Safari Web Apps separate folder

[AjTee]

Hello,

Safari Web Apps feature is very nice in new macOS, but is there any possibility to have a Smart Folder like Downloads with this webs apps on the dock?

Currently these apps are directly on dock without any Smart Folder.

Regard

 

[chabig]

Won’t they drag like regular dock icons?

 

[AjTee]

Yes, they normally drag on the Dock, but I want to have them in a Smart Folder like Downloads. Is it possible?

 

[chabig]

I entered your thread not running beta anything. It’s an interesting question that I don’t know the answer to. Are you routinely creating and deleting so many web apps that manually putting them into a folder won’t work, or is this just curiosity?

 

[AjTee]

I am creating web apps on Sonoma, but there is no way to create a Smart Folder for them.

 

[owidhh]

I also don't have the beta, however my understanding is that Web Apps show up in a folder (~/Applications or some subfolder of that). Brave and Orion apps do, at least.

Then you can drag that folder to the part of your dock with the other stacks.

Maybe you can try that?

 

[AjTee]

No, web apps do not land there. These apps should be in another specific location.

 

[owidhh]

If you right-click one of them in the Dock and go to Options, then Show in Finder, what folder is showing up?

 

[AjTee]

Hello,

Web Applications are stored in Applications after adding them to the Dock:


I have created custom folder called Web Applications and moved all apps manually there:

Currently all web apps are stored in my custom folder:

I have added this folder to the Dock and it works:

Below you can find details where about locations:

However there is no option to automatically add this app to custom folder or do not add it to dock but only to this folder.

Suggestions sent to Apple...

Regards,
Jacob

 

[tomtad]

Web apps also are automatically added to Launchpad

 

[gank41]

Hello,

Web Applications are stored in Applications after adding them to the Dock:

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I have created custom folder called Web Applications and moved all apps manually there:

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Currently all web apps are stored in my custom folder:

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I have added this folder to the Dock and it works:

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Below you can find details where about locations:

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However there is no option to automatically add this app to custom folder or do not add it to dock but only to this folder.

Suggestions sent to Apple...
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Regards,
Jacob

Thank You! This has been one of my remaining questions before upgrading. I was wondering if you could right click on the dock icon and see some kind of option for “show original” or something?

And when you say you’ve created a “Smart Folder”, is this in the sense that after you’ve created it, Automator recognizes these Web Apps by File Extension in the Applications folder and then moves them to this new folder you’ve created? Because that would be great. They should be in their own folder anyway, I think.

 

[AjTee]

No I just need to move them manually.

 

[gmanist1000]

When I navigate to my Applications folder through /Users/admin/Applications, all of my Web Apps are there. And they are added automatically. I dragged this folder to my Dock and they get added automatically like you are trying to achieve.

 

[KALLT]

That only works if you have no other applications in /Users/<user>/Applications. However, Shortcuts also puts the shortcut "apps" there which you added to the Dock. Likewise, any applications you may have installed there will be there too.

You can create an actual smart folder based on the Spotlight metadata. For example, when using the mdls command in Terminal (e.g. mdls /Users/<user>/Applications/<webapp>.app), you can find this line:

kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier          = "com.apple.Safari.WebApp"

You can create a smart folder by using the "Raw Query" filter and writing:

kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == "com.apple.Safari.WebApp"

Then the smart folder will only show those apps with the bundle identifier. You can add the smart folder to the Finder sidebar or to the stack area in the Dock.

 

[Six Mac Abs]

That only works if you have no other applications in /Users/<user>/Applications. However, Shortcuts also puts the shortcut "apps" there which you added to the Dock. Likewise, any applications you may have installed there will be there too.

You can create an actual smart folder based on the Spotlight metadata. For example, when using the mdls command in Terminal (e.g. mdls /Users/<user>/Applications/<webapp>.app), you can find this line:

kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier          = "com.apple.Safari.WebApp"

You can create a smart folder by using the "Raw Query" filter and writing:

kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == "com.apple.Safari.WebApp"

Then the smart folder will only show those apps with the bundle identifier. You can add the smart folder to the Finder sidebar or to the stack area in the Dock.
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