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  • Sep 29, 2019  For now however, this is the closest you’ll get to the classic MacOS dock. Winstep Nexus. Winstep Nexus is one of the few dock apps that officially supports Windows 10. There’s a free and paid version. It’s the free version that we’re referring to here. This dock is like the basic concept from MacOS, but it gives it a real Windows flavor.
  • The Dock on the Mac desktop is a convenient place to access apps and features (like Siri, Launchpad, and the Trash) that you’re likely to use every day. The Dock can show up to three recently used apps that aren’t already in the Dock and a folder for items you download from the internet.

You can drag any item from the Finder into your Mac's Dock to access it quickly. But this will quickly clutter your Dock with a lot of stuff that you may still access infrequently.

Instead, check out this quick tip for the command line that lets you access recently opened documents, apps, servers, and other items.

A word-processing application: Most people use word-processing software more than any other application. A project folder: You know, the folder that contains all the documents for your thesis, or the biggest project you have at work, or your massive recipe collection. Add that folder to the Dock, and then you can access it much quicker than if you have to open several folders to.

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If you've never used Terminal before, you'll find it in the Applications > Utilities folder on your Mac. As OS X is a Unix-based operating system, Terminal provides you with command-line access to the system. The majority of Mac users won't ever need to access Terminal for any reason. But Terminal gives you access to a wealth of system features and functionality that you don't get using the OS X graphical user interface.

How to add recent used apps and documents to your OS X Dock

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Type defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{'tile-data' = {'list-type' = 1;}; 'tile-type' = 'recents-tile';}'; killall Dock, then press return. (You can copy this line of text and paste it into Terminal to avoid having to retype it.)
  3. Close Terminal.
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Your Dock will now show a new icon on the right hand side (near the Trash can). This stack displays recently used applications by default. If you control-click (or right-click) on that icon, you can change that list to recent documents, recent servers, favorite volumes, or favorite items. You can also change the view style — I prefer Grid, myself.

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If you want to get rid of this new Dock item, just click and drag it out and hold it for a couple of seconds; a popup will appear that says 'Remove.' (Alternately, you can select 'Remove from Dock' by control-clicking/right-clicking the Dock item too.)

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