https://dockally.com/blog/ Mac Dock tips and notes from building DockAlly. en-gb https://dockally.com/blog/why-i-built-dockally/ https://dockally.com/blog/why-i-built-dockally/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT DockAlly is a Mac app that rebuilds your real macOS Dock for each kind of work. You make a profile for Coding, Designing, Studying or anything else, and switching rewrites the Dock to match. It costs $3.99 once and runs on macOS 26 on Apple silicon. https://dockally.com/blog/how-to-reset-mac-dock-to-default/ https://dockally.com/blog/how-to-reset-mac-dock-to-default/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Open Terminal and run defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock. The Dock restarts with Apple's default apps and settings. Back it up first with defaults export com.apple.dock ~/Desktop/dock-backup.plist if you might want your setup back. https://dockally.com/blog/add-spaces-between-apps-mac-dock/ https://dockally.com/blog/add-spaces-between-apps-mac-dock/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Run defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock in Terminal. A blank space appears at the end of your apps. Drag it where you want it. To remove it, drag it out of the Dock. https://dockally.com/blog/show-recent-files-in-mac-dock/ https://dockally.com/blog/show-recent-files-in-mac-dock/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Run defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{"tile-data"={"list-type"=1;}; "tile-type"="recents-tile";}'; killall Dock in Terminal. A Recent Applications stack appears by the Trash. Right click it to switch to Recent Documents, Recent Servers or Favourite Items.