Dock profiles and workspaces: organize a Mac around each task

A Dock profile in InfyniDock saves a Dock arrangement so you can move between different sets of working tools. Switching profiles changes the Dock composition while your running applications can continue. A window workspace groups particular windows for a task; the two features address different levels of organization.

Choose the right level of organization

For example, a writing profile can emphasize a text editor, notes and a reference browser. A development profile can emphasize an editor, terminal tools and project-related entries. These profiles can share applications: you do not need separate installations of a browser to use it in both contexts.

Set up a profile around a real activity

Start with the arrangement you already use. Open the Dock profile controls, create a clearly named profile, and organize its entries around one activity. Build a second arrangement only when you have a genuinely different task to switch to.

Before relying on a profile, switch away and back once. Check its pinned apps, groups and ordering. The useful question is whether the tools you expect are easy to reach—not whether every app has disappeared from view.

Profiles save Dock composition. Account details, system permissions and global appearance settings are not a separate identity for each profile. A profile also does not promise to recreate unsaved documents or reopen every terminal command after a restart.

When to use a window workspace

Suppose you use an editor window beside a terminal for the same project. InfyniDock's Workspace Manager can group related windows and apply saved layout behavior. That makes the task a recognizable Dock target instead of a collection of unrelated app icons.

Begin with an editor and a terminal you can easily distinguish. Add the relevant windows to a workspace, arrange them, and use the workspace controls to save or apply the layout. Test activation while those windows are available before adding more windows to the group.

A workspace is not a backup of application state. If an application closes a document or ends a session, the workspace cannot be assumed to recover its unsaved contents. Keep saving work in the applications themselves.

Use both without over-organizing

A profile can define which tools are convenient for “Development”, while a workspace collects the windows for a particular project. An app folder inside that arrangement can hold alternative terminal tools. Each layer should remove a decision you repeatedly make.

Start with one layer, then add another when there is a concrete reason. If you simply want to jump back to the previous window, a FloatDock shortcut may be enough.

Common questions

Does switching profiles quit my apps?

Dock profile switching changes the arrangement of entries. It is not an instruction to quit every application from the previous activity.

Is a profile the same as a macOS desktop?

No. A profile organizes the Dock. macOS Spaces organize desktops, and window workspaces group task-related windows. Use them according to the part of your setup you want to change.

See the Workspace Manager overview and developer workspace example for related layouts.