As a Mac user, you will know that the dock is the bottom of the screen where the applications are located. The vast majority of people don’t use all of what’s shown, so we’ll leave you a very simple trick. you can leave only the apps you use at a certain time. It’s a good way to avoid distractions and have a cleaner interface. Before I ask the question, let me tell you that this is a reversible action, although it depends on the version of the operating system you are using on your Mac.

How to find only open apps in Mac’s dock?

A command in Terminal will only let you leave applications open in the dock.

It is a very simple process, The first thing you need to do is open Terminal. You will know that this system applet performs a large number of actions just by executing a few commands.

• To open Terminal, just type that word in Spotlight, move the mouse cursor to the magnifying glass symbol at the top right of your Mac and type Terminal and it will open automatically.
• To put only open applications into your Mac’s dock, you need to paste this line of code into the terminal and hit enter.

the defaults are com.apple.dock just writes static -bool true; Killall Wharf

It’s that simple to leave the icons of open apps in the dock.

In two seconds Your Mac’s dock only shows the apps you have currently open, the rest will disappear. It can be a good way to gain productivity if you are distracted while working or want to have a clean interface.

This is how my dock looked after the change.

How to reverse the open application process on your Mac?

As we’ve discussed, the process is reversible.

• Open Terminal again and paste in the command line below.

the defaults are com.apple.dock just writes static -bool false; Killall Wharf

Again, Maybe nothing will happen after doing this. This is something that happened to me and I am using the latest version of MacOS Monterey. However, it works for some users with older operating systems.

If the terminal can return to its previous state after executing this command line, all you have to do is manually re-add the apps. We tell you how you can do it.

• Open Finder and go to the Applications tab.
• Select and drag the app you want to put back in the Dock, but you need to do this just to the right of the Finder icon for it to work.

If you try to put it elsewhere, you won’t get it. Don’t forget, go to dock apps just to the right of the Finder icon, no more. With this simple way, you will have the Dock the way you want it again.

Uninstalling and placing apps from your Mac’s dock is very simple, you can use this short tutorial. put it into practice so you can check if you can concentrate better. A simple command line in the terminal can do wonders.