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The Applications icon in my dock changes to the icon of whatever app I i nstalled last.

The Applications icon in my dock changes to the icon of whatever app I installed last. Right now it's the icon for Adblock Plus. This has been the case in many previous versions of MacOS as well.

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 4:56 PM

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Posted on Oct 11, 2021 8:27 PM

If it is set as a Stack ordered by last use, you will see the last used app on top of the Stack.

You can change it to view as a Folder. Ctrl-click on the icon in the Dock to alter the settings for that item.

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The Applications icon in my dock changes to the icon of whatever app I i nstalled last.

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