a dock reset?

[zoran]

After a restart, ive lost most of the apps i had on the dock, as if a dock reset was made. Many of the apps that appear when installing the OS for the first time came up. What did i do? Is there a way to bring the dock back as it was?

 

[bogdanw]

Dock settings are saved in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist Probably the file was corrupted somehow.

 

[zoran]

Thanks but what shall I do? Find a newer file using TMachine and replace it?

 

[bogdanw]

I don’t know how TimeMachine works, but if you can get com.apple.dock.plist from before the restart, you can replace the current one and have your Dock settings back.

 

[zoran]

Theres another file, the "com.apple.dock.extra.plist" whats that for?

 

[bogdanw]

It's empty on my system.

 

[zoran]

No worries, many thanks mate, you saved me!