Widgets in dock enlarged

Question

Just today after having my Mac for about a year the Widgets in the dock are getting bigger when you move the mouse over them. I have no idea what cause dthis to happen any ideas why and how to change it back Thanks

Answer 1

You can adjust the Dock preferences and change how the
icons in the Dock appear, and also move the Dock location
from the bottom of the screen, to the left or right side.
Under the blue Apple in main Finder desktop window, you
can see Dock is listed there; simple settings can be changed
without opening Dock Preferences, or you may have to go
there to use more detailed choices in changing the settings.
You can also visit the Dock panel in System Preferences to
access and make changes to settings in there.
It is possible that some obscure or accidental use of keyboard
shortcuts may have changed the Dock settings.
As a matter of course, for general system upkeep, such things
as using Disk Utility to 'repair disk permissions' on the Mac is
recommended; it would not fix this matter you wrote of, but
can help background system functions. Routine or preventative
maintenance can include tasks often forgotten or not done.
On rare occasion, the lack of system maintenance can yield
odd behavior in Mac OS X. That is another topic, however.
You can change Dock settings and other system settings;
and if accidentally you've done so, the preference panels
in System Preferences give you some access into them.
Good luck & happy computing!