Set dock apps, but allow user to change size and placement

[ngulick]

Hello all,

We would like to deploy our Macs with a set of standard applications in the dock, but not disallow the end user to move and resize the dock. Is there a way to insert or set apps with the dock without locking out the user entirely? 

Thanks much - 

[sdagley]

@ngulick Use https://github.com/kcrawford/dockutil instead of a Configuration Profile to configure the Dock. Here's a good presentation that describes various ways of configuring a user's Dock, including dockutil: https://downloads.lib.utah.edu/media_streaming_presentation_documents/pdf/mac_mgrs/20220420_mm/2022....

[ngulick]

That's great advice, thank you I'll look into that!