OS X Leopard Tip: Add an Applications Stack to the Dock
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One of the best things within in OS X is the dock. Its a great way to keep all of your favorite applications in an organized way right at your finger tips. Sometimes it gets a little crowed on that dock to have all of your programs on there, but with the recent addition of stacks its now easier than ever to get all of your apps on the dock in a great organized way.
- Open up the finder
- Click on your hard drive, it should be the first icon under Devices
- Now you should see the Applications folder
- Drag and drop that folder next to the Downloads and Documents stack.
Now you should have an icon on the dock with an application on it, its going to be organized alphabetically, now click the stack and you will see all of your applications. While this sounds simple it makes a huge difference and saves you time from having to locate and open the Applications folder.
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dabrace1984
March 6th, 2008
at 5:48am
This is one of the first things that I do an a Mac install. I do this because it gives me something similar to a “Start Menu” in Windows. I also do the same thing with my “User” folder.
Chriso
March 24th, 2008
at 10:07pm
dude, this is great.
leopard has done an excellent job with the dock and its versatility.
however i did find myself sometimes having to go to my finder icon and navigate myself to the applications folder to go to certain programs sometimes..
once i implemented your tip and tried it out i about crap myself at the manner that it presented all my programs and how much easier access to it was.
this operating system is simply AMAZING!