One of the most popular elements in macOS is undoubtedly the Dock, this bar is located at the bottom of the screen and from it we have direct access to utilities such as System Preferences, Safari, Siri, Contacts, Calendar and more practical options . This Dock is really useful because it allows us to see apps that we have used recently, something that is enabled by default and easily seen by white divisions. If a recent application already has its place in the Dock, it will not appear in the recent section. Today we will see how to directly hide any recent app..
Now, in the new macOS Mojave edition a new function has been integrated that is responsible for deploying a segment of the last three applications that have been used. These will be located together with the Dock application icons already defined by default. This section Recent applications of the Dock adjusts and updates automatically when we start and close the applications and in most cases it is useful if the applications are used frequently, but if it is not so, it is certainly a space that we can take advantage of better. When using applications in macOS Mojave we will see the following.
In the bottom right we find the section of the last three applications used, in this case Google Chrome, TextEdit and Disk Utility. Now TechnoWikis will explain how it will be possible to disable this functionality integrated in the new macOS Mojave edition..
Configure and hide the latest applications in macOS Mojave
Step 1
The first thing will be to go to preferences. To access the system preferences we have the following options:
- By clicking on the icon located in the Dock.
- By clicking on the Apple logo and select “System Preferencesâ€.
- Entering the term Preferences in Spotlight and there select the respective utility.
Step 2
Now, there we must click on the “Dock†section and in the window that will be displayed we must deactivate the box, which is active by default, “Show recent apps in the Dockâ€:
Step 3
Once we uncheck this box, we will see that the space where the last three applications are located has been used. When we want to have the latest applications in macOS Mojave again, just activate the box mentioned.
It's that simple we can free up space in the macOS Mojave Dock by not deploying the last 3 applications used.