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2D Dock in OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
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Actually v4 surprisingly started working after restarting machine. I have Alfred too, but not confident if it positively affects on cDocks functionality
w0lf -
I've been limping along in 10.9.x since last year (yes I could probably force a downgrade back to 10.8) missing half of my setup as a result of Apple's changes.
It's ALWAYS thanks to folks like you who are capable of restoring minor things like this when the software companies break their own functionality. I've been using a 2D Dock from the start of the 3D intro w/ 10.5. I don't need and cannot stand the multi-dimensional bulls*** -- in this instance.
Worked like magic the first time.
I've been limping along in 10.9.x since last year (yes I could probably force a downgrade back to 10.8) missing half of my setup as a result of Apple's changes.
It's ALWAYS thanks to folks like you who are capable of restoring minor things like this when the software companies break their own functionality. I've been using a 2D Dock from the start of the 3D intro w/ 10.5. I don't need and cannot stand the multi-dimensional bulls*** -- in this instance.
Worked like magic the first time.
when right click on menu bar icon, dock refreshes. But all i want is menu. I think refresh on right click isn't necessary
Also, I'm not sure if cDock is directly related to this, but the Calendar.app icon in the dock doesn't change anymore and just stays at July 17th... at least, until I actually open the Calendar app, and then the dock icon changes. Not quite sure what the reasoning for this is, as I didn't really pay any attention to it when I was fandangoing cDock (v4) to work with my Mac.
Any tips?
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Same here (regarding Alfred). Works perfectly after a reboot!
Any tips?
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Same here (regarding Alfred). Works perfectly after a reboot!
Nothing to do with Alfred.
What?
Not sure about the Calendar issue but I know the other problem has nothing to do with Alfred.
Think I've fixed a few things with the latest version.
New version is working the best do far. Good work Wolf.
Its a shame that the dock no longer dynamically resizes the png separator file like it did in 10.8 and below. They must have taken that out of the new Dock binary. You can still do this manually though by adjusting the dock separator.png size in Preview. I attached the indicators and separators from Mountain Lion if anyone wants to use them.
Its a shame that the dock no longer dynamically resizes the png separator file like it did in 10.8 and below. They must have taken that out of the new Dock binary. You can still do this manually though by adjusting the dock separator.png size in Preview. I attached the indicators and separators from Mountain Lion if anyone wants to use them.
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Brand new Macbook Pro (about 2 weeks old) and latest Mavericks 10.9.3.
Hi w0lf - I really, really want to use your transparent dock, which looks great (I really hate Mavericks' dock). I'm running into a strange problem, however. The transparent dock won't stick if I log out of the user account and log into a different user account, then log back into the first. I have to keep installing the transparent dock. It sticks if I log back into that user account after having logged out of it. But I have 3 user accounts that I rotate among.
Is there any way to make the transparent dock permanent in all 3 user accounts?
Thanks in advance. I'm really desperate. DockMod was a nightmare.
Hi w0lf - I really, really want to use your transparent dock, which looks great (I really hate Mavericks' dock). I'm running into a strange problem, however. The transparent dock won't stick if I log out of the user account and log into a different user account, then log back into the first. I have to keep installing the transparent dock. It sticks if I log back into that user account after having logged out of it. But I have 3 user accounts that I rotate among.
Is there any way to make the transparent dock permanent in all 3 user accounts?
Thanks in advance. I'm really desperate. DockMod was a nightmare.
I just installed cDock and would like to know how to get the border you have around the dock? I really like that. Thank you
I just installed cDock and would like to know how to get the border you have around the dock? I really like that. Thank you
No problem. Im not at my Mavericks computer right now but that dock comes with cDock. I think you select the "Install pre made dock" option. This will open up a file picker window. There should be a text file called 10.8 in that window. Select that file and cDock will do the rest.
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Delete or rename ~/Library/Application Support/cDock/separator.jpg
Then restart the dock.
How long are you waiting? When I reboot, the 3D dock appears when I first log in until everything else has loaded, then the cDock mod kicks in again.
Thanks Kilamite - i must learn patience !!!
However when I restart the mac - the ' Custom Dock Installer ' window appears on the desktop & it says ' choose an action '.
However - if i don't click on it - i see that the 2D dock does appear automatically after a couple of minutes.
I added cDock to Login Items ( syst prefs ) and ticked the hide button, but that window still appears. If i remove the app from the startup list then i just get the 3D shelf thing on restart. What am i doing wrong ? Can you tell me how i stop that installer window opening ?
However when I restart the mac - the ' Custom Dock Installer ' window appears on the desktop & it says ' choose an action '.
However - if i don't click on it - i see that the 2D dock does appear automatically after a couple of minutes.
I added cDock to Login Items ( syst prefs ) and ticked the hide button, but that window still appears. If i remove the app from the startup list then i just get the 3D shelf thing on restart. What am i doing wrong ? Can you tell me how i stop that installer window opening ?
First off cDock isn't meant to be added to the login items and that is why you are getting the Custom Dock Installer window.
Secondly cDock uses cocoaDialog to display that window so that's why clicking the hide button has no effect on the window because it's actually being displayed via another app.
Thirdly cDock is supposed to apply itself to the dock on it's own. If it's not showing up within a few seconds of the dock appearing after boot check to make sure the launch agent and dock helper are in place.
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.w0lf.cDock.plist
~/Library/Application Support/cDock/dockmonitor.sh
If either aren't there then something went wrong with the install probably related to permissions or something.
If they're both there then there's a few things to check:
First check that the launch agent has the correct info in it. If the program path string doesn't match the full path to the dockmonitor.sh script then it won't work.
Next check that the launch agent is loaded after you've restarted open terminal and type
Code:
launchctl list | grep com.w0lf.cDock
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ls -al ~/Library/Application\ Support/cDock/dockmonitor.sh
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chmod 755 ~/Library/Application\ Support/cDock/dockmonitor.shIf it's still not working then you should probably contact me via PM/Email for support.
You might also try using and older version of cDock as I usually end up breaking something for some person with each release.
cDock is just an installer for my own modified version of blackdock.
Blackdock is just the 10.8 styled dock but thankfully it was open source and the code was simple enough for me to modify. cDock reads the settings from a text file and also has a few positioning fixes this allow for a much more customizable dock. cDock also installs a launch agent which reinstates the custom dock whenever you login or start the computer. In the newer versions of cDock the launch agent also monitors the dock and reinitiates cDock whenever the dock restarts, whether it be because of a crash or using the kill/killall terminal command to kill the dock process. cDock is also using the SIMBL Agent from easySIMBL instead of SIMBL.
BlackDock + SIMBL is totally safe and both are open source.
Thank you! You've helped me out before with your coding. You are very talented. Thank you.
So cDock is your program? Impressive.
Intermittent problems
It's really a great little app.
I'm on a brand new, less-than-a-month-old Macbook Pro running 10.9.3. I'm having problems with intermittently having to re-install my transparent dock - sometimes when I log in, it's back to the ugly frosty background with the crappy border/corners.
Tonight, my indicator images (that show which apps are running) have disappeared. I had replaced them with my own little black and red arrow images some days ago.
Any ideas? Thanks, wolf - you rock.
It's really a great little app.
I'm on a brand new, less-than-a-month-old Macbook Pro running 10.9.3. I'm having problems with intermittently having to re-install my transparent dock - sometimes when I log in, it's back to the ugly frosty background with the crappy border/corners.
Tonight, my indicator images (that show which apps are running) have disappeared. I had replaced them with my own little black and red arrow images some days ago.
Any ideas? Thanks, wolf - you rock.