No dock icon for app made with Automator

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No dock icon for app made with Automator

No section on here for Automator?

I've made an app with Automator. It runs OK and has the same icon as Automator when saved to the Applications folder but when I run it, no icon appears in the dock. Is that normal or have I missed something? There's a rotating cog in the menu bar to show that the app is running (so I can stop it from there) and I can see its actions taking place but I was expecting a dock icon like all other apps.

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Mac Pro Quad Core

Posted on May 12, 2013 8:08 AM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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May 12, 2013 12:39 PM in response to macfan7

Drag the app to the Dock and then double-click it. I don't run any, so don't know if the automator icon pops up when run from /Apps. I do know that AppleScript apps don't display their icons on the Dock when run.

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red_menace

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May 12, 2013 1:57 PM in response to macfan7

I don't usually run Automator applications, but it looks like that is the normal behavior. The "applications" are actually run by the Automator Launcher.

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macfan7 Author

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May 12, 2013 2:12 PM in response to baltwo

baltwo - I'd already left it on the dock but there's no "indicator light" to show it's running and no "quit" on the dock menu. It's no problem it's just not standard app behaviour.

red_menace - thanks. My app works OK so I guess that's it.

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Answer 4

baltwo

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May 12, 2013 5:39 PM in response to macfan7

macfan7 wrote:

baltwo - I'd already left it on the dock but there's no "indicator light" to show it's running and no "quit" on the dock menu. It's no problem it's just not standard app behaviour.

Interesting, since AppleScript apps do show the indicator light.

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