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Keyboard shortcut to switch to specific app in OS X
Have you tried using Snap from the App Store?
FEATURES:
Snap automatically assigns keyboard shortcuts to apps pinned in your dock using a modifier key (command, option, control, or shift) and the ...
11
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Mac resize window below dock
I fixed it by restarting my dock. Open the Terminal app and type killall Dock.
I think it's the dock getting into a bugged state; running this command restarts it and makes the dock behave correctly....
8
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Keyboard shortcut to unhide or unminimize a window in OS X
Keyboard shortcuts:
Hold down ⌘ + Tab
While holding down ⌘, hit Tab to move to the app you are interested in
While holding down ⌘, hit the ▲ arrow to make the window thumbnails appear at the bottom
...
8
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Disable Discord dock badge
It usually means you have an unread message in a channel. You can disable it by going to your System Preferences -> Notifications -> Discord -> Uncheck the "Badge app icon".
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Adjust width of spacer between Mac OS dock icons
You can use {"tile-type"="small-spacer-tile";}:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="small-spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock
Here, a "small-spacer-tile" vs ...
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Disable Discord dock badge
Discord also doesn't show up for me in System Preferences -> Notifications, however there are two places where Discord notification settings are, both accessible from the app.
From the top ribbon, ...
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Is there a way to keep an icon of each window separately on mac dock?
Yes! I just figured it out. This has been driving me nuts on my Mac at home too. I just found your post while researching it. My Mac at work treated different Chrome windows separately in the dock so ...
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Keyboard shortcut to switch to specific app in OS X
I've used Apptivate (free and OS X 10.9+) to accomplish this for a few years. It allows you to assign apps to arbitrary keyboard shortcuts, so I assign them in the same order they appear in my dock: ...
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How to move Macintosh bottom dock bar from one screen to another?
To move the dock to a different monitor on a mac we can place the cursor on that monitor ( ensure there is a click on the monitor so the focus is on that monitor) &
Simply move the cursor to the ...
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Running Application Does Not Show Up In Dock
Google brought me here, and while ViggoV's solution didn't work for me, it made me think about something else that did. There is a terminal command that reboots the Dock:
$ killall -9 Dock
Well, ...
2
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Mac open multiple instance of application
very simple, use the following command on terminal
open -n -a "APPLICATION NAME"
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Add Unix Executable to Mac OS X Dock
Platypus will do the job fairly.
However, if you are not in the favour of installing any other software then you can also achieve the same using AppleScript:
Step 1: open Apple Script Editor from ...
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How to detect and run custom scripts on docking / un-docking of ThinkPad?
You can also use ACPI events to hook into the docking/undocking events if you install the ThinkPad kernel module: https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/hooking-into-docking-undocking-events-to-run-...
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How can plug 2 external monitors in 1 USB-C?
Looks like it does not support dual monitor output.
HDMI and VGA port can't be displayed at the same time.
This product will not do what you want.
This is an USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter that would ...
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File Location of Doc Shortcuts in Mac OS
They aren't files; they're entries in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist. This is a property-list file that stores all of the settings for the Dock, including the list of "persistent-apps" (...
2
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What does the thin line on my macOS dock designate?
On the right side of the separator you see what applications you recently opened.
This is a parameter that can be modified in the 'Dock' settings.
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Using a Dell TB16 on a computer without USB-C
Let me start with a few basic explanations.
USB-C is a form factor for a connector. It does not require you to use USB on it, in fact, you may:
Have an USB-C connector running USB 1 only, with co ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2 works with ThinkPad T440 to project the displays?
The cable you have is directional, it takes input on USB-C and sends output on mini-DP. At least that's how it appears from the product description. Getting multiple displays from one DP port means ...
1
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Black booting screen on Mac Mini using Dell D6000 dock
I have the same problem, with FileVault turned on... only workaround is to wake the monitor (such as displaying its menu) then turn on Mac mini within a second or two. Seems mini cannot wake display ...
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Install groovy console on Mac and make it runnable from dock
Follow these instructions http://sdkman.io/install.html and make sure you restart your terminal session after each step;
Say $ sdk install groovy to install groovy (I assume you have jdk already ...
Community wiki
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How to maintain iMac dock settings on network computer?
It sounds like your school enabled Guest-account mode, which lets anyone login and use the computer, but then restores the account to as new upon logoff. If that's the situation, you'll need to ...
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Where are the Discord notification settings located?
This icon only appears when activity is detected within servers you do not have muted. If you routinely get annoyed by this icon from a specific server you don't particularly care for, you can right ...
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Place direct shortcut to folder in dock
It turns out on Mac OS you cannot drag a folder to the Dock to create a shortcut.
You have to first create an "alias" and then drag that alias to the Dock.
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Adjust width of spacer between Mac OS dock icons
Here is my collection hope it helps there is a spacer for each side honestly. its in the apple documentation.
(1) Left Side Spacer (Main dock area)
(Choose which size you want)
(Big Spacer)
defaults ...
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OS X: How to give different icons and titles to simultaneously running instances of Firefox
First create a custom .app (e.g.: following this guide); then set a custom icon for the profile with this addon.
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Make a dock icon always open a new window in OS X?
Open Automator.app and create a new Application.
Add the action Run Shell Script and paste the following contents:
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" --new-window ...
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Mac resize window below dock
I ran into this issue after I reboot my Macbook. The solution that helped was toggling "Automatically hide and show the dock". I also use Spectacle to move windows around and now it moves ...
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Add Dock to second monitor on Mac OS X
On High Sierra, the only way I got it to be on the left on my second monitor was, with the dock set to appear at the bottom (that's the only position it would show on the second monitor), I moved the ...
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Folder Aliases in Dock or List View cannot be expanded?
A small update to this 10-year old question. This works for macOS 10.13, possibly earlier.
If I have a folder in the Dock, and create a an alias in that folder, then in the List view in the Dock, the ...
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