But you may well do most of your interacting with them on the Dock.) (Both of these folders are physically inside your Home folder. When you install OS X, you get a couple of starter Dock folders, just to get you psyched. From the shortcut menu, in the “Display as” section, choose either Folder (which looks like a folder forever) or Stack (which changes to reflect its contents.)
Right-click (or two-finger click) the Dock folder. You can’t get to know a folder by its icon.įortunately, this problem is easy to fix. Your Downloads folder might look like an Excel spreadsheet icon today, a PDF icon tonight, and a photo tomorrow-but never a folder. When you add a folder or disk icon to the Dock, you might notice something disorienting: Its icon keeps changing to resemble whatever you most recently put into it. Ever-Changing Folder-Icon Syndrome (ECFIS).