How to get your Applications Folder in your Dock - Mac OS X
Putting your applications folder in your dock enables you to get rid of icons in your dock that you rarely use, and still have 1-click access to all of your installed applications. This not only keeps your dock clutter-free, it makes it easier to navigate to your applications folder after you install an application. (For example, a recent freeware install.)
[Mac OS X] Get access to all of your installed applications without having to put their icons in your Dock. Simply add your Apps folder to the Dock.
1. Open a new Finder window.
2. Click on “Macintosh HD” (or your hard drive if you’ve renamed it)
3. Drag your Applications folder to the dock and release.
Important: You can’t drag it from the sidebar of the finder widow.
Important: You can’t place the Applications folder in the main portion of the dock. It must be placed next to the “Trash”
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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!
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?
Nice