1.6.7

September 10, 2025

  • New feature: Hold the option key when launching dock or menu items to hide all other windows
  • New feature: Shift-click on dock items to rename them
  • New feature: Dock items with image thumbnails now update when the source changes
  • Changed: Hidden docks no longer hide on launch (this now matches the macOS Dock behavior)
  • Changed: The key to pin/unpin menu items has been moved from backquote to tab
  • Changed: New docks now animate app opening and show open apps by default
  • Removed: Dock items can no longer be pinned/unpinned
  • Added a sidebar and translation capability to the help section
  • Improvements to adding Web links and icons
  • Improvements to drive and network volume mounting/ejection
  • Improvements to quitting and hiding apps
  • Fixed issues where icon reloading was not persistent or accurate
  • Fixed an issue preventing startup if a corrupted dock file is encountered
  • Fixed an issue preventing dock deletion from the dock settings
  • Fixed an issue preventing undoing changes to tabs
  • Fixed an issue preventing recent documents from opening
  • Fixed an issue preventing certain apps from reporting as open
  • Other small fixes and improvements
  • Known issue: Using right-to-left menus can cause flickering

1.6.6

August 21, 2025

  • New feature: App icons can now animate when launching
  • Improved open app indicator functionality
  • License codes without dashes can now be entered/pasted in

1.6.5

May 24, 2025

  • New feature: Added the ability to reorder tabs via the dock settings
  • Improved numeric stepper UI
  • Fixed issues with going into and out of dark mode
  • Fixed issues with the resize border showing when moving multiple docks
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent dock item menus from appearing
  • Improved Apple Shortcut execution

1.6.4

May 9, 2025

  • Improved launching apps and files from dock and menu items
  • Selecting the current scene no longer unchecks the scene menu item
  • The Energy settings pane now appears in the Settings dock item menu when appropriate
  • Fixed an issue with the dock sorting UI
  • Fixed an issue with choppy dock resizing
  • Fixed an issue where menu items would not always open
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where small icons, docks, and tooltips would have a white background

1.6.3

March 3, 2025

  • Added a “Move/Resize Dock…” menu item to the Docks menu

1.6.2

February 15, 2025

  • Web links can now be edited
  • Launching apps and shortcuts is more responsive
  • Shortcut icons are now app-sized by default
  • Expanded help with icon resources, links, and dock item features
  • Added a dock settings menu item in the app menu
  • Adjusted right-to-left menu positioning
  • Help content is now resizable
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where Safari would not show an open app indicator
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where modifying dock cells could cause unexpected dock movement
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where tooltips with long labels could be positioned incorrectly

1.6.1

January 19, 2025

  • Various improvements for compatibility with macOS Sequoia
  • Manually duplicated docks are now brought to the front
  • Many other smaller fixes and improvements
  • Bug fix: Fixed an issue where selecting a dock on the right side of the screen could make it disappear

1.6.0

July 24, 2024

  • Custom dock style presets can now be saved and deleted
  • Clicking on a menu sort type now changes the sort direction
  • Added an “All Docks” menu to the menubar to allow per-dock shortcut customization via macOS
  • Simplified the global shortcut editor
  • Other smaller fixes and improvements
  • Bug fix: Added more error checking when generating Web link icons
  • Bug fix: Improved an issue where app dock items would be marked as deleted after updating
  • Bug fix: Improved dock positioning when switching users and adding/removing displays

1.5.1

June 19, 2024

  • Enhanced the visibility of dock label highlights
  • Bug fix: Dock label shadows no longer appear if the label is no longer visible
  • Bug fix: Fixed layout issues with open app indicators

1.5.0

June 15, 2024

  • New features make it possible to more efficiently launch any app, Web link, or Apple Shortcut using only the keyboard:
    • Docks can now be manually ordered – using the global shortcut cycles through docks in this order
    • Pressing command-left/right arrow selects the previous or next dock
    • Docks now have an “ignore shortcut key focus” option
  • Dock items can now be marked with the new “Highlight” actions submenu
  • Increased the maximum dock margin and border width
  • Selecting a dock via the settings dialog now brings it to the front
  • Open app indicator behavior is now more accurate for all apps, including iOS apps
  • Application hiding and quitting now works better for all apps as well as iOS apps
  • Docks now have resize handles
  • Added image preview support for .icns files
  • Reworked the dock settings and change icon dialog UI
  • Adjusted dock shadows to fit in better with modern systems
  • Bug fix: Hidable docks no longer hide while renaming items
  • Bug fix: The text shadow on dock items is no longer cut off

1.4.4

May 28, 2024

  • Added icon preview support for HEIC, PSD, and PDF files
  • Selected dock items can be moved to the top by pressing the backquote (`) key
  • Pressing command-r on any selected dock or menu item reloads its icon
  • Keyboard navigation and preview shortcuts now work consistently across dock and menu items – refer to the updated help contents
  • Color pickers now open faster
  • Icon caching is more memory and CPU efficient

1.4.3

May 22, 2024

  • Bug fix: Fixed a number of menu-related styling and positioning issues
  • Bug fix: Fixed an issue where certain folders would not display their menus
  • Bug fix: Fixed an issue where certain dialogs launched from docks would not appear on the dock’s display

1.4.0

May 18, 2024

  • Selected menu items can now be favorited (promoted to the top) and unfavorited by pressing the backquote (`) key (below the escape key)
  • Menus can now be sorted by their last opened date
  • Color pickers now have an eyedropper tool so any color on the screen can be chosen
  • Dock items that refer to a deleted file now display a deleted indicator on their icon
  • Recently launched dock and menu items now appear in an “Open Recent” menu in the File menu as well as in the macOS Dock icon menu
  • Bug fix: Sorting menus by their creation and modifications dates is now more accurate and follows the macOS Finder’s sorting

1.3.15

March 5, 2024

  • Added email support and the Facebook page link to the help section

1.3.14

March 4, 2024

  • Dock background images now reflect the dock’s border radius

1.3.13

February 29, 2024

  • Forgot to notarize the installer! Dock Star should be installable now in macOS.
  • Fixed issues with the “Add Shortcuts…” dialog
  • Adjusted the default dock window location

1.3.12

February 27, 2024

  • Dock Star can now be used in a free 30-day trial mode
  • License codes can be purchased and used to unlock the application
  • Added a dock option to double-click items to launch them
  • The “Dock Settings…” menu item has been moved to the Docks menu
  • Added Help section menu items in the Help menu

1.3.9

February 22, 2024

  • Dock Star is officially out of beta!
  • Docks can be hidden as well as toggled, with multiple options
  • In the Dock Settings, added shortcut buttons for changing the column and cell sizes
  • Reorganized the Dock Settings and the app Preferences
  • Added tooltips for icon-only docks
  • Added open app indicators
  • Added dock snapping while moving
  • Added dock presets
  • Added dock backgrounds and presets
  • Added custom icon favorites
  • Added scenes

1.12.21-beta

January 29, 2023

  • Added macOS Ventura compatibility
  • Fixed an issue where icons would not display properly
  • Docks to be deleted are now visibly marked

1.12.18-beta

August 29, 2022

  • Fixed file errors on startup

1.12.15-beta

August 24, 2022

  • Improved auto-updating

1.12.14-beta

August 23, 2022

  • Added dock backgrounds
  • Added scenes
  • Major code refactoring and cleanup
  • The first public test version!

1.1.0-beta

July 17, 2022

  • Dock Star is now self-updating, signed, and notarized
  • Drive dock items can now be ejected from menus
  • Added support for Apple Shortcuts

1.0.50-beta

June 25, 2022

  • All dock icons can now be refreshed
  • Fixed trash syncing
  • Updated the UI for macOS Monterey
  • Added help content

1.0.29-beta

April 29, 2021

  • Added support for macOS aliases
  • Added style presets

1.0.11-beta

April 9, 2019

  • Added dock borders, grids, gradients, and shadows
  • Added the ability to preview items in menus
  • Added network volume support
  • Added dock-to-dock item transfer
  • First release to testers

1.0.5-beta

March 7, 2019

  • Added dock tabs

1.0.2-beta

February 17, 2019

  • Added dock trash items
  • Fixed menu autoscrolling
  • Added “Replace With…” functionality
  • Added multiple dock support

1.0.0-beta

October 21, 2018

  • Initial beta version, made for personal use due to the frustration of no longer being able to use DragThing