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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.

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Switch Your Mac's Dock Setup Automatically When You Plug In a Monitor

In Moor, save one profile for your laptop alone and one for your desk (menu bar → Manage Profiles → Save Current Dock as New Profile…). Then, with each display arrangement connected, open Settings → Automation → Monitor setups, choose Add Current Setup and pick that profile. From then on, Moor switches profiles by itself whenever you plug in or unplug a display, whether a profile uses Apple's Dock, Moor's docks or both.

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