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Custom Mountain Lion Dock appearance

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xxHorseRiderxxx

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Jul 23, 2012
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I made an account just to post this... lol. Anyway, I was able to get a custom dock image working on my 10.8 Mountain Lion GM build.

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So basically what you do, is download dockdesigner here:

http://www.moritzwette.com/dockdesigner/dockdesigner.zip?forcedownload

Open up dockdesigner and click the 3D tab, then click the "NO" button under transparent dock. After that you can copy and paste in your custom dock images; the ones that I highlighted.
 
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Glockron

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Jun 16, 2012
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I wouldn't like that dock - but everyone has their own taste :)

The new ML dock is probably the one thing I am most excited for - I'm gonna keep it as it is! :p
 
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xxHorseRiderxxx

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Jul 23, 2012
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dockdesigner isn't mine, and not trying to promote anything, just trying to help people out that were looking for a method to theme their dock. I spent at least 4 hours looking for a way to customize it, and after I figured out atleast a proof of concept I wanted to share with everyone
 
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stiligFox

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Apr 24, 2009
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Guys, it's a proof of concept, not a fashion show! :p

I personally don't like to customize my dock outside of arranging icons by shape, but hey! At least we know it's possible!
 
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iOrbit

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Mar 8, 2012
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thanks for sharing, im interested in this because im not 100% sure i prefer the mountain lion dock over the leopard/sl/lion one.

i do like the ML dock as an alternative though
 
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3282868

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I've always modded my dock to a black surface to see the open indicator "orbs" better, I don't understand why Apple uses a silver dock with light color indicators.

Normally I replace the four scurve*.png's and frontline, but [obviously] that is no longer possible. I tried your app and method, the only aspect which changed are the indicators as I couldn't get the dock itself to mod.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

PS I wrote Panic re: CandyBar for 10.8 support, their reply wasn't very encouraging.
 
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cvam1985

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bedifferent said:
I've always modded my dock to a black surface to see the open indicator "orbs" better, I don't understand why Apple uses a silver dock with light color indicators.

Normally I replace the four scurve*.png's and frontline, but [obviously] that is no longer possible. I tried your app and method, the only aspect which changed are the indicators as I couldn't get the dock itself to mod.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

PS I wrote Panic re: CandyBar for 10.8 support, their reply wasn't very encouraging.
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Same here - I am so looking forward to a custom dock in ML - specifically black. Thanks for the hard work - for now I'm using your app to enable the 2D dock (is this an OSX preference that I can't find?)

Can't get the background to change - is there a certain size the image must be?
 
fisherking

fisherking

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Jul 16, 2010
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bedifferent said:
I've always modded my dock to a black surface to see the open indicator "orbs" better, I don't understand why Apple uses a silver dock with light color indicators.

Normally I replace the four scurve*.png's and frontline, but [obviously] that is no longer possible. I tried your app and method, the only aspect which changed are the indicators as I couldn't get the dock itself to mod.
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i did the same thing, and the dock was beautiful! haven't figured it out yet with the new dock either...let's keep this going! would love to get that back.
 
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Whatabloke

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Jul 28, 2012
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xxHorseRiderxxx said:
I made an account just to post this... lol. Anyway, I was able to get a custom dock image working on my 10.8 Mountain Lion GM build.

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So basically what you do, is download dockdesigner here:

http://www.moritzwette.com/dockdesigner/dockdesigner.zip?forcedownload

Open up dockdesigner and click the 3D tab, then click the "NO" button under transparent dock. After that you can copy and paste in your custom dock images; the ones that I highlighted.
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G'Day mate,
I came across your post here and would like to achieve something similar. I am on ML and tried the app you mentioned however it just kept popping up the same. I even copied the files and restarted to get the same effect. Any chance you could shed some light onto this or point me in another direction.

Cheers
Whatabloke
 
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Whatabloke

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Jul 28, 2012
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What am I doing wrong

I cannot get any of the previously mentioned steps to work. The closest thing I got to working was by following instructions on Leopard Docks and 'killall Dock". The downloaded dock partly showed (only the indicator lights) there was not any change to the "SILVER BAR" Can anyone please help..
 
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Manic Harmonic

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Dec 4, 2011
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Same here. Doesn't work on the final release. I got the scurves to show up but it always changes them back. Maybe changing permissions and locking it????
 
fisherking

fisherking

macrumors G4
Jul 16, 2010
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yeah, the silver bar...maybe the resources are somewhere else? am going to play with it a bit. apple always changes these things, so those of us who like to customize our macs, have to find our way again.

so we will. :cool:
 
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Whatabloke

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Jul 28, 2012
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How Dare They

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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