10.5: How to keep folders, not Stacks, in the Dock

Oct 31, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: AFillbrandt

To place a folder in the dock without turning it into a Stack, you just have to create an alias of the folder, place this somewhere and drag it to the right side of the dock. The alias will behave like a folder, not a stack. This hint is for all the people who wants back their own nice icons in the dock.

[robg adds: Unfortunately, you will not have a pop-up navigable folder, just a folder whose icon won't change based on its contents (I'd really like to know who came up with that "great" idea). For alternatives, I suggest taking a look at DragThing, which can do hierarchical folders in dock, along with about 3,000 other things. I also use Butler, which lets me create pop-up navigable menus of any folder or disk that I can access with a hot key.]

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