Using the Mac Dock, you can quickly and easily open your favorite apps or browse your existing ones. You can customize this item to your personal preference through “System Settings”, as well as through a hidden menu, which many do not know about.
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The dock panel does not have many settings, but there are additional options. For example, you can place this interface element on the left or right side of the screen, adjust the size of the panel and increase it if necessary. These and other settings can be controlled directly through the hidden menu in macOS (OS X).
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How to open dock panel settings in macOS via hidden menu
In the dock, you can easily find one or more dividers. To your left are your favorites and open apps. On the right, you can find the latest applications, folders, files and trash. The hidden menu is located “behind” one of the dividing lines.
Using a right-click on the separator in the dock, you can quickly activate the hidden menu of the dock. You can also do this by pressing Control and clicking on the dividing line.
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Work with options in the hidden menu of the dock
In this menu, you can adjust the position of the panel on the screen (Location Dock on screen), enable or disable the increase in the icons when you hover over them (Enable Zoom or Turn off magnification) and change the effect that will accompany minimizing the window (Tidy up Dock using effect) In addition, directly from this menu you can directly open the Dock settings, which are accessed in the “System Preferences”.
And if you just want to adjust the size of the dock, you can simply click on the divider and drag it up and down. This will automatically resize the entire icon strip.
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