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Post by monklady123 on Jun 14, 2016 12:07:24 GMT
This is one of those random things that make me crazy! On my laptop (a MacBook) I keep Safari opened, and also Chrome (yeah I'm weird...but I have one website that I go to regularly that works better in Chrome...my ds says I have too many tabs opened, lol) -- and I have a second Safari window where I keep Netflix for when I have a second monitor plugged into my laptop so I can watch Netflix and do other things. Every once in awhile I click on the Safari icon on my dock by mistake (thinking I'm in Chrome) even though I'm already on Safari, and that brings up the Netflix Safari window. This morning when I tried to go back to my regular Safari window I caused the dock to disappear. I tried putting my cursor way down at the bottom of the screen but it didn't pop back up. I ended up having to restart the computer. But then I had trouble with that because one application canceled the restart and the popup said "quit Pages and try again". But I didn't know how to quit Pages since I couldn't see the dock! grrrr.... So, for the next time it happens (because I know it will) how do I get my dock back? I'd also love to know how I make it disappear but that's not as important as knowing how to get it back.
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jun 14, 2016 12:32:59 GMT
Apple top left corner Scroll to dock Click show dock (I think that is what it says-I'm not on my laptop)
You can also go into system preferences and find the dock there.
To quit something that is stubborn- Apple Scroll to Force Quit Click what you want to close.
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 14, 2016 13:32:43 GMT
Lovely. Thank you so much. I do see "dock" under the apple icon but don't see "show dock". But of course that's probably because my dock is behaving nicely and sitting calmly along the bottom of the screen. lol. Next time it disappears I'll try your suggestion.
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jun 14, 2016 14:28:52 GMT
Ok, go to: Apple System Preferences Dock (first section, 3rd one in) Uncheck "Automatically hide and show the Dock"
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 14, 2016 15:20:04 GMT
Thanks! Now, if I knew how I made it disappear in the first place I'd go do it again just to see if I can get it back. lol
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