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| From | "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock |
| Date | 2025-08-24 09:14 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mgvvvtFq4atU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 24/08/2025 08:47, John Hill wrote: > On 23 Aug 2025 at 18:16:15 BST, ""David B."" <BD@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 23/08/2025 17:41, John Hill wrote: >>> On 23 Aug 2025 at 11:56:46 BST, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2025-08-23, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >>>>> On 2025-08-23, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> On 23 Aug 2025 at 09:57:55 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> 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:- https://chatgpt.com/share/68aac8e9-1be8-8013-bd11-69f9e41fa109 Perhaps you'd like to comment further? -- David
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Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-23 08:57 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-23 09:12 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-23 09:39 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-23 10:56 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-23 16:07 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-08-24 07:44 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-24 07:49 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 08:17 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2025-08-25 12:16 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-08-25 13:28 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-08-25 17:51 +0200
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-26 07:30 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-26 07:56 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 15:30 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-23 16:41 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid (Alan B) - 2025-08-23 18:13 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-23 18:16 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 07:47 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-08-24 08:04 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 08:22 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2025-08-24 10:47 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 08:09 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-24 08:13 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 09:14 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 08:36 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-24 11:36 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-08-24 20:00 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-24 20:14 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-08-24 20:26 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-25 07:54 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-08-25 13:14 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 13:55 +0100
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 16:21 +0000
Re: Mysterious icon change in the Dock "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-25 08:19 +0100
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