Icon hidden behind Application icon on dock - OS X Maverick

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Icon hidden behind Application icon on dock - OS X Maverick

I have this icon behind the Application icon on the dock and I cannot figure out what it is. It is not something on the desktop as I have moved the dock and can't see it, so it is definitely connected with the Application icon. I have deleted all downloads which could have been half done and I have removed an Alias I had in the Application folder. Now all the Applications appears as "Applications" in the "Kind" column when viewing in Finder.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 31, 2014 3:40 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 31, 2014 9:39 AM in response to inaliscious

If you control-click on the Applications icon in the Dock you can set it to various options; if you set it to 'Folder' instead of 'Stack' you will get the Applications folder icon instead of the icons of what's in the folder.

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Chris CA

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Aug 31, 2014 9:37 AM in response to inaliscious

Do you mean the Applications icon on the right side of the dock?

It is the icons for your applications and they are stacked on top of each other.

The top icon will be the first app in your Applications folder and under that will be the next app in the Applications folder etc.

Depending on the size of the icons, you may see 3 or 4 icons on top of each other.

Here is mine.

The first few apps are 1Password, 1Password4, Adobe Reader and this shows those icons.

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inaliscious Author

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Aug 31, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Chris CA

Thanks Chris and Roger, this helped! Changed it to Folder mode, which is what I used to have.

Still don't get why I only get one application stacked behind the Application app, even when I have 4-5 applications open, but hey, I don't care! I am happy to know where the one came from!

Thank you!

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Chris CA

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Aug 31, 2014 2:22 PM in response to inaliscious

inaliscious wrote:

Still don't get why I only get one application stacked behind the Application app, even when I have 4-5 applications open,

Its not an app. It’s simply a link to your Applications folder.

And how many apps you have open has nothing to do with it.

It is simply showing stacked icons for applications you have on your computer.

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