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Quick Start#

This guide gets you from a fresh install to switching between two Dock presets.

Open DockFlow#

Click the DockFlow icon in the menu bar and choose Show App. The main window lists your presets on the left and the selected preset's editor on the right.

You open Settings from the same menu bar menu, or with the Settings button at the bottom of the main window.

Create your first preset#

  1. Arrange the macOS Dock the way you like it for one kind of work
  2. In the main window, click Add Preset
  3. Enter a name, for example Work
  4. Tick Set from current Dock to copy your current Dock apps and folders into the preset
  5. Click Create Preset

Only pinned Dock items are copied. Apps that are running but not kept in the Dock are left out.

Create a second preset#

  1. Click Add Preset again and name it, for example Personal
  2. Leave Set from current Dock unticked to start with an empty preset
  3. Click Create Preset
  4. In the editor, click App at the bottom to add apps, or drag apps from Finder into the list

See Editing a Preset for every item type you can add.

Switch presets#

  • Main window — Click Apply next to a preset
  • Menu bar — Click the DockFlow icon and choose a preset under DockFlow Presets
  • Dock icon menu — When DockFlow shows a Dock icon, right-click it and choose a preset

DockFlow rebuilds the Dock with the preset's items. The preset you applied last gets a Last applied badge in the main window.

DockFlow waits a few seconds between switches. While it waits, the Apply buttons are disabled.

Add a hotkey#

  1. Open Settings → Hotkeys
  2. Under Preset Shortcuts, click Set Hotkey next to a preset
  3. Press the key combination you want

Now you can switch presets from anywhere. See Hotkeys for key sequences and multi-press shortcuts.

Next steps#