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Dock alternatives
- Thread starter taelan28
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i've NEVER used the dock (always seemed intrusive on a 13" macbook pro). for a long time, i used a custom prefpane called "dock gone". now, in mavericks, just this:
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 9999999; killall Dock
it hides the dock for a long time (9999999 seconds); if i need to see the dock, i hit Command-Option-D, same to hide it again. (you can always redo the command with a small number to bring back the original hide length).
i use launchpad to open apps (or spotlight search); mail unread menu gives me a menu icon when there's new mail. Command-Tab to scroll thru open apps...
and i work 'semi-fullscreen' in most apps (i.e. window dragged up to the menubar...so that THAT is always visible).
not for everyone, but works for me...
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 9999999; killall Dock
it hides the dock for a long time (9999999 seconds); if i need to see the dock, i hit Command-Option-D, same to hide it again. (you can always redo the command with a small number to bring back the original hide length).
i use launchpad to open apps (or spotlight search); mail unread menu gives me a menu icon when there's new mail. Command-Tab to scroll thru open apps...
and i work 'semi-fullscreen' in most apps (i.e. window dragged up to the menubar...so that THAT is always visible).
not for everyone, but works for me...
And does that take up less space then the Dock on the left side?
Especially if you turn on Dock hiding.
cdock is screwing everything up. I was toying with it adding 5 "dock spacers" and now I cant get rid of them even though the value is 0.
Ah I figured it out. The spacer IS an icon. Once it there the dock and cdock recognize it as an icon. I need to manually drag it off the dock.
Edit 3: Ok this Cdock is pretty bunk. I cycle through all the themes and all I ever get is the same 3D dock. 10.8? Same. Dark? Same. Pink? Same.
Ah I figured it out. The spacer IS an icon. Once it there the dock and cdock recognize it as an icon. I need to manually drag it off the dock.
Edit 3: Ok this Cdock is pretty bunk. I cycle through all the themes and all I ever get is the same 3D dock. 10.8? Same. Dark? Same. Pink? Same.
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