[Nassifer]

How do I make stacks on the dock please help me.

thanks

[imitchellg5]

Stacks are folders, simply drag the folder that you want to the right side of the divider in your dock.

[turtle777]

Does anyone find stacks useful ? I don't.

-t

[Spheric Harlot]

I do.

[chabig]

Me too.

[Nassifer]

OK great that works thanks alot, now here is another question I drag my Applications folder to the bar, but the icons are HUGE is there a way to change them or am I just asking to damn much

[Thorzdad]

Click on the Apple in the upper left corner of the screen. Select Dock > Dock Preferences. You can adjust icon size, level of magnification, etc. there.
BTW, Stacks doesn't work if you have the Dock positioned on either side of the screen. It only works when the Dock is on the bottom of the screen. Personally, I've never found Stacks all that helpful.

[Nassifer]

Thanks, I like them because it keeps my dock clean, and I am kinda of a neat freak

[Spheric Harlot]

Oh, the Stacks feature works fine - just not as a fan; only in grid or list view.

I use Grid View all the time.

[Cold Warrior]

Folder view and either Grid or List are great. I use Grid for media or applications, and List for quick access to oft-used references, reading, and documents to avoid a cluttered desktop or burrowing through the Finder.

[Helmling]

Yeah, I'll continue the love fest for stacks.

[Jasoco]

Me too..


I have my Home, Downloads and Applications folders in there and they are used all the time. Well, Home not as much, but I keep it there for the looks. Also I have a fourth folder with aliases to most used folders called "Dock Shelf". All of them are set to grid view except for the Dock Shelf because for some reason aliases act like folders in Grid but open in one click in List view. I don't use Fan mode as it never shows enough icons. Not even for my Home folder which is the only one I would use it for if I could. (I hate that I don't use the Public folder, but it always comes back. I wonder if I could set it to hidden...)

This is what bugs me about Fan view...

Look at that. "1 more item in Finder". What the hell is that? It couldn't show that one more item in that spot? Oh, no, it needs to have an "Open in Finder" button. Stupid. BTW, that "one more item" is of course the never ever EVER used Public folder that I despise so much.

Also, I really really really miss more recognizable icons for the folders in my Home directory.

[webraider]

I didn't put my home folder in the Dock for this very reason. I created another called "Folders for the Dock" and put in my Home Folder directory. I then created aliases to each of the folders I wanted there ie: Music, Documents, Movies, and my own "Updates and Installers" folder that I keep downloaded apps and updates in for backup purposes. I Put them all in this folder, dragged this folder the dock. Clicked "Display as Stack" and violla. I get only folders I want. I could copy the documents folder icon and paste it onto the folder and just keep it folder view too.. but I kind of like the multiple folder icon that I get. It lets me know I'm clicking on not just a single folder. I have mine in Fan view, but I keep my app folder in Grid view. Grid view is not ideal just yet for file browsing, but it's definitely getting better. Apple will soon go this way for browsing I believe. It's simpler than the finder which is getting kind of old although, I the cool thing is that when I open this this stack in Fan view, it gives me a nice new finder window in the directory I want to go.

[boy8cookie]

In terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

then:
killall Dock

Best stack ever.

[Spheric Harlot]

Awesome advice, telling people to type stuff in the Terminal without telling them what each step does, or how to reverse it.

Might wanna include an "rm" somewhere for maximum learning effect.

[boy8cookie]

Reverse it? it adds a dock icon. To "reverse" it, you drag the icon out of your dock.