Moving the Dock

The Dock normally appears on the bottom of the screen. However, you can make it appear on the left or right of the screen, as shown in Figure 5-3. To change the position of the Dock, you can use the Apple menu or the System Preferences window.

The Dock can appear on the left or right side of the screen instead of the bottom.

Figure 5-3. The Dock can appear on the left or right side of the screen instead of the bottom.

To change the location of the Dock using the Apple menu, do this:

  1. Click the Apple menu and choose Dock. A submenu appears (see Figure 5-1).

  2. Choose Position on Left, Position on Bottom, or Position on Right. The Dock moves to its new location on the screen.

To change the location of the Dock using the System ...

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