Would you like to add frequently used applications or documents to your Dock? Would you like to remove rarely used items from the Dock? If so, below are instructions on how to do this. The Dock is the row of icons that’s typically located across the bottom of the screen, though it can be moved. Apple populates the Dock with items that they think, or want, you to use, but you can customize it to suit your own needs. You can add applications, documents or folders to the dock.

Dock Basics

1. The Dock is divided into two, disproportionately sized sections. Look for the dividing line which appears a little bit to the left of the Trash. The left-hand section can contain Application icons. The right-hand section can contain icons for files, folders or web sites.
2. When you’ve opened an application on your Mac you’ll see its Dock icon displays a small black dot below it. (Older versions of the Mac operating system displayed either white horizontal bar or a bluefish white circle, both of which are hard to see, if you ask me.)
3. Apple populates the Dock with some of its applications. You can rearrange or remove these icons using the instructions below.
4. When you open an Application whose icon is not already on the Dock, this application’s icon will temporarily appear on the Dock. When the application is quit its icon will vanish from the Dock.
5. The Finder icon, which appears at the far-left end, and the Trash icon, which appears at the the far right-end, can not be moved around or removed. They are locked in place.
6. Clicking and holding an icon on the Dock produces a menu of choices. For example, if you click and hold on the Trash icon its menu lets you choose to either open the trash or empty it (if you have files in the trash).

1. Adding an application, file, or folder to the Dock is as easy as 1-2-3. First, open a Finder window that contains an application, file, folder, URL, or disk icon that you use frequently. Then follow these steps to add it to the Dock: 1. Click the item you want to add to the Dock.
2. On your dock, click the 'Finder' icon(the little half-blue half-white face), and then click 'Applications' on the left. Find the Application you want, and like you said, simply drag it down to the dock, and bam. It will stay there. You were talking about trying to do that from the program called 'Launchpad', which is different.

The dock is an easy way to get the everyday use app as soon as you open the Mac, but setting the apps to launch at startup will make the process even faster. There is an option to set apps to launch at startup on a Mac from the Dock menu in case the app you are looking to set in the startup is already present in the dock menu.

Rearrange Items On The Dock

• To rearrange icons on the Dock, click and drag an icon to either the left or right.

Remove Items From The Dock

• Click and hold on a dock icon to display its menu.
• Select Options
• Select Remove From Dock (If you want to remove a Folder icon, hold down the Control key and then click and hold its icon to see it’s menu.)

Add Applications To The Dock

• There are a few ways to add Applications to the Dock but this one is the one I use most often.
• Click on the Finder icon on the Dock to open a Finder window
• Click on the Go menu, at the top of the screen, select Applications.
• Locate the application that you want to add to the Dock.
• Click and drag this application’s icon to the left-hand section of the Dock. (Make sure you don’t drag this icon on top of another dock icon. Instead, make sure that you see the dock icons scoot to the side to make room for this new icon.)

Add Files or Folders To The Dock

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• Click on the Finder icon on the Dock to open a Finder window
• Navigate to the file or folder that you want to add
• Click and drag this application’s icon to the right-hand section of the Dock (Make sure you don’t drag this icon on top of another dock icon. Instead, make sure that you see the dock icons scoot to the side to make room for this new icon.)

Change The Dock’s Location

• Click on the Apple menu and select System Preferences
• Click on the Dock icon
• Locate the Position on screen section and select, Left, Bottom or Right.

You might also be interested in Apple’s Dock overview article.

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