Additional Ideas for Customizing the Dock

By changing the size of the Dock and turning on magnification, you can make the Dock easier to see, which can be handy if you have trouble seeing all the icons stored on the Dock. If you don’t like other people using your computer when you’re away, move the Dock to the left or right side of the screen and turn on hiding. Unless someone knows to move the mouse pointer to the left or right of the screen, they won’t be able to find the Dock, which can keep them from running programs (unless they know how to start the Finder program without using the Dock).

Since the Dock contains lots of icons, take a moment to remove the ones you don’t want and add new icons for programs that you need on a regular basis. ...

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