Mac moving dock to side full#

The only superior option than placing the dock on the left side of the screen would be to enable dock hiding, but that’s not something that I’m totally comfortable with doing yet. A moving, suspended liner automatically aligns. This is where you’ll be able to change and customize your Dock. The new Vertical Docks precision alignment features make one-handed docking and undocking easy and consistent. Since doing it, I’ve never looked back, and I don’t see myself ever going back to the stock dock position. Whether you want to change its size or location, you can do it from the System Preferences like this: On your Mac, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen. Given those two advantages, especially the first one, I think it’s a no-brainer to place the dock on the side of the display.

Obviously, if your dominant hand is your left hand, this can change things a bit, but even if you decide to move your dock to the right side of the screen, I think most of the benefits apply. It’s also great if you have a dominant right hand, because your hand has room on the trackpad for movement from the right to the left of the trackpad. Notice, too, that there are no negative effect on horizontal space, because most web pages don’t span as long horizontally as they do vertically.Īdvantage 2: In English speaking cultures, our eyes have been trained to start from the left of the page, so placing the dock on the left side of the screen feels natural. Of course, you can compensate for the lost real estate simple by making the dock a lot smaller. While you can always adjust the dock and make it smaller, I tried to keep the sizes of both docks similar to show the difference with comparable sizes. I’d rather keep the dock in place and have the window snap to the edge of it so nothing overlaps.

Mac moving dock to side full#

With the dock placed on the left side of the screen, I can benefit from up to five additional lines of text on the web page that I’m currently viewing. My OCD actually can’t handle when it’s hidden, you have an application window at full screen, and then hovering to show the dock now makes it cover part of that window. …versus how the text cuts off on this screen Notice where the text on the web page cuts off on the screen above…

To illustrate, compare the following two pictures: Since most web pages provide content on a limited horizontal span, with a more spacious vertical span, you’ll be able to read more content on screen at once without any negative side effects. One of the easiest ways to see the advantage brought to the table is by simply viewing a web page and comparing the page with the dock on the side of the screen versus on the bottom of the screen. Since monitors are almost always widescreen, a dock placed at the bottom of the display can cause a serious loss of vertical real estate. Placing the dock on the left (or right) side of the screen lessens the constrain normally placed on the already limited vertical space. Advantage 1: The most obvious advantage is that apps can now take up the full height of the screen without being obstructed by a dock positioned at the bottom of the screen.