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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 | 2025-08-25 08:19 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mh2h3qF9hkkU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 24/08/2025 17:21, John Hill wrote: > On 24 Aug 2025 at 13:55:59 BST, ""David B."" <BD@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 24/08/2025 09:36, John Hill wrote: >>> On 24 Aug 2025 at 09:14:53 BST, ""David B."" <BD@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> 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:- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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!) > > These are all right of the line. Nothing unusual there. It just didn't show in > the screenshot. Of course! 🙂 How dopey of me not to realise! My sincere thanks for explaining, John. -- Enjoy your day, 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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