Comments on: How to get your Applications Folder in your Dock – Mac OS X

By: alfred webb

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By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:18:53 +0000

@Tamar, try moving the folder a bit to the left of the trashcan and hold it until the dock (the space between the trashcan and the dotted line) expands to make room, then drop the folder on that spot. If the trashcan is bigger than normal, keep moving the folder a bit more to the left until that happens. Otherwise, yeah, it goes in the trash. gl!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:15:24 +0000

@Becca, I think it will change to folder icon if you right-click the stack and select display as “folder” rather than “stack.” gl!

By: Tamar

Tamar — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:39:26 +0000

every time i drag my applications folder to the dock and release it (on the side of the trashcan…it actually disappears!!! it gets thrown away…even though i do not put it in the trash. what am i doing wrong???

By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:36:56 +0000

When I do this it shows up as the individual icons stacked together, not the folder. Any advise on how to get the folder icon to show up instead would be great

By: Suzanne Ally

Suzanne Ally — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:04:35 +0000

THANX perfect explanation!

By: elpolla

elpolla — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:14:41 +0000

Excellent post!!!

By: db

db — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:30:17 +0000

Drag the applications folder next to the Trash. Nice.

By: Estetik

Estetik — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:30:09 +0000

Nice

By: Lyne Eaker

Lyne Eaker — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:21:08 +0000

For some reason the Applications folder does not appear in my “Macintosh HD”. It appears in the sidebar and says it exists in the root directory, but is “invisible” on the drive itself. Any ideas on how to get it to reappear?

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:27:15 +0000

You could go a step further and make a categorized application folder… :)

I detailed how on MacOSXHints (check the comments):
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050430200221176

Lately, however, I find that I use Quicksilver for opening apps anyway, so I don’t use the dock as much as a launcher.

Keep up the great work!