Adding a Folder to Dock Policy Payload

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Posted on
11-19-2020
03:19 PM
- last edited on
03-04-2025
04:02 AM
by
kh-richa_mig
Can someone give me an example of the variable needed to add the ~/Documents and ~/Downloads folders to a Dock payload?
I have tried file:///Users/$USER/Documents/ but this doesn't work.
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Posted on 02-09-2022 08:54 AM
Hey did you manage to find a solution for this ?

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Posted on 02-10-2022 06:01 AM
No, unfortunately not. Didn’t have a lot of time to devote to this so I had to punt in favor of higher priorities. I need to circle back and revisit this eventually though. Please share if you have any suggestions.

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Posted on 06-10-2022 01:15 PM
This can be done using a Config Profile. There are specific checkboxes for "My Applications", "Documents", and "Network". In my testing "My Applications" seems to work and "Documents" instead places the user's Downloads folder.
I use the Config Profile method to place folders (Applications folder and a custom folder) in the Files side of the Dock since I can't get a Policy to work for folders (only apps).
