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[GH-ISSUE #845] Multiple Dock Icons - Why #671
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Originally created by @bwt615 on GitHub (Aug 20, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/845
Operating Systems
Server: MacOS Catalina
Client: Windows 10
READ ME, DELETE ME: On Windows, hold the Windows key and press 'r', type 'winver' and hit return to get your OS version. On Mac, hit the Apple menu (top left of the screen) and check 'About this Mac'. Linux users... you know what you're using ;)
Barrier Version
2.33
Steps to reproduce bug
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Other info
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@lsundnli commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2022):
Still a problem. Filling out Bug Report in More Detail:
Operating Systems
Server: MacOS Monterey 12.0.1; M1 Pro; 16 GB
Client: Windows 10
Barrier Version
2.4.0-release-3e0d758b
Build Date: Nov 1, 2021
Steps to reproduce bug
Unclear, but sometimes, 4,5,6 barrier apps will appear in dock and are unable to be removed. Happens when system has been running for a while and maybe attempts to relaunch barrier instead of restart, creates two in the dock or more.
Other info
When did the problem start to occur? After system been active for a while.
Is there a way to work around it? Yes, you need to restart the Mac, and it will appear once and seem to be stable initially.
Does this bug prevent you from using Barrier entirely? Yes, if the dock keeps being populated with Barrier icon/apps.
@lsundnli commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2022):
New Dock icons seem to appear every 24 hours. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?
@neuroradiology commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2022):
I experience this as well, and it persists across uninstalling/installing barrier; I am on version 2.4.0-release
@hdwatts commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2022):
This is occurring for me as well.
@rchrdw commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2022):
This happens to me as well, 2.4.0-release-3e0d758b.
@eldios commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2022):
hey for whoever is still having this issue (I certainly am) you can get rid of all icons by running in a terminal:
Be sure to close Barrier to avoid new icons to pop-up, cheers.
@lsundnli commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2022):
Eldios: YES, Thank You!!! For others, this allowed me to right-click "Quit" on the Barrier icons on the Dock, and the Barrier icon was able to be undocked.
Anybody have an idea what the reason for this is?
@lsundnli commented on GitHub (Jan 9, 2023):
Noting here a finding: With eidios's solution, the dock can be killed with say n dock icons, and all Barrier dock icons can be exited/deleted. But when Barrier is restarted without restarting the Mac, if it gets past a certain amount of continuous time (i.e. that moment you know this problem will occur), all the n-number of dock icons reemerge. This means to me there's some bookkeeping for dock icon persistence that is occurring and accumulating as a bug. Restarting the Macbook will resolve this.
@dan2bit commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2023):
Another detailed finding about this super annoying issue.
my barrier client macbook air running OS X Monterey 12.6 does not have this issue
my barrier server macbook pro running OS X Monterey 12.6.3 does have this issue
both are due to be updated to Ventura, I will update here if new behavior is observed
@johnvanham commented on GitHub (May 25, 2023):
Experiencing this also on Ventura 13.3.1 with 2.4.0-release-3e0d758b.
Holding down option and right clicking on each dock icon allows force quit which removes them and barrier continues to function fine between my Mac Mini, Linux and Windows machines, I just have to quit these additional icons every so often. I'm not sure if maybe they appear each time there's a new connection from one of the clients maybe?
@akinnee commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2024):
Killing dock or right-click quit doesn't work. Have to
option+right-click->force quit.@RTM909 commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024):
I'm on Mac OS 14.1.1 (23B81), and this is still happening. It seems to be worse on my machine. Within a couple of hours, 5-10 barrier dock icons show up. I have to manually force them to quit every time.
@johnrhunt commented on GitHub (May 21, 2024):
Yup me also, it's completely out of control.
@jdweiner526 commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2024):
It happens here too. Sonoma 14.4.1, Barrier 2.4.0-release-3e0d758b. The additional icons do not have the "running" dot, and can simply be dragged out of the Dock, but they keep coming back.
@RTM909 commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2024):
In my case, the icons had a dot under them; I'm not sure why. I had to force quit every single one manually so I just ended up switching to Synergy.
@hobyvh commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2024):
Happening to me as well, though I don't think it did until recently.
@jswhisperer commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2024):
This and removing minimize to dock seems to help so far.
Sonoma M1
@AbdullahSiddiqiGit commented on GitHub (Feb 13, 2025):
Experiencing this as well on Sequoia 15.2 on M1, I don't run barrier for extended periods of time past 2-3 hours, so the most that accumulate are 5 instances in the dock.
@nbolton commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2025):
Please try Deskflow or Input Leap as Barrier is no longer in development.
https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow
https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap
Both are compatible with Barrier client/server so you can try on one of your computers.
If this is still an issue in those projects, we would appreciate a cross-post of this issue.
@jswhisperer commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2025):
Barrier is the only one that seems to work (apart from this bug) out of the box cross platform.
Personally been trying to get Input Leap compiled to Ubuntu / Pop-os has been a nightmare, it doesn't seem to be distributed to any package manager like snap or flatpack, and even compiling from source can be tricky.
I had big hopes for Input Leap but it just doesn't seem to connect
@nbolton commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2025):
What issue did you have with Deskflow?
@jswhisperer commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2025):
@nbolton the same environment from barrier
MacOS to Ubuntu with the same settings including disabled TLS and modified ports
Did not connect with DeskFlow I didn't save the error output but from memory it was just a standard could not connect.
If I get time in the future I'll run the experiment again and get a full error log for you but that was my experience late in 2024