…

QuarterSwede 3d ago

@stroughtonsmith Cmd+Space, that’s how I launch a lot of apps and keep the dock down to only apps I want to see running status of and games I don’t want to forget (work/life balance issues?). But you aren’t wrong, I was surprised Dock folders are still file system linked only after updating to Tahoe.

[kai engelhardt];3d ago

@stroughtonsmith YES, folders would be awesome! Another thing I wish was possible is different dock contents based on the current focus. I currently have 2 user accounts on my Mac: One for work and one for personal things, so that I don't need to see Slack, etc. on the weekend.

Timothy King 1d ago

@stroughtonsmith you could totally have folders of apps in the dock — just make folders filled with aliases from the Applications folder