macOS dock does not hide when switching apps to fullscreen

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macOS dock does not hide when switching apps to fullscreen

Since updating to the latest version of Safari and macOS Catalina, the dock no longer hides when I switch any of my apps to fullscreen mode. I can only assume it is a bug because it only started happening after installing the latest Safari update and the macOS Catalina 10.15.7.

Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix for the issue?

On a side-note, I have found macOS to be very unreliable and is still, to this day, littered with bugs. Let's hope macOS Big Sur will fix all of these issues and will be a more robust and reliable system!

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 26, 2020 9:35 AM

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dialabrain

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Sep 26, 2020 10:14 AM in response to MacBook_Air2020

MacBook_Air2020 wrote:

1. Go to system preferences.

2. Go to Dock

3. Select "Automatically hide and show the dock"

FWIW, "Automatically hide and show the dock" has nothing to do with hiding the Dock when switching to Full Screen.

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conkertronic Author

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Oct 13, 2020 8:53 AM in response to conkertronic

I found a fix... it's a bit extreme but I tried the usual NVRAM / PRAM reset, but it didn't work. I just restored macOS from internet recovery to fix the issue in the end.

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Sep 26, 2020 9:45 AM in response to conkertronic

1. Go to system preferences.

2. Go to Dock

3. Select "Automatically hide and show the dock"

I hope the issue will be fixed.

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dialabrain

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Sep 26, 2020 10:16 AM in response to conkertronic

conkertronic wrote:

Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix for the issue?

I don't have the problem on any of my Macs running 10.15.7 or Safari 14.0 so I haven't looked for a fix.

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macOS dock does not hide when switching apps to fullscreen

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