{"id":48027,"date":"2021-05-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=48027"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:12:33","slug":"how-to-move-the-dock-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/48027-how-to-move-the-dock-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-a-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Move the Dock from One Monitor to Another on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I\u2019ve recently started using multiple monitors. Again<\/i>. And I\u2019ve completely forgotten how to move the dock from one monitor to another. Again<\/i>. So now I am aggravated with myself and highly embarrassed. Again<\/i>. Not to mention that I\u2019m going to have to look it up again. Again<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why does this always seem to happen to me? Can\u2019t it just be like riding a bike? What kind of trauma did I experience as a young multi-monitored programmer\/developer\/musician\/gamer-wannabe that would cause me to block out a simple Mac Dock moving procedure? The answer to this question is better suited for a therapy blog, so I\u2019ll spare the details here. But what I will share is the answer to the question that likely landed you upon this blog post in the first place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Originally posted April 30, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How do I move the dock from one monitor to another on a Mac?”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s frustratingly simple, to be honest\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the simple\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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With multiple display monitors fired up, move your mouse pointer to a non-active screen. You can tell which of your displays are inactive because the menu bar at the top of the screen will be greyed out.<\/li>
Now slide your cursor to the bottom of said screen, and voila!<\/i> The dock should appear on the new screen while it simultaneously disappears from the old.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the frustratingly\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Go back to the original screen and try moving your cursor to the bottom. What happens? Nothing?! The dock doesn\u2019t move back?! Here\u2019s what I think might be happening\u2026 Though the dock magically appears on the new screen, the display itself isn\u2019t actually made active until an event occurs (such as clicking on a window or the desktop).<\/li>
Go ahead and click somewhere on the inactive display and notice the menu bar losing its lonely-inactive-greyness and springing to life in all its bright-active-shininess. Now you may go back to the original monitor (which will be inactive) and execute the mouse-at-the-bottom trick to move the dock back over once again.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
At least that\u2019s how it works for me. Always has. But what I find interesting is that apparently, not everyone experiences this \u201cinactive\u201d phenomenon. They can dock hop with the greatest of ease \u2014 no senseless clicking or eyes darting about looking for the active window. (Perhaps this contributes to my selective memory on the subject.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is it a Preferences issue? Maybe left\/right vs. bottom dock placement? Possibly the virtual arrangement position of the displays? Or that I have 17 monitors encircling me like a Neil Peart drum kit?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Either way, I\u2019m very interested in hearing about your own dock moving experiences. Have you ever run into quirks or am I the only one? Perhaps you have some deeper insight or a few tricks up your sleeve? If so, let me know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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