What does Cooldock cost?

Cooldock is shown as a $15 limited early user offer, marked down from $29. It is a one-time purchase for one device, with prices in USD excluding VAT and possible location-based variation.

Which macOS versions are supported?

Cooldock requires macOS Sonoma 14.0 or later.

Does Cooldock replace the original Mac Dock?

No. Cooldock is designed to work beside the original Mac Dock.

What can I add to Cooldock?

You can add live widgets, quick actions, favorite apps, folders, events, reminders, todos, weather, music, system stats, search, controls, clipboard access, and screenshots.

Cooldock does not collect, store, sell, or share personal data. Most features work locally, and local Mac data is not uploaded to Cooldock servers.

Does Cooldock need macOS permissions?

Some widgets need permission for Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Photos, Files, Microphone, Accessibility, Screen Recording, or similar macOS features. Permissions can be managed or revoked in macOS System Settings.

Cooldock: Live widgets and quick actions for your Mac Dock

What is Cooldock?

Cooldock is a native macOS app for people who want more at hand than the standard Dock can hold. It adds a second Dock beside the original one, where users can place live widgets for music, weather, calendars, reminders, search, system stats, quick actions, apps, and folders. It requires macOS Sonoma 14.0 or later and the current license is a one-time purchase for one device.

Why Cooldock works

The Mac Dock is good at launching apps, but it turns everything else into extra clicks across menus, widgets, browser tabs, and system settings. Cooldock puts the live bits of the day beside the launcher, so calendar, todos, weather, files, controls, and stats stay visible without replacing the original Dock. It makes the Dock an active work shelf instead of another row of icons.

Cooldock features

Live second Dock. Keep useful widgets beside the original Dock, including music, todos, events, weather, search, stats, and quick actions.
Apps and folders. Open favorite apps, organize them into folders, and pin most-used folders inside Cooldock.
Workday widgets. See today’s events, the next meeting, weekly schedule, join links, reminders, todos, weather, and now playing controls from the Dock.
Quick utility tools. Use compact widgets for currency and unit conversion, color picking, screenshots, recent files, downloads, clipboard access, and Finder search.
Founder metrics. Track Polar revenue, MRR, sales, DataFast analytics for the last 7 or 30 days, and social followers from X, TikTok, YouTube, and more.
Local-first privacy. Most features work locally on the Mac, with macOS permissions requested only for the widgets a user enables.

Who Cooldock is for

Mac users who keep jumping between widgets, files, controls, and system settings while the Dock only launches apps.
Indie hackers watching revenue, analytics, and social numbers who want those signals visible without another browser tab.
Designers and developers who often need colors, screenshots, files, folders, app switching, search, and clipboard access during focused work.
Calendar-heavy Mac users who want meetings, todos, weather, music, and reminders in one glanceable strip beside their current workspace.

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