Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:55:59 +0100 Lines: 85 Message-ID: References: <108bvqj$22j89$1@dont-email.me> <68a9f75f$3$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <108eg3b$2lpns$1@dont-email.me> <108eius$2mgc6$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wQDnAOjFczk1Bql/mK7mMQm6TEtdC8+8hic/lW9tEooHAJU0w2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:lTbNPgCS6ECxqy6emZWSnwVvdWU= sha256:loIu0h5sCZLCINEIy3/UfLcFQCaG+RfhWk0kLvyYBeE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <108eius$2mgc6$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:181717 On 24/08/2025 09:36, John Hill wrote: > On 24 Aug 2025 at 09:14:53 BST, ""David B."" wrote: > >> On 24/08/2025 08:47, John Hill wrote: >>> On 23 Aug 2025 at 18:16:15 BST, ""David B."" wrote: >>> >>>> On 23/08/2025 17:41, John Hill wrote: >>>>> On 23 Aug 2025 at 11:56:46 BST, "Alan B" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2025-08-23, Alan B wrote: >>>>>>> On 2025-08-23, Alan B wrote: >>>>>>>> On 23 Aug 2025 at 09:57:55 BST, "John Hill" wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Applications icon in my Dock has been overlaid by a white square >>>>>>>>> containing a red octagon bearing a white hand. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It looks like some kind of warning. But what does it signify? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What action do I need to take to clear it? I'd like it gone - it is unsightly, >>>>>>>>> apart from anything else. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is it showing the first app icon from your /Applications folder? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What you're describing looks like the AdBlock for Safari icon as shown >>>>>>> in the App Store. Have you recently installed it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Further investigation ... >>>>>> >>>>>> If it is that, there is a setting to toggle 'Show Dock Icon' on or off. >>>>> >>>>> I have asked AdBlock Support for help. >>>> >>>> Hello again, Very Old John! 🙂 >>>> >>>> As you know, I'm not as clever as many of the other's reading here, but >>>> I'd like to make a suggestion. >>>> >>>> Simply remove the Applications Icon from the Dock, then you'll not be >>>> ably to see the ugly icon currently sitting atop of it! >>>> >>>> >>>> A 'right click' on the Icon should provide you with options. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> PS. Can you post an image of what your "Applications App" looks like? >>>> I don't appear to have one in my macOS Ventura 13.7.8 >>> >>> https://share.icloud.com/photos/0634f--fWm6Mmc6eA-1DFy87g >>> >>> The screenshot.It shows the Documents folder and the Downloads folder icons in >>> their usual guise, the obscenely altered Applications folder, a parked Arc >>> page and the Bin. >>> >>> BTW I am running Sequoia 15.6.1 (24G90) >> [snip] >> >> Thank you so very much for sharing that image, John. Much appreciated. 🙂 >> >> You may enjoy reviewing this conversation I have subsequently enjoyed >> with ChatGPT:- >> >> >> >> Perhaps you'd like to comment further? > > Andy H has found the correct answer - the Dock icon had the option Stack. > Change it to Folder and all is well. > > My thanks to all who helped, and to Andy H in particular for cracking it. That's really good to hear, John! :-) Did you bother to read my conversation at this link? https://chatgpt.com/share/68aac8e9-1be8-8013-bd11-69f9e41fa109 Since using macOS (2009) I have /never/ had a FOLDER showing on my dock! (unless right of the line!) -- David