Can apps be moved into custom categories on iMac?

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Metal_bender Author

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Can apps be moved into custom categories on iMac?

Can I move apps (i.e., icons) into different categories (Productivity, Creative, Social, etc) of _my choosing?

Just upgraded to Tahoe 26.2 on an iMac

iMac 24″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jan 28, 2026 3:33 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jan 28, 2026 6:59 PM in response to Metal_bender

Not in the Apps app. You can create your own folders and drag the apps into those category folders. Add them all to one folder and put that folder in the Dock.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 29, 2026 6:37 PM in response to Metal_bender

I think either. If you create one "Apps" folder and inside of that create your "category" named folders, you would put the app aliases into those folders. Then, drag the "Apps" folder to the Dock.

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Metal_bender Author

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Jan 29, 2026 6:23 PM in response to Barney-15E

Let's try only Tahoe 26.2 first. I can make aliases & put them into a folder. Next I need to put that folder (or its contents) into one of the category folders (categories?).

OR: add my one folder of aliases to the dock.

I like the second option. How do I add a folder to the Dock? Perhaps I should ask, _where_ is the Dock folder?

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