In this quick guide, we explain why you may see a gray question mark, or the same question mark over an app icon, in your Mac’s Dock and how to address this issue.

Why this happens

You’ll see the question mark only for apps that you added to the Dock, but since then it has been deleted, moved, renamed, or made unavailable.

Deleted: You uninstalled the app and removed it from the Trash, but its app icon stayed on the Dock. Then, when you click that Dock icon, it will start showing a question mark.

Moved: You have moved the app from its original location, like the Finder Applications folder, to another folder.

Renamed: In some cases, the question mark may also appear if you renamed the app and moved it to another location.

Unavailable: You installed the large app directly to an external drive, added that app icon to the Dock, but then clicked the app icon when the drive isn’t connected to your Mac.

Fix the question mark issue in Mac’s Dock

Simply drag the app with the question mark out of the Dock onto the Desktop to make it disappear.

Or, right-click on it in the Dock and select Options > Remove from Dock.

If it was a deleted app, you don’t have to do anything else. However, if it was an app you moved to a different location or renamed it, just add it again to the Dock, and it should no longer show the question mark.

In case the question mark appears over an app that’s installed on the external drive, and you want to keep that app icon in the Dock, simply restart your Mac and the question mark should disappear; it won’t show up again, provided you don’t click on the app icon in the Dock when the external drive isn’t connected.

If the above tips have failed to work for some reason, consider resetting the Dock to its default state. This will remove all your apps from the Dock and show only the Apple apps that are on the Dock when you first set up a new Mac or boot into a fresh version of macOS installation. Once the reset is complete, you can customize the Dock again with your preferred apps and settings.

Also, check out: How to automatically hide and show the Dock on Mac

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/07/21/question-mark-mac-dock/

Find out how to set Safari in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate to alert you when a website publishes new posts, an out-of-stock item comes back in stock, concert tickets go on sale, and so forth.

I think we’ve all been there, waiting eagerly for an item to come back in stock, the price to drop, a new company update to be pushed to the Newsroom website, or registration for the summer camp to open. In these cases, we keep visiting that site at regular intervals or hit refresh periodically.

The newest version of Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac adds a native ‘Notify Me’ feature that does this job for you. So, instead of you having to revisit or refresh a site, Safari can do this in the background every hour, every day, weekly, or monthly and notify you of the change.

But note that this new Safari feature only works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac that support Apple Intelligence.

Set Safari to notify you of changes and updates to a website

The fundamentals are similar for both iOS and macOS.

1) Update your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, or macOS 27 Golden Gate (currently all are in beta).

2) Open Safari and visit a website. For this example, I’m visiting Tesla’s store page for their NEMA Adapter Bundle, which is currently out of stock.

3) Tap the menu icon in the address bar and select the new Notify Me option.

Here’s how it looks on Mac:

4) Tap a suggestion if you see it or manually describe what you want Safari to look for. Here are a few examples of what you can type in the box:

• Alert me when the item is back in stock.
• Notify me when the pre-order opens.
• Alert me when a new post is published.

If Safari can’t do what you typed, it will throw an error. Try changing your description. I also found that the Notify Me feature doesn’t work on all websites.

Secondly, allow Safari to send you notifications if it asks.

5) After setting the description, tap Edit and select if you want Safari to check hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. You can also change the time to something more suitable or relevant. For instance, if you’re tracking a drop in price for a dish from a restaurant that opens at 11 AM, set the time to something like 11:05 AM.

If you see an error, start over and don’t change the time.

6) Finally, tap the blue checkmark icon to save the alert.

Safari will now work in the background and alert you of the change.

I set up this feature to notify me when a new post is published on iDB’s website. And when that happens, it sends me a notification. I can tap the notification to visit that webpage. And from there, I can decide to stop or continue getting these notifications.

See all websites you have asked Safari to monitor and edit or delete them

You can view them all in browser settings.

iPhone or iPad

1. Open iOS 27 Settings, tap Apps from the bottom, and select Safari from the list of applications.
2. Scroll down and tap Notify Me.
3. You’ll see a list of all websites here. Select a website and tap to edit what Safari is currently looking for. Or, change the time and frequency, or delete the alert altogether.

Mac

1. Open Safari and click Safari > Settings from the top menu bar.
2. Go to the Websites tab.
3. Click Notify Me on the left side.
4. Use the Edit or Delete buttons next to a website to make changes.

Many websites nowadays offer a built-in notification feature that alerts you of new posts. Plus, if an item is out of stock, they can send you an alert or email. In my tests, these native options are more reliable than Apple’s new feature. But if you come across a website that doesn’t offer these, you can use the new Safari Notify Me feature to get alerted.

What will you be using it for?

Also new in iOS 27:

• How to enter recovery restore screen on iPhone in iOS 27
• How to give 1 to 5 stars to your photos on iPhone, iPad, Mac
• How to change the Liquid Glass level in iOS 27 & macOS 27

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/07/20/safari-notify-me/