When you login to your Mac for the very first time, you will likely see a number of application icons in the Dock that are unfamiliar. Sooner, rather than later, you’re probably going to want to add or remove applications from the Dock. Adding or removing items from the Dock is very easy. You essentially have two methods for doing so.
Click
If the application you want to add to the Dock is currently open, just command click the icon and choose Options from the menu. In the Options menu, select “Keep in Dock”. You’ll see something similar to the screen grab below.
If the application is currently in the Dock and you want to remove it, perform the same actions as above. This time, the Options menu will have “Remove from Dock” as an option.
Dragging
To easily add a closed application to the Dock, being by going to the Applications folder in the Finder. Once there, drag the application from the Finder window to the bottom of the Dock and hold. If you hold the application near the bottom of the dock, you’ll see the two closest icons move out of the way to “make room” for the new icon. Drop the icon where you want in the dock and it will fall into place.
To easily remove icons from the dock with dragging, just select and hold the icon and move it away from the dock. When a little cloud shows up just below the mouse pointer, let go of the mouse and watch the icon disappear in a puff of smoke.
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