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atlonxp Author

Level 1

32 points

(High Sierra) Dock Icons get missing at all the time

Does anyone here get the problem of missing icons on Dock (High Sierra, 10.13 (17A365))?

I have tried many solutions, as such

1. restart Dock Dameon: "killall Dock"

2. reset Dock profile into default stage.

This happened at all the time even though I have performed a clean installation. I have got 2 devices: MacBook Pro (Late 2013) and iMac 5k (Late 2015); all macOS High Sierra 10.13 (17A365) updated.

I am quite sure this is one of bug that Apple should be addressed ASAP.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on Oct 1, 2017 1:11 PM

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TA_Allan

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Nov 30, 2017 2:01 PM

This is a silly workaround, but here's what I did:

Go into the applications folder, and pick the app whose icon is not displaying properly:

Drag it to the desktop to create an alias:

Drag the Alias that has the correctly displaying icon to the dock:

Then remove the old icon that is not displaying properly.

I only had 5 icons that were not displaying when upgrading to high sierra, so it was not too cumbersome.

Cheers,

🙂T

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Mar 7, 2018 11:17 AM in response to atlonxp

After upgrading from previous version of Mac OS?

Mar 7, 2018 12:02 PM in response to majortom1967

It wasn't after an update, but like I said I already solved my problem with the workaround I posted above. 🙂

Mar 7, 2018 12:09 PM in response to halfwrittensong

Sorry, it's a prroblem of mine: I don't like workarounds.

Mar 7, 2018 12:21 PM in response to majortom1967

Well, your solution didn't work, since this didn't happen after an update, hence the alternative solution I proposed.

Mar 7, 2018 12:30 PM in response to halfwrittensong

Well, what works, works! Fulstop! 🙂 The matter is: unfortunately form me, as a technichan; I still dont' have an answer to the cause of that problem. Thanks anyway.

Mar 11, 2018 3:49 PM in response to Rashdude

Just click on your background and on the top go to the tab "Go" and while it's showing press Option. Another folder will appear called "Library". Just click on it and it opens.

snayar

Level 1

4 points

Mar 27, 2018 6:16 AM in response to Rashdude

If you go to finder you'll see a Menu header for "Go"

Click "Go" to open that menu dropdown and then hold down Option and you'll see the Library option appear

(High Sierra) Dock Icons get missing at all the time