Comments on: Is your Mac’s Dock cramped? Use Stacks to categorize app icons

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:58:48 +0000

Very helpful article. But to show the Alias with the correct icon in the dock I had to restart the Dock with:

killall -KILL Dock

Then it works fine!!!

Cheers

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:51:03 +0000

Thanks – great article, worked first time & has made my dock so much nicer to work with.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:38:22 +0000

Nice tip, and I like the “organization” of aliases in a Stacks folder – that’s a good idea.

At first I thought this would limit the ability to drag’n drop onto apps, and it does a little bit. One simply needs to drag the files(s) onto the stack folder in the dock, and wait for it to pop open. Then it is possible to choose an app.UNFORTUNATELY… this leaves a folder open every time :( I hope Apple at some point builds in the ability to stack apps with drag’n drop functionality, so the fan or grid closes itself afterwards.

By: Sean Brown

Sean Brown — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:44:09 +0000

Thanks. I took a 10 year vacation from Macs (OS 7.5) and am just figuring things out again. This was what I was looking for.

By: Ant

Ant — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:15:16 +0000

Thanks so much for the correction, Rick. You’re absolutely right. The post has been updated.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:08:33 +0000

Great article, but one big error. In order to make an alias, drag the app while holding Option AND Command.