MacOS – Dock doesn’t appear in the Macbook Pro 2015

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I have a Macbook Pro 13” Mid 2015 (macOS Mojave) and the dock doesn’t work (it doesn’t show up).
I tried all this to no avail. The problem doesn’t happen when I log in with a different user:

  • enable / disable “hide dock” and all other options it in system preferences > dock
  • PRAM reset
  • repair permissions on the home folder with Terminal
  • use the keyboard shortcut command + option + D to show / hide dock.
  • repair drive and volume with First Aid
  • killall Dock in terminal

I wonder if I can try something else before having to create a new profile and transfer data over ?

Best Answer

Resetting the Preferences list

Dock disappearing? Follow the following steps, the could be problem with a corrupted file or other non-settings based issue. The first thing to do is check if there are any system updates available that you can install. This is easy to do: click on the Apple icon in the top-left corner, select App Store, and when it opens click on the Updates tab. Should this be empty then it might be worth deleting the preferences file instead. This will reset your Dock back to the way it was when you first got your Mac, so any app shortcuts you've since placed there will need to be added again afterwards. Open Finder, then hold down the Option key and click on the Go option in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen. This shows a few options that are usually hidden, one of which is Library. Click this and then select the Preferences folder. enter image description here Scroll down until you find a file named com.apple.dock.plist. You'll need to delete this file (either by using the Backspace key or dragging it to the Trash). Now reboot your machine and macOS will create a new default preferences list which should hopefully clear the problem.

If you're still getting issues then contact Apple customer support.

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