My Dock Buddies for Mac is here
The My Dock Buddies app for Mac is out: 3D buddies on top of your Dock, for macOS 14 Sonoma or later. What it does, who it is for and how members get it.
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A little backstory.
A lot of personality.
Meet the crew, explore their habits, and follow the thinking behind My Dock Buddies.
The journal is where the My Dock Buddies team writes about the buddies and the work behind them. Meet Max and Avery, the two buddies you can choose today, and follow Juno and Aadi while their 3D builds are finished. Other posts explain how the Monthly, Annual and Lifetime plans work, what happens after checkout, how to install and use the Mac app, and how a custom buddy is made from your photos, with your permission and your privacy looked after.
The Mac app
Getting the app, installing it, using it day to day, and moving to a new Mac.
How to install My Dock Buddies on your Mac
Step by step, from signing in on the website to your buddies on the Dock: get a plan, download the app, drag it to Applications and sign in with a code.
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Using the Mac app: clicks, sizes, roaming and moods
Every control in the My Dock Buddies Mac app: what a click does, the right-click menu, sizes, where buddies roam, the hub and the menu-bar menu.
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New Mac, offline days, signing out and updates
One Mac per account, how to move to a new Mac, how long buddies work offline, what signing out removes and how the Mac app updates itself.
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The My Dock Buddies Mac app: requirements and how to get it
The Mac app is out. Which Macs it runs on, who can download it, how sign-in and one Mac per account work, and where to get help.
Read the story ↗Meet the buddies
Who each available buddy is, and what they can already do in their 3D builds.
Meet Max: a curious mind in tiny sneakers.
A curious little developer who turns every corner of your Dock into a new adventure.
Read the story ↗Meet Avery: a little room to think.
Thoughtful, observant, and always finding a little order in a busy day.
Read the story ↗Everything Max and Avery can do today.
Max has 37 activities and Avery has 39. Here is every one, grouped the way their character pages show them, plus the 8 moods they share.
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The buddies still being built, and the order they join the crew in.
Meet Juno: the desktop salvager, and his drone Bit.
A desktop salvager and pixel mechanic who fixes, polishes and tinkers his way through your Dock, with a small hovering drone named Bit at his side.
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Following the wind: Aadi, the kite runner.
A contemporary Indian street-tech kite runner who turns every gust into a small adventure.
Read the story ↗How it works
Plans, buddy unlocks, your library and the Mac app, in plain words.
How My Dock Buddies plans and buddy unlocks work
How Monthly, Annual and Lifetime differ, how buddies are bought, and what happens between checkout and your library.
Read the story ↗What is a desktop companion? Meet My Dock Buddies
What a desktop companion is, what Max and Avery do all day, who joins the crew next and how to get the Mac app.
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Monthly, Annual or Lifetime: which My Dock Buddies plan fits you?
What each plan includes, what the first year costs with one or two buddies, and when Lifetime starts to pay off.
Read the story ↗Renewal, cancelling and failed payments
How to turn renewal off or back on, what switching to Lifetime means, and what happens if a renewal payment does not go through.
Read the story ↗3D desktop buddies vs 2D desktop pets
How a rigged 3D buddy differs from a flat 2D desktop pet: props, moods, made-to-order buddies, pricing and what isn’t ready yet.
Read the story ↗Build your own
How a custom buddy is made, and how we look after your photos and likeness.
A familiar face, made for your little crew.
How a few good photos, a short personality note and your approval become a one-of-one My Dock Buddies character.
Read the story ↗What happens to your custom buddy photos.
Who sees your reference photos, what they are used for, when we delete them and the photos we never accept.
Read the story ↗Buddies of real people: our likeness rules.
Who a custom buddy can show, how buddies of famous people work, what the Leaders & Founders collection is, and what happens when someone reports a buddy.
Read the story ↗Stress busters
Small Mac toys from the makers of My Dock Buddies, to squish when work gets heavy.
