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Dock

Favorites and open apps, windows, Launchpad, minimized windows and the Trash

#What's in it

• Launchpad (the grid icon): every app.
• Pinned apps, then open apps that aren't pinned. A dot under an icon for each open window (up to three).
• Minimized windows get their own icon near the Trash; click to restore.
• Trash: click to open; right-click for Empty Trash. Drop files on it to delete them.

#Using it

Click

Starts the app, or brings its window forward (a click on the window in front minimizes it); with several windows, each click brings the next one forward.

Middle-click

Starts another window of the app.

Rest the pointer

On an app with several windows, shows them; click one to pick it.

Right-click

The app's windows, New Window, the app's own actions (for example a new private window), and Keep in Dock / Remove from Dock.

Drag

Reorders pinned apps. To pin an app that isn't open, right-click it in Spotlight → Keep in Dock.

#Settings

Settings → Desktop & Dock: position (bottom, left or right), floating or full width, icon size, magnification when pointing, automatic hiding, and which apps are pinned. Desktop Profiles can change these together (Work, Gaming, Battery).