macOS 15: how to move the Dock from one screen to another

samshaber wrote:

Please explain how? The process of hovering at the lower left corner of my upper (external) monitor is not working to bring the dock up. Is there another way?

I am not sure what you are asking me to explain... could you be more specific?

I believe it has by now been sufficiently discussed that the Dock cannot be placed at the bottom of a display if another display is immediately below it. This is a change from previous versions. There are several posts that pictorially show what works and what doesn't. I don't even use the Dock myself, on my mac it is permanently hidden and only really use it in connection with questions on this forum.

Marcus Foth wrote:

Luis

The point is that I have a MBP sitting on my desk with the external screen in front of me. So the natural configuration is precisely as per berkaksen's screenshot: laptop screen at the bottom and main screen above (ie. right in front of me). The screens are NOT next to each other, they are one above the other. As the external screen is the main screen (larger than the laptop screen), the dock should be placed on the main screen. This is indicted by the menu bar in the display arrangement settings, but the Dock won't move the way it used to move. So now my work-around is to configure the screens virtually next to each other, but that's not right as they are not physically next to each other.

I understand the relative positions of the screens.

The issue is that since the bottom of the larger screen is now not an edge of your combined displays.

The Dock usually pops up when the cursor bumps into the edge of the screen, but now your cursor will just pass on to the laptop screen.

Did you try bumping into the parts where the top is wider? - see the illustration below.

Also: is it not strange to have the Dock be in the middle of your combined screen? I suggest that with this configuration it would make more sense to place the Dock on one side.

I moved the display to the left and it works. Frustrating because it used to work.

I have tested this on a Mac Studio running 15.0 Sequoia, and it works the same way as it always has: as long as the Dock is positioned at the bottom you can bring it to another display as usual...

If it does not work the way you want, and no alternatives are acceptable to you, there is nothing we users can do. Report this to Apple using the feedback page. Maybe it’s something that was not intended and they fix it, or not. Anyway, only Apple can change how the OS works.

https://www.apple.com/feedback

this is my display arrangement and the dock setting is set to be positioned at the bottom, maybe the new update selects the lower monitor to put it on the bottom of the work space? before the update this wasn't an issue and it was easy done by just like Marcus explained "In the past, I would be able to move the Dock from the laptop screen bottom to the external screen bottom by dragging the mouse slowly down at the very edge of the bottom of the external screen, and the Dock would move to this spot."

Two possible workarounds for this:

1) try the Dock on the left or right side

2) rely less on the Dock. There are other ways to launch applications. My favorite is Spotlight, e.g. press Command-space, type Saf press enter, there you have Safari. Likewise, just type the first two or three letters and press enter to launch any application. No mouse involved!

Some people prefer Launchpad, wich requires just one key press and then you have a screen akin to what you'd see on iPhone.

It doesn't work when there are two external monitors, which was fine before the update

red bar represents dock, It can be moved from the built-in display to Monitor one or Monitor two with the mouse before updating.

updated to 15.0.01 and still the has the same issue. im beginning to fear that this might not be a bug and how the system will work from now on? so annoying. this is my first time being active on this community platform but does anybody know if we can get an official reply from the apple team from here?

This is a user forum, you will not get any official reply here.

To reach Apple, you should use the feedback page, as already noted.

All feedback is read, but there is no reply unless further information is needed.