MacOS – Dock is appearing too soon

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I'm using Remote Desktop app on the full screen and when I get my mouse too close to the bottom of the screen (in orders to interact with remote system), the Dock is shown.

macOS Dock, show/hide

The mouse pointer (annotated below) is not even close to the Dock edge or icons and the bar is already showing up.

macOS Dock, show/hide

So there is no way I can access the bottom icons on the remote machine.

How do I change Dock behaviour, so it's not so aggressive when it comes to appearing? Or disable it in the full-screen mode completely?

Best Answer

System Preferences application allows you to change the behavior of the Dock. The Dock preferences pane is shown below.

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I would suggest moving the dock to the left or right side of the screen.