New: Recent Apps in the Dock

In this lesson for macOS Mojave, I look at how you can view recent apps in the Dock, including how to remove a recent app and move it or favorite the app, so it is in the Dock all the time.

Working with the Dock
In the previous version of the Mac, the Dock was separated into two sections – you had your favorite and open apps on the left side of the Dock, while your favorite files and folders were on the right side. With macOS Mojave, Apple has added a new section – Recent Apps. This section is located between your apps and documents in the Dock. Any app you open that is not located in the Dock will show in this section. When you close the app, it will remain there until it is replaced by another app. The Recent Apps section displays the last three apps you’ve opened.

Removing an App from Recent Apps
To remove an app from this section, you just drag it up until you see Remove above the app icon. When you see this, your app will be removed from the dock.

Moving a Recent app to your Favorites in the Dock
You can move an app from your Recent Apps to your Favorites by dragging it from the Recent Apps section to your Favorites section in the Dock.

Turning off Recent Apps
If you do not want to see your recent apps in the dock, you can go to your Dock preference pane in the System Preferences. In this preference pane, you will see an option for Show Recent Applications in the Dock. Just deselect this to remove this section from your Dock.

See this Lesson Action
To see this lesson in action, take a look at the video above.

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