Applications folder in Leopard Dock

Nov 2007

While Stacks are cool and easy to use, many Mac users feel robbed by not having an option of Applications folder being placed in the Dock. This is where Ross Carter comes to the rescue.

Ross has put his heart, soul, brain and, of course, his fingers to work together, and came up with an application that sits in Dock and provides the content of Applications folder, just like it used to be in Tiger and earlier OS X versions.

Sounds interesting? Head over to Ross’ website and download the DockAppsMenu to try it yourself.

Software

Comments

Giel

November 7th, 2007 at 8:01 PM

I simply dragged the app folder to the leopard dock and it works…………
Bretzelman

November 7th, 2007 at 9:52 PM

Yes, there’s no need of an application, you can drop any folder you want in the dock include the app folder ^^.
Mike Fogarty

November 8th, 2007 at 1:17 PM

Make an alias of the application folder or your documents folder and they work just like Tiger.
Dan Wollin

November 8th, 2007 at 1:52 PM

I have been adding folders of applications in groups, such as iLife Apps, Adobe apps, Internet Apps, Chat Apps, iWork and so on. That way I can get to a group of apps quickly. I also found Apple Box icons for folders, so I have a stack of folders that look like an arc of boxes popping out of the dock.
Blake Brannon

November 10th, 2007 at 11:21 PM

Nice find. Thanks. I assume this app also just scrolls like butter!
David Austin Allen

November 12th, 2007 at 7:13 AM

OK guys, stop snarking and actually go check out what he is trying to do. It is a bit more than just dragging the Apps folder to the Dock.
scwjunk

December 2nd, 2007 at 4:11 PM

use Butler and put a dropdown list in your menu bar of all your apps. I use this all the time and you can adjust the font and whatnot. butler is way cool.
hawkeyes

December 13th, 2008 at 3:35 PM

As long as you have an app on the dock you can easily access your applications folder by holding down the command key while clicking on an app icon. No messing around at all and quick. I know this works in leopard for sure. Try it. I was glad I found this because it makes it so quick to get into that folder. Have fun. : )