Hello
I'm not sure this is relevant to MacOS Big Sur or a general problem, but in my dock there is a small spot next to the app icons. If I zoom in, I can tell that one of the dots is actually a tiny Safari app icon. I can't click it or remove it, but I can move it around on the dock. Any help?
Mac mini, macOS 11.2
I am not clear what exac Mac this is
or
what exact macOS you are running.
What curious is the location, and the fact it is larger than a single pixel and it is perfectly centered.
If pixel that would have to be a small cluster...
—If it is a recent app, with no icon showing, can you grab it and drag it off the Dock?
—Change user preferences to not show recent items in the Dock / toggle the option?
—Did you try Control click on it>Option Remove from Dock
—Command Tab will show all running apps on the system; Heads Up Display (HUD)
—If all else fails try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.
I am not clear what exac Mac this is
or
what exact macOS you are running.
What curious is the location, and the fact it is larger than a single pixel and it is perfectly centered.
If pixel that would have to be a small cluster...
—If it is a recent app, with no icon showing, can you grab it and drag it off the Dock?
—Change user preferences to not show recent items in the Dock / toggle the option?
—Did you try Control click on it>Option Remove from Dock
—Command Tab will show all running apps on the system; Heads Up Display (HUD)
—If all else fails try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.
As open application indicators are below their respective Dock icons, I would vote this being a stuck pixel or an artifact of the wallpaper behind the Dock. Is it still there when you reboot or change the wallpaper?
Actually, it just now disappeared out of nowhere. It’s been there for several days and 5 minutes after I ask for help here, it disappears. How typical! 😬 I don’t know what I did to make it go away, but I’m glad it’s gone! Thanks for the effort! 👍🏼
Weird little speck/icon in the dock
