How to Add an Otterdock Group to the Mac Dock
Add an Otterdock group to the Mac Dock by dragging its card in the Mac App Store edition, and see when a native Finder folder is enough.
In the Mac App Store edition, add an Otterdock group to the Dock by dragging its card from the app’s main window onto the Dock. The group becomes a native Dock stack, while the rest of your macOS Dock stays in place.
Add a group to the Dock
- Open Otterdock and find the group you want to keep in the Dock.
- Drag the group card from the main window to the files-and-folders area after the Dock’s last separator, near the Trash (right on a bottom Dock; below on a side Dock), then release it.
The resulting Dock item represents the group rather than one app. Otterdock groups can contain apps, files, folders, and web links. The current Mac App Store listing says the group’s icon and contents stay up to date after you add it.
Click the new Dock stack and open one of its items to check the shortcut. To remove only the Dock entry, drag it out until Remove appears, then release it; the original apps and files remain. To add an existing group again, drag its card to the same area. Deleting a group inside the Mac App Store edition does not automatically remove its Dock entry; remove that shortcut separately.
Mac App Store and Direct editions
The Mac App Store edition uses this manual drag action. The Direct edition has a separate Dock sync flow; see the edition comparison for the interaction and permission differences.
When a Finder folder is enough
If you only need one folder of files in the Dock, macOS’s built-in folder stack may be all you need. Otterdock is useful when the group should keep different kinds of items together. See how native Dock folders differ from Otterdock groups.
Source: Otterdock on the Mac App Store · Otterdock product page