Show in Dock

Storage Studio normally lives only in the menu bar, with no icon in the Dock. If you'd rather have a Dock icon as well, turn on Show Storage Studio in the Dock. It works the same in the Intelligence and Advanced views, and you can turn it off again at any time.

Turning it on

1. Open Settings… from the More menu or the menu bar popover.
2. Choose Interface.
3. In the Dock section, turn on Show Storage Studio in the Dock.

The icon appears straight away. Turn the switch off to go back to a menu-bar-only app.

What clicking the Dock icon does

The Dock icon opens Storage Studio's usual front door for the view you're using:

%% caption: What a click on the Dock icon opens
flowchart TD
  A[You click the Storage Studio Dock icon] --> B{Which view are you using?}
  B -->|Intelligence| C[The main window opens on Home]
  B -->|Advanced| D[The menu bar popover opens]

It doesn't open the app grid. To reach your apps quickly, use the Apps shortcut, ⌃ Space unless you've changed it, or the Apps tab in the main window. See The All Apps grid and its shortcut.

What else changes

With the switch off, Storage Studio still works fully from the menu bar, and the menu bar icon stays either way. Background work, rules and your other settings behave the same whether the Dock icon is on or off.

You may sometimes see a Dock icon for a moment even with the switch off. A few windows, such as the one that resets Storage Studio or the main window when it first opens after you register, need one to come to the front. The icon goes away when they close, and your choice is applied again.

Why it's off by default

Storage Studio is a background helper. Most of the time it should stay out of your way, so it keeps to the menu bar unless you ask for more. See The menu bar icon and popover.

See also: Interface settings · The Preferences window · The Apps window