Found Freeware: Dock Dividers (OS X)
Dock Dividers is a freeware (set) of apps for Mac OS X that allows you to place dividers between groups of applications in your dock. And don’t worry, there are both vertical and horizontal dividers, (for side-mounted docks). This can be helpful for productivity if you use the dock alone to launch your apps, and also provides a visual separation between your groups for quick reference. It might not save you a click, but milliseconds rather. There is a similar, previously released freeware that offers a couple of different styles to choose from.
You might notice once you download the Dock Dividers that it contains a group of files with an “.app” file extention. Well, in order to get an icon into the dock, it needs to be an application icon. The reason there are more than one in the download is because you can’t place an application in the dock more than once. Right about now you might be asking yourself about memory. Well, I tried that and not only are these apps tiny, you can’t even launch them. If you click on one of the dividers, Finder will attempt to launch the app, quickly learns that it isn’t really a launchable application, and does nothing. (self quits).
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I don’t know about anyone else, but I prefer an icon with a single pixel at 0% opacity – I find it rather more elegant. But that’s just me, and it’s just an idea, and you’d have to make it yourself – I don’t know if there are any downloadable ones that fit that description. Perhaps download the blank apps, and change the icons.
Excellent web site, by the way. Really enjoy your comments, tips, freebies, etc.
THANK YOU!!! I had tried Adam Betts’ solution quite some time ago and found it didn’t quite have the look/feel that I was looking for. This looks to be a much better solution. I’m definitely gonna give this one a go.
“Right about now you might be asking yourself about memory”
How exactly do you test for memory used by dock items. Is it similar to custom icons and docs on your desktop?
Thanks for any insight. And thanks for all the BittBox goodies.
@Jwo
Er… I think he meant the memory use of the app itself, which ought to be roughly nil. If you don’t believe it, you can always use Activity Monitor (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder) to view the currently used memory and the memory use of all open apps.
I love these. Such a simple idea yet my dock looks so much nicer.
you rock. i knew there had to be a way to do that. after all, it is a mac.
Glad you guys like them! The feedback has been very encouraging!
typically, people that use dividers in dock have to many apps in there..
Dock is for a fast launch for programs that you on a very regular basis, otherwise use spotlight, quicksilver or any other app launcher.
I find dividers extremly annoying..
If you find them annoying, then don’t download them. There is not just one way to use the dock.
haha these are pretty cool! Thanks Bitt! and thanks Brandon :)
Thank you, Brandon! Such a simple and effective solution. I, myself, have most of my applications in my dock, primarily because it’s quicker than opening up the Applications menu every time.
Hey! Did you know that you can create your OWN dock dividers?!!
Simply…
01 Create a new Photoshop image, say 10×10px.
02 Save it as .jpg on say, desktop
03 Rename desktop file as .app
04 Drag new .app image into the dock!
Et voila!
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I tried that and my file is automatically renamed with .jpg after the .app I gave it. Let me mess around with it a little bit longer, see what´s up… it would be awesome to make my own dividers!
thanks,
mannie.
I’m trying to imagine a more useless app for the Mac but I can’t think of one. Sure, group similar apps together, but you need a divider to tell you that? Gimme a break.
How much trash do you need cluttering up your dock?