Felix Hernandez

Q: Dock keeps moving between monitors

I have connected on to my MacBook Pro Retina (Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1) two monitors. A Thunderbolt Display connected to the Thunderbolt port (next to power connector), a HP LCD Monitor w2408h connected to the Thunderbolt port (next to USB) with a DisplayPort to DVI adapter (using DVI/HDMI cable) .

 

Display Arrangement is MacBook Retina (left), Thunderbolt Display (middle), and HP LCD (right). The main menu bar is on the middle monitor, which puts the Dock in the middle.

 

My Dock keeps moving randomly to any of the 3 monitors. It supposed to be in the middle.


MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Model ID: MacBookPro10,1

Posted on Nov 5, 2013 5:47 AM

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  • by ktraz78,

    ktraz78 ktraz78 Sep 9, 2014 4:15 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Sep 9, 2014 4:15 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    This was doing my head in.  I kept manually moving the Dock/menu in the display settings to get it back.

     

    It's not a bad feature, but I agree that you should be able to turn it off

  • by staggerlee41,

    staggerlee41 staggerlee41 Sep 12, 2014 7:20 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Sep 12, 2014 7:20 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    Thank you for this.  I just recently setup another monitor and this was driving me crazy!  It seems crazy that there isn't a way to disable the feature or specify the dock position. 

  • by Abdullatif Junaid,

    Abdullatif Junaid Abdullatif Junaid Oct 1, 2014 9:59 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Oct 1, 2014 9:59 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    Thanks, it is helpful

  • by michaelcoleman,

    michaelcoleman michaelcoleman Oct 2, 2014 3:57 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Oct 2, 2014 3:57 AM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    interesting. Seems like a bug until you realise it is a feature. Not sure why I'd need this, but obviously useful to some users. Now I have closure and understand why my dock keeps moving. Phew.

    thanks for posting

  • by orbfish,

    orbfish orbfish Oct 22, 2014 9:58 AM in response to Felix Hernandez
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    Oct 22, 2014 9:58 AM in response to Felix Hernandez

    That is just effing amazing. How are people supposed to know it's a feature and not a random bug without doing a really accurate google search?

     

    It's got to be something you can turn on. 1% of the people would use it, probably 10% actually run into it once and a while and it's a bug.

  • by orbfish,

    orbfish orbfish Oct 22, 2014 11:19 AM in response to dipakcg
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    Oct 22, 2014 11:19 AM in response to dipakcg

    dipakcg: You don't have to minimize anything. That would make this an amazing pain, rather than just a huge pain.

  • by Motion Sickness MoCo,

    Motion Sickness MoCo Motion Sickness MoCo Oct 29, 2014 10:37 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Oct 29, 2014 10:37 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    WOW!! SPUTNIK, thanks for the info.  I was about to bash my head against the wall.  I actually like the feature but I cant believe they would make such a large change without saying anything.

  • by SL600_Cruzin,

    SL600_Cruzin SL600_Cruzin Nov 25, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Motion Sickness MoCo
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    Nov 25, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Motion Sickness MoCo

    Thank you all! 

    This was driving me nuts as I have hot corners (lower right and left) setup for my screen saver and the dock was jumping all over the place.


    Going into Mission Control and unchecking Displays have separate Spaces fixed my problem. Now if I drive the mouse down hard in the center of the other screen the dock no longer jumps to that screen.


    Hope this helps someone.




  • by kimhmc,

    kimhmc kimhmc Dec 7, 2014 8:31 AM in response to SL600_Cruzin
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    Dec 7, 2014 8:31 AM in response to SL600_Cruzin

    I will give this a try - this "feature" has been driving me totally crazy ...

  • by BigMacAttack123,

    BigMacAttack123 BigMacAttack123 Dec 18, 2014 6:05 AM in response to Felix Hernandez
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    Dec 18, 2014 6:05 AM in response to Felix Hernandez

    This is an awful awful awful awful feature, if it is one. If it is a feature, where is it documented because I'd love to read up on the exact triggers.  It seems so random in the way it moves the dock. My work around is hiding the dock, selecting the monitor I want it on, then unhiding the dock again to move it. I hope this feature/bug goes away or becomes an option to turn off. The wording in the Mission Control Settings panel could be "Turn Off annoying auto dock switching feature bug"

  • by tomislavn,

    tomislavn tomislavn Dec 22, 2014 11:27 PM in response to Felix Hernandez
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    Dec 22, 2014 11:27 PM in response to Felix Hernandez

    Guys, it is very simple once you get it and it is an awesome feature. Simply position you mouse to the bottom of the screen on which you want your dock to appear and keep moving the mouse down for a moment (imagine it like pulling your notification frame down on the iPhone) - simply pull the mouse down a bit when you're at the bottom - the dock will switch instantly.

     

    Hope it helps

  • by orbfish,

    orbfish orbfish Dec 25, 2014 6:04 PM in response to tomislavn
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    Dec 25, 2014 6:04 PM in response to tomislavn

    By instantly, you must mean after 2-3 seconds. (On a new MBP at least). And it often takes me two or three tries to get it to move back where I want it. And I'm not exactly uncoordinated. It's an awesome feature if you like your UI doing random things and getting in the way of your UX. Serious POLA foul.

  • by ChuckvdL,

    ChuckvdL ChuckvdL Mar 10, 2015 1:11 PM in response to Topher Kessler
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    Mar 10, 2015 1:11 PM in response to Topher Kessler

    I know apple Intended this to be a feature.   But clearly that is not how many of us, the users, (you know the guys who buy their pricy hardware and keep apple in business) to not perceive it that way.   To us, however well intended, THIS IS A BUG, because the system not only does not behaving as we want it, but worse, in a way we find highly annoying.

     

    Multiple Menu bars is generally 'a good thing' really.   All the usefullness of a menu at the top of the screen goes away when your app is on one screen and the menu on another..  (in that situation menus at top of windows is actually better).. that is good, we want that.

     

    Never being able to predict where the dock is hiding , or having it jump screens seemingly at random is a PITA.  So is having to leave room for it on ALL my displays because the mouse might just happen to drift to the bottom of the screen while I am typing and POW the darned dock moves   I'm fine with leaving room for the dock at the bottom of one display, but not all three, I want to use that room.  and setting the dock to autohide causes other issues..

     

    I want the Dock fixed at the bottom of the screen I choose, for it not to move, and for there to be menubars at the top of all screens.

     

    It's a sad day when Apple can't do something better than microsoft but the fact of the matter is for my money, MS still does multi-mon better than apple.

  • by iomike,

    iomike iomike Mar 26, 2015 9:00 AM in response to tomislavn
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    Mar 26, 2015 9:00 AM in response to tomislavn

    No it's a bug. I don't want this feature, it's interrupting work.

  • by Lizdexandivy,

    Lizdexandivy Lizdexandivy Mar 30, 2015 7:53 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies
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    Mar 30, 2015 7:53 PM in response to SputnikTechnologies

    You're a legend, thank you so much.  This has been driving me bonkers.

    Works perfectly

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