Dock Magnification Issue

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Dock Magnification Issue

We have a brand new MacBook Air running Ventura 13.3. We have Dock Magnification turned on. It works only if an app is active and full screen - and that is still not a guarantee that it will work. For example - We had Keynote running. Once we made the application full screen and hovered over the dock, the icons would magnify - but not all - the settings and launchpad icons never magnified. We had the internet browser on next, made it full screen, and the dock wouldn't even show, much less magnify.

We have turned the magnification on/off and have moved the dock from side to side...

Is there a reset we could try - or a trick of some sort that we don't know - or even an easy answer that we might be missing?

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Jun 5, 2023 10:05 AM

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Answer 1

DerekM87

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Jun 7, 2023 12:18 PM in response to Bug_1179

Hi Bug_1179,

Given the steps you've taken already, we'd recommend testing this behavior in safe mode as well.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

If magnification is turned on, the Dock should magnify regardless of if you're in a full screen app or not. We'd recommend testing both with a full screen and windowed app in safe mode. Restart your Mac afterwards to exit safe mode and let us know the results.

Additionally, while this is a new Mac, did you transfer data from an older one to it? If so, was this a problem on your previous Mac?

Let us know, we'll continue based on those details.

Cheers!

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Answer 2

Jun 12, 2023 8:52 AM in response to DerekM87

Same issue, and I have a brand new MBP. I did transfer files and data from an older Mac, but I don't recall magnification being a problem. I want to say I had it turned off, but not 100% sure. That old Mac is wiped now so I'm unable to verify.

I did notice that when I change the position of the dock from bottom to either left or right of the screen, magnification worked fine.

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