A Mac Dock Setup for People Who Code, Design, and Take Calls
Three short docks—Build, Design, Call—and two presets for people whose one Dock mixes every job.
Notes on a better Dock
Practical guides for Mac users who want more than one dock, clearer window switching, and layouts they can recall with a shortcut.
How to Auto-Hide the Mac Dock Without Losing Your Apps
Apple’s auto-hide clears the edge. A short second dock keeps the apps for the job you are in on screen.
Buy Ordin After the Free Trial: A 2-Day Checklist
What to prove in two days, what $12.99 keeps, and when to walk away without a license.
A Live Dock Mirror on Every Mac Screen
Mirror Apple’s pinned apps onto an Ordin dock on another edge or monitor. One pin list, two places to reach it.
A Floating Dock on a Mac
Apple’s Dock sticks to an edge. A floating Ordin dock sits on the desktop next to the window you are in.
A Finder Shelf in Your Mac Dock
Drag files from Finder onto a shelf in the dock row. Keep exports off the Desktop until you need them.
How to Switch Windows of the Same App on a Mac
Command-Tab is one tile per app. Command-` cycles the windows inside it. A hover shows the picture before you click.
Hide the Dock When a Mac Window Goes Fullscreen
Apple’s Dock comes back at the screen edge. An extra dock can leave with the fullscreen window, or stay on top if you still need the icons.
Is a Second Mac Dock Worth $12.99?
What the 2-day trial is for, what the license keeps, and who should leave Apple’s Dock alone.
A Vertical Dock on a Mac, Without Moving Apple’s
Moving the system Dock to the side empties the bottom and keeps one set of icons. A vertical Ordin dock sits on the edge while Apple’s Dock stays.
Widgets in a Mac Dock
A clock, a file shelf, a mirror of the apps pinned in Apple’s Dock, a Space indicator, and TamaDocky, in the same row as the apps.
Can a Mac Have More Than One Dock?
macOS includes one Dock. Moving it, hiding it, or opening another desktop does not add a second set of icons. Here is what does, and which apps replace Apple’s Dock instead.
5–10 Specialized Docks for Different Tasks
Keep a short dock for coding, design, calls, and review. Style each one on its own, and use a preset so only the docks for the current job are on screen.
A Taskbar on Every Screen, on a Mac
Windows put a bar on each monitor. macOS gives you one Dock. Here is how to get a strip on the screen you are looking at without replacing Apple’s Dock.
Put a Dock on Your External Monitor
The MacBook Dock stays on the laptop. Here is how to add a second dock on the display where you work, and which apps belong on it.
How to Put a Dock on Every Monitor on Mac
Apple gives you one Dock for the whole desk. Here is why multi-monitor users add an extra dock per screen—and what to pin on each display.
One Dock Is a Bottleneck on a Multi-Monitor Mac
When every app lives in a single strip, context switching gets expensive. Splitting docks by task or by monitor keeps the right icons under your cursor.
Live Window Previews on a Mac Dock
Hover an icon and see open windows before you switch. Why thumbnails beat cycling through every window in an app.
Save a Desk Layout and Recall It With a Hotkey
Presets let you show different docks for coding, meetings, or review—and flip between them from the menu bar or a shortcut.
Comparisons
If you are deciding whether to pay, start with is a second dock worth $12.99. If you are choosing between extra-dock apps, start with Ordin vs ExtraDock or the wider ExtraDock alternatives list. Prices on those pages are dated 24 September 2026.
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