How to add a "recent or favorite items stack to MacBook dock"

These terminal commands manipulate the Dock’s preferences, and although they should work as intended, changes in macOS versions might affect how they function. If you're using a newer version of macOS, the behavior might differ.

MAW01 wrote:

In Mojave I could copy and paste this terminal command to add a recent or favorite items stack to the dock. The code and instructions were posted on macrumors April 2, 2018.

Copy the following command text and paste it into Terminal at the prompt, then press Enter: 1. defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{"tile-data" = {"list-type" = 1;}; "tile-type" = "recents-tile";}'; killall Dock

The output looks like this

https://images.macrumors.com/t/pWvdF94BkTKqquKVQM21Eb1BN88=/400x0/article-new/2018/03/select-recent-or-favorite-item-dock-stack-800x522.jpg?lossy

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/bb10a27c-17de-4b7c-93a7-15877ce3b770

Does anyone know if this works for Sonoma?

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try and see— what are your results. Post back your conclusion...

if you Control click in the Finder sidbear—will give the option

MAW01 wrote:

I tried it and it did nothing.

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The current stable release of Sequoia  including bug fixes,  security updates  is macOS 15.3.2 

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You can still add a Recent or Favorite Items Stack to your MacBook Dock with this Terminal command:

bash

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{"tile-data" = {"list-type" = 1;}; "tile-type" = "recents-tile";}'; killall Dock

Just copy and paste it into Terminal, press Enter, and your Dock will refresh with the new stack!