SpeedDock
Modern, fast and flexible dock
Only for Mac
$9.99
Flexible dock and DragThing of the future!
Been abandoned by other apps since you updated to macOS Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey? Did you love DragThing, but are missing it? SpeedDock is the best launcher utility for Mac.
• Create customizable docks for your desktop
• Docks can "float" anywhere on screen or be "fixed" to one edge, even control strip style
• Assign docks to different desktop spaces or monitors
• Add apps, folders, and files for easy shortcuts to your favorites (or even browser bookmarks)
• Resize icon size and spacing, show or hide item names, adjust dock transparency
• Organize your apps into tabs
• Display your docks in a menu bar icon and assign hotkeys for easy access
• Just control-click (or right-click) on dock folders to see their contents or settings
• Display a dock with all open applications, including hidden processes and network volumes
• Assign hotkey shortcuts to dock items
• Customize icon sorting, size, and spacing
• Lock your docks to prevent accidental editing
• Display an indicator showing currently open applications
• Customize dock organization with spacers
• Create text-only docks with custom names
• Show the trash on the desktop—now it's easier to discard items or eject media
• Customize docks for different spaces and monitors
• Add sounds when you click dock items or tabs
• Auto show/hide your docks or use keyboard shortcuts to do it
• Docks show all open apps or all mounted network volumes
SpeedDock makes accessing your most commonly used items a cinch!
more If you use Mission Control Spaces to give yourself two different work environments (e.g. one for personal stuff and the other for your day job), you've probably noticed that the MacOS dock has a nasty habit of switching you out of your current environment when an app has windows in both Spaces. Click on a MacOS Dock icon Mail and poof you're suddenly out of your work mode and responding to a personal email about skiing on the weekend. Not great for focus.SpeedDock is THE ONLY dock that doesn't switch you out of your current Space. Believe me, I've tried them all--uBar, Active Dock, Hyperdock, you name it. They all seem to rely on some dumb underlying MacOS Dock logic that tends to alternate windows and Spaces.Plus, Ron and the SpeedDock team have been *extremely* responsive to bug reports and feature requests. The new auto-hide function was the one critical missing feature to save screen real estate, and that's been addressed in the most recent release. You guys rock!
Developer Response Glad you're happy! Keep those ideas coming. :)
If you use Mission Control Spaces to give yourself two different work environments (e.g. one for personal stuff and the other for your day job), you've probably noticed that the MacOS dock has a nasty habit of switching you out of your current environment when an app has windows in both Spaces. Click on a MacOS Dock icon Mail and poof you're suddenly out of your work mode and responding to a personal email about skiing on the weekend. Not great for focus.SpeedDock is THE ONLY dock that doesn't switch you out of your current Space. Believe me, I've tried them all--uBar, Active Dock, Hyperdock, you name it. They all seem to rely on some dumb underlying MacOS Dock logic that tends to alternate windows and Spaces.Plus, Ron and the SpeedDock team have been *extremely* responsive to bug reports and feature requests. The new auto-hide function was the one critical missing feature to save screen real estate, and that's been addressed in the most recent release. You guys rock!
Glad you're happy! Keep those ideas coming. :)
Is it possible to prevent other files/icons from being positioned behind the doc when it is locked in place on the desktop? Having experienced ”missing” desktop items only to discover them behind the dock, I think that would be a useful addition. Maybe it could even be turned on and off. This app has been the answer to a really annoying problem experienced ever since starting to use a laptop to drive external monitors while at work and using it as a laptop when mobile. Gong from one to the other resulted in icons going crazy and being placed all over the desktops. Now with SpeedDock I can save separate icon arrangements for when working with two external monitors, and when using the laptop screen. THANKS!!
Is it possible to prevent other files/icons from being positioned behind the doc when it is locked in place on the desktop? Having experienced ”missing” desktop items only to discover them behind the dock, I think that would be a useful addition. Maybe it could even be turned on and off. This app has been the answer to a really annoying problem experienced ever since starting to use a laptop to drive external monitors while at work and using it as a laptop when mobile. Gong from one to the other resulted in icons going crazy and being placed all over the desktops. Now with SpeedDock I can save separate icon arrangements for when working with two external monitors, and when using the laptop screen. THANKS!!
I use multiple spaces and have two monitors. It's always bothered me that Apple's Dock arbitrarily moves at times to my 2nd screen. Then I have to get it back to my main screen. Never found a setting to force Apple's Dock to stick. Speed Dock stays put and has other nice features. I ran into a little problem and the developer responded quickly. He figured out it was a setting in Mission Control. Once I flipped that setting, all worked well.
I use multiple spaces and have two monitors. It's always bothered me that Apple's Dock arbitrarily moves at times to my 2nd screen. Then I have to get it back to my main screen. Never found a setting to force Apple's Dock to stick. Speed Dock stays put and has other nice features. I ran into a little problem and the developer responded quickly. He figured out it was a setting in Mission Control. Once I flipped that setting, all worked well.
SpeedDock is a slick app that puts your needed apps in an accessible dock so you can get them when you need them. Much, much better than Apple's version and saves a lot of screen area as well. I had three issues with using the app and Ron solved all of them within 24 hours including follow-up emails to make sure my needs were met quickly and completely. Great app, great support.
SpeedDock is a slick app that puts your needed apps in an accessible dock so you can get them when you need them. Much, much better than Apple's version and saves a lot of screen area as well. I had three issues with using the app and Ron solved all of them within 24 hours including follow-up emails to make sure my needs were met quickly and completely. Great app, great support.
Missing Launch Pad? SpeedDock now has some features that make launching apps easier. In this update:
- Improved design icons to match macOS 26
- New settings: we've redesigned the settings to make things easier to find
- Hot key to open/close docks that auto show/hide
- Keyboard selection of dock items (when using hotkeys)
- Customize highlight colors
- Global setting to show a dock in the foreground is now per dock
- New setting to show thumbnail previews of dock items
- Improved folder menus when navigating your drive
- Various bug fixes and usability improvements
3.0 Apr 14
We've fixed a few issues and also added a setting to play a sound when you show/hide a dock.
This is the last version to support macOS 13 so please update your Mac. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or have a feature request.
2.1 09/13/2025
We made a small improvement in how multiple monitor setups are handled when adding and removing external displays. We also fixed a bug with text docks and improved dark mode. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or have a feature request.
2.0.16 07/21/2025
Fixed a bug with spaces and multiple monitor setups. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or have a feature request.
2.0.15 06/13/2025
Just fixing a few bugs. :) Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or have a feature request.
2.0.14 05/15/2025
This is a "quality of life" release for our awesome users. Just fixing a few bugs that make your life with SpeedDock just a tiny bit better.
Note that in the dock settings you'll now see when you have duplicate named items that may cause conflicts.
2.0.13 03/31/2025
This is a "quality of life" release for our awesome users. Just fixing a few bugs and adding minor improvements that make your life with SpeedDock just a tiny bit better (including the ability to rename folder paths).
2.0.12 07/31/2024
This is a "quality of life" release for our awesome users. Just fixing a few bugs and adding minor improvements that make your life with SpeedDock just a tiny bit better.
2.0.11 06/13/2024
This is a "quality of life" release for our awesome users. Just fixing a few bugs and adding minor improvements that make your life with SpeedDock just a tiny bit better.
2.0.10 05/30/2024
Just a small fix in this release. Enjoy!
2.0.9 04/24/2024
Another update to the best dock app ever! Included in this release:
• Improvements to multi-screen setups and remembering monitors
• Fixed a bug with the trash menu
Keep your feedback and suggestions coming!
Did you miss the recent update?
• NEW! Customize the open app/folder indicator color
• NEW! Show/hide individual docks in the menu bar menu
• NEW! Added a quit/eject option to apps in docks
• Improve performance of folder menus
• Improvements to spacers, trash icons, showing/hiding docks in spaces
2.0.8 03/26/2024
Lots of "under the hood" improvements in this release, including:
• NEW! Customize the open app/folder indicator color
• NEW! Show/hide individual docks in the menu bar menu
• NEW! Added a quit/eject option to apps in docks
• Improve performance of folder menus
• Improvements to spacers, trash icons, showing/hiding docks in spaces
Keep your feedback and suggestions coming!
2.0.7 01/17/2024
This version has just some small fixes and improvements.
• NEW! Duplicate a dock: easily make copies of your docks
• NEW! Show/hide docks in the menu bar menu
• NEW! Control timing of docks using auto show/hide
• Many other small bugs fixes and usability improvements
This is the last update to support macOS 12 so update now to continue getting SpeedDock updates.
2.0.6 11/03/2023
This version has just some small fixes and improvements.
• NEW! Duplicate a dock: easily make copies of your docks
• NEW! Show/hide docks in the menu bar menu
• NEW! Control timing of docks using auto show/hide
• Many other small bugs fixes and usability improvements
This is the last update to support macOS 12 so update now to continue getting SpeedDock updates.
2.0.5 10/28/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release, we just fixed a few bugs to make your quality of life better. Jus a quick bug fix in this update. Move along...nothing to see here. :)
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Control strips automatically close after 3 seconds if you don't use or interact with them.
• NEW! Add a trash can to any dock.
• NEW! Assign a hotkey to open multiple items—a speedy start to your important apps.
• NEW! Customize the color of active dock tabs.
• NEW! Sort items in the Open Applications dock.
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
2.0.4 05/23/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release, we just fixed a few bugs to make your quality of life better.
• Improve auto show/hide
• Add hotkey setting for SpeedDock settings
• Easily access support in the Help menu
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Control strips automatically close after 3 seconds if you don't use or interact with them.
• NEW! Add a trash can to any dock.
• NEW! Assign a hotkey to open multiple items—a speedy start to your important apps.
• NEW! Customize the color of active dock tabs.
• NEW! Sort items in the Open Applications dock.
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
2.0.3 05/21/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release, we just fixed a few bugs to make your quality of life better.
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Control strips automatically close after 3 seconds if you don't use or interact with them.
• NEW! Add a trash can to any dock.
• NEW! Assign a hotkey to open multiple items—a speedy start to your important apps.
• NEW! Customize the color of active dock tabs.
• NEW! Sort items in the Open Applications dock.
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
2.0.2 05/12/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release, we just fixed a few bugs to make your quality of life better.
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Control strips automatically close after 3 seconds if you don't use or interact with them.
• NEW! Add a trash can to any dock.
• NEW! Assign a hotkey to open multiple items—a speedy start to your important apps.
• NEW! Customize the color of active dock tabs.
• NEW! Sort items in the Open Applications dock.
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
2.0.1 05/08/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release:
• NEW! Control strips automatically close after 3 seconds if you don't use or interact with them.
• NEW! Add a trash can to any dock.
• NEW! Assign a hotkey to open multiple items—a speedy start to your important apps.
• NEW! Customize the color of active dock tabs.
• NEW! Sort items in the Open Applications dock.
• NEW! Big performance increases and reduced memory footprint make SpeedDock imperceptible until you need it.
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
2.0 05/04/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release we fixed a bug with linking.
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
1.9.2 03/19/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release:
• NEW! Now configure your dock tabs to be on any side of the dock.
• NEW! Easier to rename your tabs— now in the tab settings.
• NEW! Added a menu item to show/hide all docks
Did you miss a recent release? Here are just some of the new features:
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
1.9.1 02/19/2023
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! They make SpeedDock even better. In this release:
• NEW! Docks have a new way to automatically show and hide. Enable this in the dock settings.
• NEW! Drive dock: automatically displays all your external drives
• NEW! Tutorial added to discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Docks auto-expand when adding a new item
• NEW! Control click on dock tabs for handy options
• Make the control strip a little easier to open
• Small quality of life improvements and bug fixes
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
This will be the last version to support macOS 11 so update your Mac!
1.9 02/09/2023
Another small update to round out 2022. Thanks for your feedback!
• Bug fix when display is no longer available.
We will deprecate macOS 10.15 in the next update so be sure to update your Mac to the latest OS.
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
Did you catch the last update or two with tons of goodies?
• NEW! Tutorials added to help get you started and discover tips and tricks.
• NEW! Sort dock items by most recently accessed.
• NEW! The Open Applications dock can now float
• NEW! See where current shortcuts are used in case you accidentally try to duplicate one.
• NEW! Folder docks! Just point your dock at a folder and all the items in the folder will be created in the dock.
• NEW! Open control strips with a hover or with a hotkey
• NEW! Hotkey checks: do ou want to set a hotkey and avoid duplication? SpeedDock tells you when a hotkey is already in use.
• NEW! Option to display the trash on a specific monitor (if you have more than one)
• NEW! Docks now have a small indicator there are hidden items to let you know to increase the dock size
• NEW! Help text in the settings—just hover over a setting to see an explanation
• NEW! Control strip docks that expand and colapse (Remember macOS9?)
• NEW! More themes for your docks
• NEW! Customize the look of your trash when empty or full
• NEW! Show a badge with the number of items in a dock folder
• NEW! Dock menu in the menu bar is now keyboard controlled
• NEW! Separated setting to lock dock content or position (previously combined)
• NEW! Display your docks in a menu. You can now add an icon to your menu bar that gives you access to all your dock items.
• NEW! Assign keyboard shortcuts to show/hide your docks
1.8.8 01/01/2023
Enjoy this SpeedDock update with some minor bug fixes for multiple monitor setups and macOS Ventura compatibility.
• NEW! Tutorials added to help get you started and discover tips and tricks.
• General UI updates to align with macOS Ventura.
• Improvements when using AppleScripts in docks
• Improvements when showing/hiding dock and app windows
We will deprecate macOS 10.15 in the next update so be sure to update your Mac to the latest OS.
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
Did you catch the last update or two with tons of goodies?
• NEW! Sort dock items by most recently accessed.
• NEW! The Open Applications dock can now float
• NEW! See where current shortcuts are used in case you accidentally try to duplicate one.
• NEW! Folder docks! Just point your dock at a folder and all the items in the folder will be created in the dock.
• NEW! Open control strips with a hover or with a hotkey
• NEW! Hotkey checks: do ou want to set a hotkey and avoid duplication? SpeedDock tells you when a hotkey is already in use.
• NEW! Option to display the trash on a specific monitor (if you have more than one)
• NEW! Docks now have a small indicator there are hidden items to let you know to increase the dock size
• NEW! Help text in the settings—just hover over a setting to see an explanation
• NEW! Control strip docks that expand and colapse (Remember macOS9?)
• NEW! More themes for your docks
• NEW! Customize the look of your trash when empty or full
• NEW! Show a badge with the number of items in a dock folder
• NEW! Dock menu in the menu bar is now keyboard controlled
• NEW! Separated setting to lock dock content or position (previously combined)
• NEW! Display your docks in a menu. You can now add an icon to your menu bar that gives you access to all your dock items.
• NEW! Assign keyboard shortcuts to show/hide your docks
1.8.7 12/13/2022
Enjoy this SpeedDock update with some minor bug fixes for multiple monitor setups and macOS Ventura compatibility.
• NEW! Sort dock items by most recently accessed.
Keep your suggestions coming and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or questions: support@speeddock.app
Did you catch the last update or two with tons of goodies?
• NEW! The Open Applications dock can now float
• NEW! See where current shortcuts are used in case you accidentally try to duplicate one.
• NEW! Folder docks! Just point your dock at a folder and all the items in the folder will be created in the dock.
• NEW! Open control strips with a hover or with a hotkey
• NEW! Hotkey checks: do ou want to set a hotkey and avoid duplication? SpeedDock tells you when a hotkey is already in use.
• NEW! Option to display the trash on a specific monitor (if you have more than one)
• NEW! Docks now have a small indicator there are hidden items to let you know to increase the dock size
• NEW! Help text in the settings—just hover over a setting to see an explanation
• NEW! Control strip docks that expand and colapse (Remember macOS9?)
• NEW! More themes for your docks
• NEW! Customize the look of your trash when empty or full
• NEW! Show a badge with the number of items in a dock folder
• NEW! Dock menu in the menu bar is now keyboard controlled
• NEW! Separated setting to lock dock content or position (previously combined)
• NEW! Display your docks in a menu. You can now add an icon to your menu bar that gives you access to all your dock items.
• NEW! Assign keyboard shortcuts to show/hide your docks
1.8.6 11/01/2022
Missing Launch Pad? SpeedDock now has some features that make launching apps easier. In this update:
- Improved design icons to match macOS 26
- New settings: we've redesigned the settings to make things easier to find
- Hot key to open/close docks that auto show/hide
- Keyboard selection of dock items (when using hotkeys)
- Customize highlight colors
- Global setting to show a dock in the foreground is now per dock
- New setting to show thumbnail previews of dock items
- Improved folder menus when navigating your drive
- Various bug fixes and usability improvements
more Version 3.0 Apr 14
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