Download Dock Shortcut 1.1 (Mac) – Download Free

Many useful features of other desktop operating systems would be great on macOS, but Apple is generally very keen to do its own thing. One of these is the ability to use hotkeys to quickly launch or switch to applications in the Dock or Taskbar.

dock shortcut Adds that functionality to macOS in a very straightforward way. All you have to do is press the modifier (Option by default) and one of the number keys from 1 to 9, depending on where the app is in the Dock.

Launch or switch to the Dock application

The application uses the Option key by default, but you can also use Cmd, Control, or Shift. Just choose your favorite modifier from the application’s preferences, which you can access from the menu bar. You can even hide the menu bar icon once everything is configured.

As for how it works, all you have to do is press the modifier and the number that corresponds to the app’s position in the Dock. If it’s already open, it will be brought to the foreground. If closed, it will start.

The excellent macOS integrates a very useful feature

This is one of those features that looks like they should be part of the OS in the first place. This is a great way to quickly launch certain Dock applications, and it’s faster than Cmd+Tab if you need to switch between more than two applications.

If you want, you can have an application ignore the Finder, which is always the first application in the Dock. However, it can be a bit confusing in trying to tell you what numbers you should use for certain applications, at least until you get used to it.

When you hold down a modifier, it’s helpful to see a number next to each Dock icon indicating which hotkey you should use. However, this can be difficult to implement.

Dock Shortcut is a great idea that brings some useful features from Windows and Linux to macOS. It’s easy to use and configure, it’s written entirely in Swift, and it’s free and open source.