DockPal has 31 reactions, and each has its own switch.
Preview or turn off a reaction
Go to Settings › Reactions. Each reaction has a switch, plus a ▶ button to see it right now. To keep your pet in place, turn on “Reduce motion” instead.
During a Focus or focus session, reactions may wait. See Focus with DockPal.
While You Work
- Type along on a little laptop while you type. Only notices that a key was pressed, never what you type.
- Bring a leash after long stretches of work. After 90 minutes without a 5-minute break, then every 30 minutes.
- Remind me to drink water. Every couple of hours while you’re at the Mac, it laps from its bowl.
- Celebrate finished focus sessions. Naps quietly at the end of the Dock while the timer runs, and cheers when it ends.
- Curl up quietly during a Focus. No sounds, bubbles or reactions until it ends. Off by default.
- Remind me before meetings. In the 5 minutes before an event. Reads only titles and start times, on this Mac. Off by default; needs Calendar access.
- Nap when you’re away. After 5 minutes without keyboard or mouse input.
- Stretch when you’re back, and say good morning. After the Mac sleeps, the screen locks or you’re away for 15 minutes.
- Yawn late at night. After 11 pm, with a gentle nudge to take a break.
- Remind me at bedtime. Once a day at the time you choose, it brings a little pillow. Off by default; pick your time.
Around Your Mac
- Battery: low, plugged in and fully charged. Walks slowly under 20%, hops when plugged in, and does a backflip when full.
- Pant and fan itself when the Mac runs hot. When macOS says the Mac is slowing down to cool off. No sensors are read.
- Juggle and sweat when memory runs low. Reads only the memory pressure level.
- Sit on an overfull suitcase when the disk is nearly full. Under 10% or 15 GB free, checked every 10 minutes.
- Puzzle over an unplugged cable when the internet drops. After 10 seconds without a connection, and cheers when it’s back. It only checks whether you’re connected, not what you send.
- Take out the trash when you empty it. Watches only whether the Dock’s Trash icon is full, never what’s in it.
- Sniff new badges on Dock icons. Reads only the badge, never what it’s for.
- Hop at icons bouncing for attention. Trots over and hops until you switch to the app.
- Sniff USB drives and SD cards you plug in, and wave them goodbye. Reads only what kind of drive it is, never its name or what’s on it.
- Chase the beachball when an app hangs. Reads only whether each app is responding. At most every 2 minutes.
- Dig up new downloads and AirDrops. Notices only that something new arrived, never opening it. Off by default; macOS asks for Downloads access.
- Pose for screenshots. Poses while you take a screenshot, with a soft flash. Never sees the screenshot.
Just for Fun
- Dance when music plays (Music and Spotify). Notices only that they’re playing, never what.
- Try on tiny headphones when you connect yours. Bluetooth headphones or the headphone jack, and worn while dancing.
- Flinch when you mute. Reads only the volume setting.
- Eat files dropped on the pet. Files are never opened, moved or read.
- Chase the pointer near the Dock. Stalks the pointer when it dawdles just above the Dock, then pounces.
- Chase butterflies. Now and then a butterfly flutters along the Dock. At most every 10 minutes.
- Visitors on the Dock. A little bird or a cat, at most every 15 minutes.
- Dress up for the holidays, including its birthday. Seven holiday looks, and a party hat, a cake and confetti on its birthday. Reads only the date.
- Put on sunglasses when you switch to Light mode. Reads only whether the Mac is in Light or Dark mode.