Comments on: Customizing Your Mac: The Sacred Dock

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:48:23 +0000

Another excellent program is Dock Spaces, you can migrate from 10 different docks, I use it all the time.

By: beau

beau — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:44:42 +0000

can u do this on os x 10.4.11

By: wisemanleo

wisemanleo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:35:38 +0000

Figured it out. Easy enough.

To restore glossyness, it’s just:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
killall Dock

Much more pleasing.

By: wisemanleo

wisemanleo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:29:49 +0000

Oops, I followed #1’s advice and I don’t like the result. What’s the terminal code to restore the dock’s glossyness?

By: Raven

Raven — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:35:44 +0000

It’s worth noting that, last I checked, none of the options you list will change the appearance of your dock if you have it on the side.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:02:26 +0000

Is it just me, or does the Wooden Class dock not include any icons? Where do I find these icons in the picture because they look awesome:-)

By: MoBurkhardt

MoBurkhardt — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:22:32 +0000

unfortunatly the dock is the same for all users there are ways around this with some terminal hacking but if you are asking a question like this I’m asuming you are looking for something simple and easy to use(no offence) however, if you write a script that sets the dock to the desired resource at login, you can go around using folder linking and stuff

try your luck with apple scripts that start at login, but you might need to save your password in a text file in order not to have to enter it everytime

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:22:08 +0000

Can each user of my Mac have their own customized dock “look & feel” using this method, or will changing the dock using CandyBar (or other such tools) affect the look & feel for the dock for all users?

By: David

David — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:18:19 +0000

@Jordan: The dock is the “Wooden Class” dock from the Jack Rebel’s site (http://www.jackrebel.com/wooden-class-dock-for-your-mac/)

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:22:48 +0000

Fantastic article.

Btw, can you provide a link for the dock being used as the article’s main picture? I would really appreciate it.

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:47:30 +0000

You can turn off the glossy Leopard dock, and get a much better looking (in my opinion) one by opening Terminal and typing:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES

Then restart the Dock by typing:

killall Dock