I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. To change the size of the dock and the icons in it just click and drag on this line, your Dock will resize accordingly. To resize the Dock you need to locate the vertical divide on your Dock, this is the line that separates out the open/pinned apps you have on the left of your Dock from the folders and Trash on the right. If you want to open any of these folders in finder you can use the same menu and choose the bottom “open” option to go straight to a finder window.
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You’ll also be able to choose how to sort the contents of these files, I normally keep my downloads organised by Date Added so that I can always see the most recent additions, but keep my documents folder in alphabetical order. You’ll be able to select between grid, which is how the Apps folder displays, or Stacks, which open as vertical menus above the folder. Right-Click (or two finger click) any folder on the Dock and you’ll get a menu. If you’ve got a folder on your Dock there’s a number of ways you can have the dock display it. How to alter how folders are displayed on the Dock To change the order of apps the process is the same, just drag and drop icons around until they are in the order you want.