New to the Mac need some help....pLeAsE!!!

[supermanfos]

Need Some Mac Help!!!!

I just bought my Mac Mini about a month ago. I come from a PC background and I am pretty new to the Mac. I downloaded the new Snow Leopard upgrade.

This is my problem, my Documents folder on my Dock is not "Stacking", it keeps "Fanning" which it did before the upgrade. I thought you would be able to view the documents in a stackable view on the Dock, which saves you time having to visit the Finder every 2 secs. I looked in preferences & settings. I thought there would be a way to switch from "Fanning View" to "Stack View" but nothing! Anyone have any advice or am I missing something.....

 

[bosox0898]

I believe it stacks when you mouse over it, and fans out when you click on it. That's how mine works in leopard.

 

[supermanfos]

I tried that... nothing. When i put the mouse over the Document folder it doesn't do anything. It just highlights the folder & says Documents. Then of course when I click on the folder it "Fans out" instead of the "Stack View".

 

[bosox0898]

is your dock on the left or right side of the screen. If so it will always "fan out" it has to be on the bottom to show the stacked view.

 

[supermanfos]

Nope the Dock is located on the bottom of my screen. I attached a pic of my screen.

 

[bosox0898]

are you looking for this?

 

[supermanfos]

BINGO!!! I put the dock on the left side like you and I clicked on Documents & guess what it showed the Stack View. I didn't know the Dock had to be placed on the side in order to view documents on the dock in stack view. I prefer to keep the dock on the bottom but stack view wins. Thanks for your help.

 

[sturamsden]

It shouldn't matter where you put the dock. Just right-click the folder (on your dock) and you will be able to change all of its settings. To get it like the picture above, just right-click and select "Grid" under 'View content as'.

 

[supermanfos]

You are AWESOME!!!! Thank you for solving my mystery. I knew it was something really simple & easy. You made my DAY