Removing icons on the bottom while browsing?

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If you are trying to remove icons from the dock, just drag them off and they will disappear in a puff of smoke.

You can also resize the dock and make it smaller, or hide it.

 

Go to system preferences, then "Dock", then check "Automatically hide and show the dock" This will make it disappear while you're not using it and come up when you move your mouse down to the very bottom. I think this is what you're looking to do.

 

I think he is talking about the fact that Safari doesn't show the status bar by default and it makes it look like the pages are just getting cut off.

Also, I don't think removing icons from the dock will solve the problem he wants to solve. He probably wants to set the dock to autohide.

Click the Apple > Dock > Turn hiding on

 

Assuming you mean how to you put applications (back) in the dock (the bar on the bottom of the screen). 2 ways

1) go to your application folder, and drag any application you want from the folder to the dock (if you have dock hiding turned on, just cary the app all the way down to the bottom of your screen till the dock pops up). The existing icons will squeeze over and make room for the new ones. You can place the new dock app anywhere in the application section of the dock. (FYI this will not remove the application from the application folder)

2) Any running application that does not already in the dock will appear on the left most side of the dock (with a small black triangle underneath it). Drag this icon from the left-hand side of the dock to a new position within the dock. Then after quiting the application the icon will remain in the dock.

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