Change Finder icon position in dock

[zhanggang807]

can cDock2 do this?

[JayBrown]

At some point I stumbled across a tool that can hide the Finder icon in the Dock, but it didn't fully work. But in principle that tells me that you can (maybe) move the Finder in the Dock. But with cDock? Probably not.

You might want to try something different first, namely this old method of substituting Finder, but I can't say if it still works on current macOS/OSX systems:

defaults write com.apple.loginwindow Finder /Applications/AlternateApplication.app

With that you can set a different login application as a substitute for Finder, e.g. TextEdit:

defaults write com.apple.loginwindow Finder /Applications/TextEdit.app

Then, after login, TextEdit (or any other app you specifiy) is supposed to auto-launch instead of Finder, and Finder itself is supposed to register as just another application that you can launch and quit like any other app. So you need to put Finder in your user's login items in System Preferences, otherwise you have to launch it manually. But I haven't tested this method, so I can't say if it still works on current systems, and if yes, if the Finder icon in the Dock is then actually movable (or even visible in the first place—maybe the Finder icon is hardcoded into the Dock.)

[w0lfschild]

Hmm I know how to remove it but not re-order it. It's probably possible but not something I know how to do now. Same goes for the Trash can.

[zhanggang807]

@w0lfschild how to re-order it ??