Moving Finder icon in the dock.

Well, I'm asking this out of hope rather than necessity, but don't really expect there to be a solution.. oh well.

I was using my mac as usual the other day, when it suddenly started irritating me that my applications, documents, and downloads stacks were over on the far right of the dock, behind a split separating them from all the icons I've chosen to have in my dock, but the finder icon was over at the far left.

To me, at least, it would make more sense for the finder icon to be over on the right with the other icons that are more functional in purpose; a bit like a horizontal stack, with the functional on the right, the separator, then my icons on the left..

It's probably just me, though. I don't know; is there any way of moving it?

Thanks, Ed

Mac Pro 8 x 2.8, Macbook Pro 2.2, Mac OS X (10.5.3), 2 Gigs RAM

Posted on Jun 27, 2008 5:16 AM

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Jun 27, 2008 6:23 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks, this solved my problem! ..

Honestly though, I'm not sure if you were trying to helpful or offensive. By "functional" I meant things relating to directories and documents. ie. Finder, Stacks and the trash. I admit it wasn't a good choice of words.

I'd much prefer them all to be nicely together, allowing my favourite apps to dominate the left hand side; if I'm looking for a file, I go to the right, if I'm opening an app that isn't related to browsing the computer for files, I go left. Easy.

On a side note, I would have happily followed your instructions if I could have dragged the least "functional" icon off of it.. 😉

Ed

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