Custom Mountain Lion Dock appearance

Whatabloke said:

If you do manage to get it going, please let me know. As much as I like the Silver Bar, I would really like to try out something new..

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mirage works, let me do this (an invisible dock):



i miss what i had in lion (with the scurve files gone...a clear but reflective dock). but this will do...until i figure something else out.

fisherking said:

mirage works, let me do this (an invisible dock):

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i miss what i had in lion (with the scurve files gone...a clear but reflective dock). but this will do...until i figure something else out.

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Thanks mate, will have a look at it now.

If anyone can get a black style ML Dock, be glossy/matte (prefer matte ), with white lights, that would be great!

Just wanted to let everyone know, using the DP3 dock works. However, it caused issues/glitches for me. I put the old dock back and repaired permissions, I'm going to try putting the customized one in again and repairing permissions.

I'm wondering if there's some sort of cache that causes ML to automatically change the scurve files back... It can't just be getting them from nowhere.

Just for those who are wanting to change their OSX Lion Dock to ML,

1. Download these files here

2. Go to Macintosh HD > /System/Library/Core Services/

3. Scroll down to Dock and copy this to the desktop as a backup

4. Then right click this and "Show Package Contents"

5. Go to /Contents/Resources/

6. Drag the downloaded files in here and "Replace" them

7. Open Terminal and type: killall Dock

8. Enjoy!

P.S. To revert back, copy back the files from the one on the desktop-"Show Package Contents", go to /Contents/Resources/ find the files... etc.

If you forgot to back up, you're stuffed... Nah jokes Download the whole file here

Thanks to http://leoparddocks.com/ for the dock (find more docks here)
Also thanks to jji7skyline for the dock

Ok... in step 4, you are not working in your copied out file, you are working in the actual file in /System/Library/Core Services/

jamesjingyi said:

Just for those who are wanting to change their OSX Lion Dock to ML,

1. Download these files here

2. Go to Macintosh HD > /System/Library/Core Services/

3. Scroll down to Dock and copy this to the desktop as a backup

4. Then right click this and "Show Package Contents"

5. Go to /Contents/Resources/

6. Drag the downloaded files in here and "Replace" them

7. Open Terminal and type: killall Dock

8. Enjoy!

P.S. To revert back, copy back the files from the one on the desktop-"Show Package Contents", go to /Contents/Resources/ find the files... etc.

If you forgot to back up, you're stuffed... Nah jokes Download the whole file here

Thanks to http://leoparddocks.com/ for the dock (find more docks here)
Also thanks to jji7skyline for the dock

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Did you actually get this to work. This was the first thing most of us tried and it would not get rid of the Silver Bar in ML . I personally got the indicators to change and that was it. If you did get it to work, can you show us you dock image please.

Cheers
Whatabloke

i don't think that works, seems the silver shelf resources are somewhere else... (insert spooky music when reading the italicized words i just wrote)

meh. just upgraded to mountain lion and the 1st thing i wanted to dock is change back my dock. not that i don't like the new dock, but its kinda plain and boring for me.

do share if anyone figures a way out thanks!

Ok here ya go

But, the reflections don't work

jamesjingyi said:

Ok here ya go

But, the reflections don't work

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Did you experience any issues with Exposé and Mission Control? Last time I modded the new dock it negated the ability to uncheck "Group all windows by application". I couldn't care less about reflections, as long as I can get a black layer on I'm golden .

Thanks!

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Whatabloke said:

Did you actually get this to work. This was the first thing most of us tried and it would not get rid of the Silver Bar in ML . I personally got the indicators to change and that was it.

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Ditto on the indicators, I was able to change them to the glowing orbs, which made a difference in itself. However, nada on the dock.

There were no problems on my part...

fisherking said:

mirage works, let me do this (an invisible dock):

Image

i miss what i had in lion (with the scurve files gone...a clear but reflective dock). but this will do...until i figure something else out.

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How do you make a transparent dock in Mountain Lion with Mirage, and then change it back to the default ML one?

xgman said:

How do you make a transparent dock in Mountain Lion with Mirage, and then change it back to the default ML one?

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2 buttons: install the clear dock, restore the original...

I tried using this, but it didn't work correctly. To put my dock back to the way it was, i clicked restore 3d defaults, and it messed up the indicator lights... Is there a way to fix this? Or does anyone have an image that I can use to make it look normal?

adztaylor said:

Looks horrible.

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No offense. I respect what you choose to like or hate. But I think he was trying to show us how to change dock picture. He didn't say or necessarily mean that he likes the look of that particular dock, which you think is horrible. And it is not polite to say other's work "look horrible", while he made his contribution, but you did none.

There are many users who love to customize their system. But since the changes took place in ML and candybar discontinued, many's ability to customize was greatly limited. It is wonderful to know that customizing dock is feasible and easy again.

This is a great program. Also good for making a classic look and making dock go away. (except trash and finder and what you open)

elysium1111 said:

I tried using this, but it didn't work correctly. To put my dock back to the way it was, i clicked restore 3d defaults, and it messed up the indicator lights... Is there a way to fix this? Or does anyone have an image that I can use to make it look normal?

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I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

I was able to get the look I was going for on Mountain Lion, but it required patching the Dock binary. I'd be willing to share how I was able to do it for those who absolutely just have to have a different color dock (like me).

Really digging that "aqua" thing I see.

Just the standard icons... one thing at a time lol. Still tweaking the frontline now to fit in with the new dock color.

unsanity77 said:

I was able to get the look I was going for on Mountain Lion, but it required patching the Dock binary. I'd be willing to share how I was able to do it for those who absolutely just have to have a different color dock (like me).

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Like you I absolutely HAVE TO change the dock color. I was considering reverting back to Lion when I found out the dock couldn't be changed anymore. Could you explain how you did it?

OK, got a clear Dock, but not the same on 2 macs!

So I fiddled and tinkered, and finally managed to get a completely clear dock (as below) on my iMac (ML 10.8.2). I tried the "Black Dock" terminal mod posted here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1495519/ and got nothing. I tried Dock designer, got nothing. I tried Mirage, and suddenly, dock is gone! Sweet! I used Candy bar to plunk in some better indicator graphics (it's using the "simple" indicators, the ones used by the 2D, side-mounted dock, but I"m OK with that.)



So, I ran Mirage on my MacBook Pro, then used CB to swap indicators. (Same OS, ML 10.8.2). However, no matter what I do, even repeating all the unsuccessful previous attempts I ran through on the iMac, I get the 2D dock with the border (as below)! I cannot get that sucker to go away on the MBPro, nor can I get it to appear on the iMac.



Now I'm completely stumped. Any ideas?

(I apologize for the huge images - I haven't figured out how to scale them. Sorry!)

Mithical:

I had the same problem and I found a way to fix it.

1. Go to Macintosh HD > /System/Library/Core Services/

2. Scroll down to Dock and copy this to the desktop as a backup

3. Then right click this and "Show Package Contents"

4. Go to /Contents/Resources/

5. Replace the files with these ones https://www.dropbox.com/s/swddyyjtukx2kk3/newfiles.zip

7. Open Terminal and type: killall Dock


original files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxjsy5rjzdhjxxb/backup.zip

unsanity77 said:

I was able to get the look I was going for on Mountain Lion, but it required patching the Dock binary. I'd be willing to share how I was able to do it for those who absolutely just have to have a different color dock (like me).

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I would like to know please I have tried just about everything and I still cant get a cooler looking dock.