How to Hide the Dock Bar on MacBook Pro/Mini/Air - macOS Big Sur [Tutorial]
How to Hide the Dock Bar on MacBook Pro/Mini/Air - macOS Big Sur [Tutorial]
If you’ve installed macOS Big Sur, then you’re probably still getting used to the new look and improved features. But with that, you still need to make your Mac work the best it can for you. Which means, arranging your Dock and menu bar effectively.
On your Mac, use Dock & Menu Bar System Preferences to change the appearance of the Dock, and to select items to show in the menu bar and in Control Centre.
With macOS, Apple allows for the automatic hiding of the menu bar. In versions of macOS prior to Big Sur, the setting to turn this on or off is located in the General system preference.
But in Big Sur, Apple has moved the setting. It is now located in the Dock & Menu Bar system preference. To set the menu bar to hide and show when move the cursor to the top of the screen, check the box.
Neither of these have significant changes, and most you can figure out on your own. But there are a few new things you should know. So here, we’ll show you how to customize the Dock and menu bar on Mac running Big Sur or later.
This tutorial will apply for MacBook Pro, Air, Mini's running the macOS operating system. This tutorial was performed on a macOS Big Sur system.