Create a Custom Quick Access Dock Folder

[@tonymeadows100]

This is one of your most “hidden features rich” MacOS videos ever. - impressive!

[@cjc363636]

Do the Cupertino folks know how much more useful you help make their tools/toys? Seriously, Gary! Thanks!!

[@BillSklodowski]

Nice! Been a subscriber for years... this one goes on the all-time Top 10 list. Thanks!

[@jimweil8879]

This was my favorite way of accessing files back in the MacOS 8-9 days where you could put folders in the Apple menu like this and access the contents as drop down menus.

[@alanthompson2980]

Always enjoy your videos, Gary

[@johnmiller5630]

I had no idea this was possible. So useful, thanks Gary.

[@1gogo76]

I learned so many new things very useful, the icon customisation last tip was great - thanks

[@seshappan]

Loved this video. Very informative. Thank you.

[@georgee3401]

Excellent tutorial. Very useful information to increase productivity. Many thanks!

[@carlosprovyrivera8522]

Damn! This one blew my mind ! 🤯 Definitely will be putting this one into effect ASAP. Thank you.

[@3730enrique]

Thank you Gary. Your videos are always useful.

[@asmic7841]

Always learning something new from you. Great tips! 👍🏻

[@mmsotster]

Brilliant! Thanks!

[@bobm2410]

Excellent! Never knew this👍

[@FREIMUZIC]

Fantastic tips!!! Thanks !!

[@icyoctpus2517]

Don’t have a Mac rn but your videos are so nice and gave me a look into MacOS. (I also didn’t know that you could add „shortcuts“ to other files) 😊

[@paarkhi]

Thank you for such a wonderful informative video, I am a new user of MacOS and am learning a lot watching your videos

[@bradleydavidgood]

awesome thank you

[@edmundhayes7982]

Great info

[@kbstabs5982]

Brilliant!

[@jbinkly]

Amazing tips. Thanks.

[@DetlefRecktenwald-Healing]

Thank you for this incredible video. "Never Stop Learning,". Gary, did you made a video about Audio to Text, not from Voice Memos, using mp3 or wave format. Podcast recordings using a DAW for example. How can I do that on my MacBook Pro with Sequoia, and not using Microsoft Office 365

[@macmost]

You can use Notes. You may need to convert the audio to mp3 or m4a first. But a better way is probably a third-party app or service. Look at MacWhisper (called Whisper Transcription in the Mac App Store).

[@martrom0]

Cool !! Thank you very much !!

[@dtowner4]

Brilliant

[@sundaynightdrunk]

I've done this before, but I hated that folders aren't represented as folders and it was confusing to look at all jumbled up. This gave me some good tips for numbering the names and using a folder icon emoji in the name. Still wish it would just represent them as folders by itself, but this is a decent workaround. Nice video.

[@jasonward808]

Good one!

[@M31glow]

Most useful!

[@Keshi-lz3ef]

Thank you Gary for the tips. Can those items be listed as reverse order (sorted in a reverse order) by name?

[@macmost]

No, doesn't appear to be a way to do that.

[@manart6506]

11:05 in recent OS updates something happened that personalized icons work unreliably in external drives. My personal icons disappeared and normal folder icons were restored… currently adding a custom icon works but it creates an “icon?” file in the folder… That can be hid but it should be hidden automatically. Have you noticed that behavior?

[@macmost]

Probably has to do with the format of your drive. If it is not formatted for Mac, it probably does what you describe.

[@ojustaboo]

Excellent vid. I've created a Quick Access folder, in it I have linked a couple of folders as per your instructions. I've put a folder icon as the first letter so it always lists the folders together. However, one of these folders contains a load of other folders amongst other stuff,. if I open that directory from within finder, they are grouped neatly by kind, if I open from within Quick Access, they are not. Do I have to use the work around of adding the folder icon to the first letter for all folders in sub folders too? Constantly adding and removing folders from one as I work my way through a music course, I'm sure I'll eventually remember to add the folder icon each time if I have to. Thanks

[@macmost]

The folder icon is just visual, it doesn't change how it works. You don't have all of the options for sorting in the Dock as you do in the Finder.

[@Masterofsomethings1959]

Amazing

[@jeandenoel5534]

Great post. Love it 😍 but I just have something that doesn't work. The Apps (aliases) don't show the icon of the application. I just get a little white sheet with a small arrow. I have MacOS Sequoia 15.2. Any idea why?

"Hacker" 😉👏

[@SzamBacsi]

I want a dock that I can customize more. I don't want to see icons for apps I use often, like Viber and Telegram. I only want to see icons for the apps I actively use. -SIGH- another great vid, Gary, thanks!

[@macmost]

You can remove and add apps from the left side of the Dock as much as you like.

[@SzamBacsi]

@@macmost if it's running (like Viber) I can't. Am I missing something?

[@macmost]

@@SzamBacsi The Dock always shows app that are currently running. Why would you not want it to?

[@Erin-Thor]

Good Info! Thank you AGAIN! Q. My new MacBook’s have no longer have KB keys to increase or decrease KB Backlight intensity. I know they’ve moved, and how to workaround this change. I know how to make a short cut, but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to create a shortcut so [special Key] + pressing F5 or F6 increase or decrease the KB backlight brightness. 🔅 🔆 What am I missing?

[@macmost]

I don't think there is any way to adjust the keyboard brightness with the keyboard. But if you have a Shortcut, then I suppose you could set it as a "Service" and assign a keyboard shortcut to that in the Shortcuts app.

[@patanasoff7]

It won't drag and drop to the dock.

[@macmost]

Make sure you do it to the right side.

[@KurtPapke]

I use Notes more often than anything else, and you didn’t mention how to do this with Notes

[@macmost]

If you want to access the Notes app, just do it like I show with other apps here. But if you mean go directly to a specific note, then it isn't so easy. There's no simple way to do it.

[@KurtPapke]

@@macmost Unfortunately, it's the latter case 😞 but thanks for the quick response!

[@quark67000]

@@KurtPapke Create a Shortcut in the Shortcut app which open this specifically note, and add the shortcut in the folder in the Dock?

[@kirklaws-chapman7281]

I have several suites of photo editing apps that I use this method for quick access to individual apps within the suites, with a dock folder for each suite that I changed the icons to the logo for the ‘parent' programs. Much quicker to access the individual apps and keeps the main dock less congested. Btw I just used a keyboard shortcut I use all the time to insert a misssing word in my text above - pressing the alt key and the left or right arrow keys allows you to step through your typed text one word at a time.

[@argee55]

Brilliant!