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Practical guides to the macOS Dock, multiple displays, app icons, Mac productivity and working with coding agents, from the people who make Moor.

· 5 min read · macos tahoe

How to Fix Gray 'Icon Jail' App Icons in macOS Tahoe's Dock

macOS Tahoe has no switch that turns off icon jail. Apple's Icon & Widget Style setting applies one look to every icon, and Get Info swaps work only one app at a time. In a Moor dock, open Settings → Icons and choose Glyphs, Tinted or Monochrome to restyle every app icon at once (Original brings back each app's own icon). For a single app, right-click it and choose Options → Change Icon…. Moor never modifies the apps themselves.

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· 5 min read · dock themes

How to Change Your Mac Dock's Look: Themes, Glass and Custom Themes

Apple's Dock has no themes. You can change its size, magnification and position, plus some system-wide appearance settings, and that's all. In Moor, press Control-Option-E and pick a theme from the Theme menu: Glass, Clear, Midnight, Paper, Neon, Terminal or Islands. To build your own, open Settings → Themes, pick one and choose Duplicate to Edit. Then share it with Copy Share Link.

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· 4 min read · app icons

How to Give Your Whole Mac Dock a New Icon Pack in One Step

Download the icons you want (for example from macosicons.com) into one folder of PNG or .icns files. In Moor, open Settings → Icons, choose Import Icon Pack… and pick that folder. Moor matches each picture to an app by name or bundle ID, ignores extra words in the file names, and tells you how many it matched. Reset All in Settings → Icons removes every custom icon at once.

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