Version 3.5 now features notification badges, reserve screen space to prevent apps from overlapping the dock, website shortcuts, custom app icons, smoother animations, redesigned user interface and much more to be better than ever!
Hi, I'm Gustav, the creator of DockFix! 👋🏼
After weeks of hard work, I’m thrilled to announce the release of a major DockFix update packed with tons of exciting new features to redefine your macOS experience!
This is one of the biggest updates we’ve ever released, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you, so I really hope you like it! 🎉
Here's what's new:
1. Reserve Screen Space: Many of you have been asking for a setting to prevent apps from overlapping the dock. Now, we have finally introduced this and once enabled, all apps are resized and positioned automatically to never overlap the dock!
2. Notification Badges: You've also been asking for notification badges since the release of the very first version of DockFix and I'm excited to announce that this version has that too!
3. Custom App Icons: We've also made a proper way to apply custom app icons to any apps on the system including the native ones you otherwise couldn't!
4. Website Shortcuts: Create a link to any website in the dock and have it show up like it's own app with an icon of your choice, but open the URL in your browser of choice.
5. Spacers: You can now also better organize your dock using spacers to separate apps. Another feature you've been waiting for!
6. Redesigned User Interface, Smoother Animations, Bug Fixes
Love that we can now separate apps in the dock. Does it handle large numbers of apps well?
Congratulations on the launch! What was your main motivation for replacing the standard dock in the first place?
The default dock is so bad that I have it "disabled" (crippled the settings so its as small as possible and hidden). This product might be for me if it fixes the dock
I didn't even realize how much I wanted a customizable dock until now. DockFix seems like the perfect balance between enhancing what's already there and offering something entirely new.
About DockFix 3.5 on Product Hunt
“Reimagine your macos experience”
DockFix 3.5 launched on Product Hunt on January 27th, 2025 and earned 217 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. Version 3.5 now features notification badges, reserve screen space to prevent apps from overlapping the dock, website shortcuts, custom app icons, smoother animations, redesigned user interface and much more to be better than ever!
DockFix 3.5 was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (650k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 137.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DockFix 3.5?
DockFix 3.5 was hunted by Gustav Lübker. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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