v2.2.3-beta.1

CoolDock 2.2.3-beta.1 (Beta)

Hide the dock from screen sharing, turn off the window layout grid on previews, more AI usage widget options, and steadier updates.

🆕 New

• Hide the dock from screen sharing — Settings > Privacy > Screen Sharing > Hide dock from screen sharing & recordings. The dock, its labels, previews and widget pop-ups stay on your screen but are left out of Zoom, Meet and Teams shares, screen recordings and screenshots. Off by default, and switching applies right away.
• Turn off the window layout controls on previews — Settings > Dock > Apps > Window layout controls on previews. Turn it off and window previews (and the App Switcher gallery) no longer show the Full Screen / halves / corners grid: a click just brings that window to the front. On by default, as before. Thanks to Jeremy and Nazar.
• More AI usage widgets your way — the Cursor, Copilot, GLM, Grok, OpenCode and Antigravity usage widgets get the same right-click choices as Codex and Claude: Percentage (Used or Remaining) and Click Action (Refresh or open the provider's website). Thanks to Lazar.

✨ Improved

• Steadier updates — the update installer now starts in its own helper instead of inside CoolDock. If macOS ever stops an update from starting, CoolDock tells you to quit and reopen it (with a link to the latest download) instead of freezing on a second try. Thanks to Akiva.
• macOS 27 permission name — on macOS 27, where Apple renamed Accessibility to "Device Control and Data Access", every CoolDock permission message, button and onboarding step now uses the new name, so you can find the setting. Thanks to Akiva.
• World Clock finds more cities — San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Montreal, Munich, Barcelona, Milan, Beijing, Bengaluru, Osaka and Tel Aviv now show up when you search. Thanks to Lazar.
• Export Diagnostics tells us more about updates — it now keeps the update helper's messages and notes when an update made CoolDock stop responding, so we can help you faster.

🐛 Fixed

• Swap at the Bottom with a macOS Dock menu open — right-clicking an app in the macOS Dock no longer brings CoolDock back on top of it while the menu is open. CoolDock waits until the menu closes. Thanks to gingerbeard.
• Hide/Show shortcut works on the first press — after Reset Layout, and with docks on all displays (including a display connected while the dock was hidden), one press now hides or shows the dock instead of needing two.
• Now Playing cover after resuming Music — the first song after you resume Music shows its cover instead of an empty frame. Thanks to Karol.
• Window layout controls on stacked displays — with one display above or below another, Full Screen, halves and corners now place the window on its own display, not on the dock's display.

✅ QA checklist

Quick checks for the team and beta testers. Tick each one and report anything off to support@appitstudio.com.

• Update + launch: with the Beta setting on, update from 2.2.2 via Check for Updates → the update installs without hanging, CoolDock relaunches as 2.2.3-beta.1 (64), dock and profiles as before, license still active.
• Check for Updates again: after relaunching, choose Check for Updates → it says you're up to date, no error and no freeze.
• Swap at the Bottom + Dock menu: choose Swap at the Bottom, move to the bottom edge so the macOS Dock shows, right-click an app in it and move the pointer up into the menu → only the macOS Dock and its menu show; close the menu and move away → CoolDock comes back.
• Hide from screen sharing: Settings > Privacy > Screen Sharing, turn on Hide dock from screen sharing & recordings, take a screenshot (Shift-Command-3) → the dock is visible on your screen but missing from the screenshot. Turn it off, screenshot → the dock is there. Turn it on again, screenshot → hidden again.
• Screen sharing pop-ups: with it on, open a widget pop-up and hover an app for its preview while sharing in Zoom/Meet/Teams (or recording the screen) → none of them show in the share; Settings and other titled windows still do.
• Hide/Show shortcut: press your Hide/Show shortcut to hide the dock, use Reset Layout, then press the shortcut once → the dock hides on the first press. With docks on all displays, hide the dock, connect a display, press once → every dock shows.
• Window layout controls off: Settings > Dock > Apps, turn off Window layout controls on previews, hover an app with several windows → no layout grid; click a preview → that window comes to the front. Turn it back on → the grid is back.
• Stacked displays: with a display above or below the main one, hover an app whose window is on the other display, use Left Half from its preview → the window snaps on its own display.
• Now Playing cover: pause Music for a while, then press play → the cover shows for the first song, not an empty frame.
• AI usage widgets: right-click a Cursor, Copilot, GLM, Grok, OpenCode or Antigravity usage widget > Percentage > Remaining → it shows the percent left; Click Action > Open, click it → the provider's website opens.
• macOS 27 wording: on macOS 27, open Settings > Layout and onboarding with the permission off → the text says "Device Control and Data Access" and the button opens that pane. On macOS 26 or older it still says "Accessibility".
• World Clock search: add a World Clock, search for San Francisco, Austin and Tel Aviv → each city is found and shows the right time.
• Export Diagnostics: Settings > Diagnostics > Export → the file saves and opens without the dock freezing.
• Basics: app launches, license stays active, Check for Updates works, no crash after 10 min of normal use.

Thanks for testing CoolDock! Please send anything that looks off, with a screenshot or Export Diagnostics if you can, to support@appitstudio.com. Appit Studio